The marvelous clouds: towards a philosophy of elemental media (book review)

The Marvelous Clouds: Towards A Philosophy of Elemental Media By John Durham Peters (4th Estate) “I get all the news I need from the weather report” (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel: Only Living Boy In New York) Media is now environmental, like the air we breathe. It’s a ubiquitous and vital fact of contemporary life, like the water from our taps. It is a condition of modernity like the fuel in our cars or the text on this screen. But what can we learn from our new relationships with these elements that are certainly material and, at least in some way, from nature?