A blending of Gaelic and Cymric mythic traditions, this tale follows the birth, life and death of a figure who combines the characters and adventures of CuChulainn, the greatest hero of Irish myth and Gawain, one of the greatest knights of Arthur's British Round Table. From the Cattle Raid of Cooley, pitting all of Ireland against Ulster, to Arthur's resistance against the massive incursions of Germanic tribes, it is a tale of love and violence, honor and betrayal, magic and doom.
"In Sensations of History, James J. Hodge argues that animation in new media art transforms historical experience in the digital age. Combining close textual analysis of experimental new media artworks with discussion of key phenomenological texts, Sensations of History argues for the broad critical significance of animation as we shift from analog to digital technologies. Hodge looks closely at animation aesthetics, which allow for a clear grasp of the ways digital technologies transform our sense of historical experience"--