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Carolee Schneemann : uncollected texts / edited by Branden W. Joseph.

Schneemann, Carolee, 1939- (author.). Joseph, Branden Wayne, (editor.). Primary Information (Organization), (publisher.). McNaughton & Gunn (Firm), (printer.).

Summary:

"Edited by art historian Branden W. Joseph, the texts span diverse formats: included are journal entries, criticism, poems, essays and performance notes culled primarily from short-run magazines such as Caterpillar, Film Culture, The Fox, Manipulations and Matter, as well as academic journals such as Performing Arts Journal and Art Journal and mainstream media outlets including the New York Times and the Village Voice. The book serves as a companion to Schneemann's two earliest books - 'Parts of a Body House Book' and 'Cézanne, She Was a Great Painter' - offering new perspectives on the artist's life, work and ideas through many writings that have never been reproduced in their original form. It features Schneemann's reflections on her own works, including 'Meat Joy,' 'Divisions and Rubble,' and 'Kitch's Last Meal.'--Artbook& website (viewed on February 12, 2018)

"'Uncollected Texts' draws together a number of Carolee Schneemann's earliest writings - many exceedingly rare and several publishered here for the first time - ranging from letters to the editor to dream journals, film criticism, satirical poems, detailed discussions of her art, and pointed feminist critiques. Dating from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s, the writings gathered in this volume shed light on some of Schneemann's most important artistic achievements, including her most famous 'kinetic theater' piece, 'Meat Joy'; anti-Vietnam War works such as 'Snows'; the multimedia performance 'Up to and Including Her Limits'; and the double-screen film 'Kitch's Last Meal'. Frequently referencing one another, the assembled writings create a densely interwoven tapestry of cross-references that provide unique insights into Schneemann's artistic development while also foregrounding the artist's uniquely poetic style." --publisher's description, lower cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780991558551
ISBN: 0991558553
Physical Description: 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Brooklyn, New York : Primary Information, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Printed in an edition of 2,000 by McNaughton & Gunn"--colophon.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Voyages in cloudland / Branden W. Joseph -- Of artists and public (1956) -- Labyrinth (1960) -- Hormones circling (1963) -- Kenneth Anger's Scorpio rising (1964) -- Meat joy notes as prologue (1965) -- Meat joy and the kinetic theater (1965) -- Meat joy notes (1967) -- Aspects of E.A.T. in the making of Snows (1967) -- Divisions and rubble notes (1967) -- Snows (1968) -- Parts of a body house (1968) -- Notations (1958-1966) (1969) -- His (1970) -- Handy reminder to ladies (1970) -- Uber Sexu Alles (ca. 1970) -- A lovely daylife is only how E we are dying (1972) -- A wake for Ken Dewey (1972) -- Dear friends who live in America and communicate with English people (1973) -- In, on, and about my premises. Diary fragments: Death and marriage, a visitation from Paul Blackburn. London, April '71-May'72 (1974) -- I assume the senses crave... (1974) -- Response: Movie journal (1975) -- Instrumentality/Invisibility (1976) -- Dreams from now and again (1976) -- The pronoun tyranny (1976) -- Rain stops after seven days (1976) -- Statement in Contemporary artists (1977) -- The loaves and the fishes (1977) -- American experimental theater: then and now (1977) -- Introduction to "Erotic films by women" (1978) -- Kitch's last meal (1981)
Language Note:	Text in English.