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When Abdul Rahman Munif embarked on the first extensive study in Arabic about Marwan Kassab Bachi, he mailed the artist asking about how his art emerged, its contextual influences, and timely interpretations. Marwan recorded his answers on seven audio tapes and sent them to Munif, but also started writing his memoirs in Arabic. This book is an anthology of the letters exchanged between two friends, Marwan in Berlin and Munif in Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.

When Abdul Rahman Munif embarked on the first extensive study in Arabic about Marwan Kassab Bachi, he mailed the artist asking about how his art emerged, its contextual influences, and timely interpretations. Marwan recorded his answers on seven audio tapes and sent them to Munif, but also started writing his memoirs in Arabic. This book is an anthology of the letters exchanged between two friends, Marwan in Berlin and Munif in Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.

UMA BIOGRAFIA ELETRIZANTE DA MAIOR E ÚLTIMA BANDA DE ROCK AMERICANA DO MILÊNIO, CUJA MÚSICA INCENDIOU UMA GERAÇÃO — E REAFIRMOU O PODER DO ROCK N ROLL."Um livro para fãs com as vozes de fãs. O prazer

Downtown NYC of the mid-1970s and early 80s was the perfect landscape for reinvention. If the Lost Generation writers telegraphed the death of the American dream, the No Wave era, led by artists including Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Nan Goldin, Sonic Youth and the Contortions, challenged that dream by howling "NO" while creating a counterculture that brought punk, rock, jazz, funk, the art world, hip hop, and outlaw literature together into an international explosion of creativity. Why was this scene so compelling, and remains so today? What set this confluence of time, place, and people apart from the rest? The answer, in a word: women. Women, resisting stereotypes. Reinventing themselves according to their individual artistic visions. Adele Bertei was a pivotal figure in the No Wave movement. She was an original member of the Contortions and Brian Enos fascination with the band resulted in the seminal No New York record, released in 1978. NO NEW YORK: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene will provide an uncompromising testimony to the first significant, international movement of women artists creating work on an equal footing with the men, the fruits of which were some of the most striking and unique of this era.

This monograph is the first comprehensive study of Italian artist Mariuccia Secol (*1929), who redefined the boundaries of feminist art through powerful textile and sculptural works. Her practice evolved from abstract painting in the 1950s and 1960s to innovative fabric assemblages, installations with everyday materials, ceramics, and collages. Thematically, her works revolve around issues such as the subordinate role of women, domestic violence, and social exclusion. Using embroidery, fabric deconstructions, and household objects, Secol created textile artworks that symbolize wounds and resilience and intensively address the political and social problems of our time. Mariuccia Secol was born in Castellanza (northern Italy) in 1929 and lives and works in Daverio near Milan. After completing her artistic training, she began exhibiting her work extensively and, in 1974, co-founded the feminist artist group Gruppo Feminist Immagine di Varese, with which she exhibited at the 1978 Venice Biennale. Today, her works are recognised worldwide and shown at important feminist art exhibitions, such as The Unexpected Subject: 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy at the FM Centre for Contemporary Art in Milan and Cooking, Cleaning, Caring: Care Work in the Arts Since 1960 at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop.

This monograph is the first comprehensive study of Italian artist Mariuccia Secol (*1929), who redefined the boundaries of feminist art through powerful textile and sculptural works. Her practice evolved from abstract painting in the 1950s and 1960s to innovative fabric assemblages, installations with everyday materials, ceramics, and collages. Thematically, her works revolve around issues such as the subordinate role of women, domestic violence, and social exclusion. Using embroidery, fabric deconstructions, and household objects, Secol created textile artworks that symbolize wounds and resilience and intensively address the political and social problems of our time. Mariuccia Secol was born in Castellanza (northern Italy) in 1929 and lives and works in Daverio near Milan. After completing her artistic training, she began exhibiting her work extensively and, in 1974, co-founded the feminist artist group Gruppo Feminist Immagine di Varese, with which she exhibited at the 1978 Venice Biennale. Today, her works are recognised worldwide and shown at important feminist art exhibitions, such as The Unexpected Subject: 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy at the FM Centre for Contemporary Art in Milan and Cooking, Cleaning, Caring: Care Work in the Arts Since 1960 at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop.

This is a marvelPublishers WeeklyCompelling and dramaticBooklist...the allure of an opera legend is rendered with humanizing gritForeward ReviewsMaria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognised as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyns Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality.Callas was one of the first divas to come from an impoverished background. As an outsider, she was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment.In Charyns inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim.

Many of us are drawn to a life in the arts but daunted by how to balance that ambition with the very real need to pay rent and put food on the table. It is impossible to become an accomplished painter, composer, or novelist without spending time experimenting, making false starts, absorbing criticism, reading, talking, and moping about the house. All this time must be purchased, one way or another. Is the history of art and ideas just a history of rich kids?The answer, of course, is no. William Carlos Williams was a family doctor. Franz Kafka was an insurance man, as were Charles Ives and Wallace Stevens. Grace Hartigan temped. James Joyce mooched off his brother; Christopher Isherwood ingratiated himself with a wealthy uncle. Virginia Woolf and Louisa May Alcott were determined to make their writing pay no matter what. And their material circumstances had an impact on all of their creative outputs.From family money to jobs to colorful schemes, Mason Currey, author of the acclaimed Daily Rituals, explores both the well-worn and unlikely paths forward for the up-and-coming artist. Making Art and Making a Living is an entertaining and thought-provoking examination of the collision of creative ambitions with real-world necessities and of the messy, glorious, torturous compromises that gifted individuals have patched together when facing the eternal dilemma of an artistic life.

Virginia Vernon was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War. Her fluent French, a result of studying in Paris as a teenager, and her understanding of theatre after a successful career on Broadway made her an ideal candidate, so in 1939, the 46-year-old was recruited to bring morale-boosting entertainment to British troops in France. She soon discovered that "welfare" was a catch-all for many activities; much more than simply arranging accommodation for artistes and meeting performers on arrival. Battling grief after the loss of her husband, contending with male chauvinism in the Army, and travelling through the most inhospitable places, along the way Madam V won the support and admiration of royalty, the military, and the stars of stage and screen, gaining a fearsome reputation for achieving the impossible. This new study tells the story of her wartime journey, from Arras in 1939 to V.E. Day in Rangoon.

Art is my life and my life is art . . .The story of the twentieth-century avant-garde is a story of resistance, of the outsider, of strangeness, of individual freedom, of rejecting the ordinary and overcoming marginalisation through self-invention. It is also a story that can be told through the prism of one of its most renowned figureheads: Yoko Ono.From her early life escaping aristocratic Japanese society and the horrors of World War II to adventurous and productive exile in New York, Onos work built upon the histories of Dada, surrealism, Zen Buddhism, and experimental music. A significant influence on the elusive Fluxus artistic network, she was connected to all its major personalities. Pursuing dreams of revolutionary liberation and aiming to recreate shattered post-war reality through performance, art and text, she established a legacy - despite her tumultuous personal life - as one of the most visionary artists and activists of her generation.Marking the intersection of biography, cultural history and artistic meditation, Love Magic Power Danger Bliss explores the deep history and vitality of the 20th century avant-garde movement and the inspiring, provocative figure who became its most celebrated, most misunderstood icon.

Las descarnadas, inspiradoras y emocionantes memorias del icono y legendario ganador de varios premios Oscar, Sylvester Stallone, sobre su increíble camino al estrellato y la mejor historia jamás contada de un ganador contra todo pronostico.En los cincuenta años transcurridos desde que Sylvester Stallone subio corriendo los escalones del Museo de Arte de Filadelfia, el mismo y esos escalones se han convertido en simbolos de resiliencia y determinacion, y han inspirado a millones de personas de todo el mundo para perseguir sus sueños. En Los escalones, Stallone relata como persiguio sus propios sueños. Culminando un proceso de reflexion de decadas, Sly cuenta sus origenes -un nacimiento dificil, una infancia aun mas dificil, años de problemas en el colegio por no ser comprendido- y explica como la historia real de una vida exitosa se construye afrontando, asumiendo y, en ultimo termino, superando nuestras dificultades. La clave esta en la distancia que estamos dispuestos a recorrer y en los pasos que debemos dar para pasar de donde estamos a donde queremos llegar.En una narracion enmarcada entre su llegada a Nueva York en 1969 y el triunfo de Rocky en los Oscar de 1977, Sly teje un vivido y apasionante relato de lucha, subsistencia y, finalmente, exito. Escribe sobre sus inicios y tambien sobre los años posteriores, asi como sobre la persistencia, creatividad y resiliencia que lo llevaron no solamente a crear Rocky, sino a labrarse una carrera repleta de papeles iconicos. Los escalones constituye un testimonio de la extraordinaria vida de Stallone y una profunda meditacion sobre la importancia de la fuerza de voluntad, la vision y el trabajo duro.

¿Puede la ciencia explicar el complejo proceso de creación musical? Esta obra explora los vínculos entre creación artística, belleza y actividad cerebral en el pensamiento creativo. Pierre Boulez —un

Algunos se dejaran matar por ella. Otros sienten rechazo hacia una mujer a punto de ser devorada por fuegos que ella misma haba iniciado. La Pantoja ha demostrado una capacidad casi sobrehumana para sobrevivir, incluso, a su propio mito.Isabel Pantoja es una de las figuras ms influyentes y controvertidas de la cultura popular espaola. Idolatrada durante dcadas y cuestionada con la misma intensidad, su biografa parece escrita para poner a prueba los lmites del talento y el poder de la leyenda. El periodista lex Ander aborda sin reverencias la trayectoria de una mujer que supo construir una carrera artstica deslumbrante mientras levantaba, casi sin quererlo, un personaje pblico lleno de claroscuros. Desde sus orgenes humildes en el barrio sevillano de Triana hasta su consagracin como diva de la copla, pasando por la viudez trgica que la convirti en icono nacional y los los judiciales y familiares que erosionaron su imagen, este libro recorre los hitos fundamentales de una vida marcada por la ambicin, la necesidad de control y la contradiccin. No es simplemente la historia de una artista, sino tambin la de un clan, una forma de entender la fama y una relacin problemtica con la verdad y la memoria.Tan lejos del panegrico como del linchamiento, estas pginas cuestionan hasta qu punto el mito ha servido de refugio frente a los errores, as como cunto hay en ella de vctima y cunto de estratega. Un retrato bien documentado de un personaje que sigue dividiendo a Espaa.

PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ NO BRASIL, O PODEROSO E EMOCIONANTE LIVRO DE MEMÓRIAS DE ALEX VAN HALENBest-seller do New York TimesNeste relato íntimo e aberto, nada como qualquer livro de memórias de rock and roll que voce ja leu, Alex Van Halen compartilha sua historia pessoal de familia, amizade, musica e amor fraternal em uma homenagem notavel ao seu amado irmo e companheiro de banda.Esta e a carta de amor do baterista de setenta anos Alex Van Halen para seu irmo mais novo, Edward, (talvez "Ed", mas nunca "Eddie"), escrita enquanto ainda lamentava sua morte prematura.Em sua voz aspera, mas doce, Alex relata a infancia dos irmos, primeiro na Holanda e depois na classe trabalhadora Pasadena, California, com um pai musico itinerante e uma me nascida na Indonesia - o tipo de me que advertia seus filhos a "sempre usarem terno", no importa o quo famosos eles se tornassem. Uma mulher que era orgulhosa e pratica, indiferente sobre pegar uma sacola de cachorro de um jantar repleto de estrelas. Ele tambem compartilha contos de politica musical, brigas internas e muito comportamento de bad boy. Mas, principalmente, sua historia e de fraternidade, musica e amor duradouro."Eu estava com ele desde o primeiro dia", escreve Alex. "Nos compartilhamos a experiencia de vir para este pais e descobrir como nos encaixar. Nos compartilhamos um toca-discos, uma casa de 800 pes quadrados, uma me e um pai e uma etica de trabalho. Mais tarde, nos compartilhamos a parte de tras de um onibus de turne, o alcoolismo, a experiencia de nos tornarmos bem-sucedidos, de nos tornarmos pais e tios, e de passar mais horas no estudio do que eu passei fazendo qualquer outra coisa nesta vida. Nos compartilhamos uma profundidade de compreenso que a maioria das pessoas so pode esperar alcançar em uma vida inteira."Nunca houve um relato preciso deles ou da banda, e Alex quer esclarecer a vida e a morte de Edward.Brothers inclui fotos nunca antes vistas dos arquivos privados do autor.

Hatties down on her luck. Shes collected enough enemies in high places that the only work she can find is a one-night-only vanity project being mounted by an extremely unlikely impresario, and beyond that things are looking bleak. However her career concerns must be put aside when an old friend appears, in serious trouble and asking for a big favour. Hattie tries to help, but things swiftly go awry and she finds herself thrown into a cat-and-mouse game with some very shady types who pursue her across London all the way to (where else?) backstage in the theatre on opening night.

TODOS OS FILMES DO STUDIO GHIBLI EM UMA OBRA DEFINITIVA.Explore a magia dos mestres da animaço japonesa Studio Ghibli, nesta celebraço filme por filme para novatos e fs de longa data. Ghiblioteca e um guia definitivo que analisa cada filme do Studio Ghibli por vez, com detalhes da produço, temas, cenas principais e analises gerais, bem como informaçes especificas do Ghibli. Uma obra em capa dura e acabamento primoroso, ilustrada com fotos e posteres de cada filme, revista e atualizada com o sucesso O Menino e a Garça.Escrito pelos apresentadores do aclamado podcast Ghibliotheque, um dos maiores e mais importantes do mundo sobre o tema, este livro e a primeira e a ultima palavra sobre os filmes do Studio Ghibli.

GEL PRINTING is packed with practical instruction and exciting ideas to get everyone started with this new and very accessible monoprinting technique. With very little equipment (and no press) needed, it explains how simple prints can be made quickly and easily, and shows how more in-depth and advanced techniques can also be explored. Some 26 exercises cover making prints with stencils, natural materials, mark making and image resist, as well as using art materials and combining layers and techniques. This beautiful book will serve as your companion as you learn and enjoy making versatile and vibrant prints with just a gel plate, roller, ink and paper.

Discover the art and science behind one of the most beautiful, durable and acoustically sensitive finishes ever developed. French Polishing & Varnishing String Instruments is a comprehensive, expert-led manual for applying spirit varnish and French polish ideal for classical guitars, violins and other fine stringed instruments. Whether youre a luthier, restorer or hands-on enthusiast, this practical guide takes you through every aspect of the process, from raw materials to final burnish delivering a finish that looks stunning, protects the instrument and enhances its tonal character.

Una fascinante e insólita exploración sobre el mundo de la música y el papel que desempeña en nuestras vidas.Michel Faber, uno de los novelistas más talentosos y singulares de los últimos tiempos, se adentra en el ensayo para escribir el libro que siempre quiso escribir: una obra brillante y exhaustiva sobre como y por que escuchamos musica, y por que escuchamos la musica que escuchamos y no otra. A traves de asuntos como las reacciones electroquimicas que provoca en nuestro cerebro, la dicotomia entre buen y mal gusto, la nocion de cool o los aspectos biologicos y socioculturales que nos determinan, el autor desvela algunos aspectos sorprendentes sobre nuestra relacion con la musica, y nos descubre hasta que punto el acto de escuchar cambia nuestra relacion con el mundo.El resultado es un extraordinario viaje por el sonido en sus multiples facetas. Una apasionada, desmitificadora y accesible reflexion sobre todo aquello relacionado con el acto y el arte musical y el papel que ambos desempeñan en nuestras vidas.

Pertencentes a sociedade e a cultura, os artefatos computacionais negociam sentido estreito com o consumo, com o poder e com os jogos de controle, que separam claramente aqueles que projetam e aqueles que no projetam, os que acessam dos que no acessam, os que esto incluidos e os que sistematicamente so excluidos das decises sobre o que se projeta, quando, para quem e como se projeta. Uma Educaço Radical em Design de Interaço implica em produzir consciencia e aço sobre as relaçes que a tecnologia nos impe e escolher, ativamente, ser aliado na produço de novas possibilidades de projetar e pensar Design. Para alem de uma categoria, o termo implica tambem assumir uma postura pedagogica dentre as varias pedagogias radicais que permitam contribuir ativamente para uma sociedade mais justa e igualitaria. Neste livro, produzimos consciencia de como as tecnologias digitais computacionais, em um sentido ampliado, podem contribuir para uma reexo a respeito das desigualdades, das barreiras e imposiçes produzidas e reproduzidas em projetos de Design de Interaço. E com vontade, a aço pedagogica para empregar esforços para construir a sociedade que queremos, que sonhamos e esperançamos, por meio da educaço em Design.