BTS Art Revolution

Preface to English Edition
Introduction. BTS, their Revolutionary Implications and a New Form of Art
BTS Sweeps the Globe
Serendipity, the Encounter between BTS and ARMY
BTS, a Revolution and a New Form of Art
The BTS Phenomenon as a Seismograph
Why I Write this Book

Part 1. BTS Revolution

Chapter 1. BTS Pulls the Trigger
Sociocritical Message in BTS’ Songs
Dream a Different Dream, Dance a Different Dance
Forward with a Cheerful Ridicule!
Patricide, the Dismantling of Established Rules and Norms
Solidarity to the Universe beyond the Globe!

Chapter 2. Deconstructing Social Hierarchy
Horizontal Fantasy
Success Achieved by the I-ARMY
Creations of Fans ? Online Content
Disruption of Hierarchy Between Languages
Change Begins Where the Established Orders are Incapacitated

Chapter 3. Rhizomatic Revolution through Solidarity
Rhizome: A Horizontal and Acentered System
Principle of Connection
Principle of Heterogeneity and Multiplicity
Principle of Asignifying Rupture
Principle of Cartography
Multiplicity of BTS-ARMY as War-Machine
Revolutionary Praxis and the Cartography of Hope

Part 2. Network-Image as New Art Form

Chapter 1. Structural Features of BTS’ Videos
General Features of the Music Video: Destruction of Narrative Continuity
Open Structure of BTS’ Videos
Repetition and Transformation of the Similar
Symbolism of Images
Online Installation Videos
Cross-Reference and Spectator Participation
Advent of the Network-Image

Chapter 2. The Network-Image and Sharing Value
Characteristics of the Network-Image
Technological Development and Transformation of Art
Sharing, Participation, Openness on Mobile Network Platform
Actual mobility of the Spectator and Sharing Value
Precursors to the New Form of Art
New Form of Art, Democratization, and Hope

Appendix. Beyond the Time-Image of Gilles Deleuze: the Network-Image
Advent of a New Form of Art
The Total System of Cinema
Deleuze’s Attitude Toward the Electronic Image
Advent of the Network-Image
Role of the New Art: Sharing Value
Beyond the Time-Image: the Third Image
Transforming or Overcoming Deleuzian Film-Philosophy with Spectatorship

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