Angkor Wat: poetry and photography - Couverture souple

Kurtis, Luke

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 098902668X ISBN 13 : 9780989026680

Editeur : bd-studios.com, 2017

Synopsis

In 1963, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Cambodia and visited the ancient Khmer temples. He wrote “Angkor Wat,” an eponymous poem about the temple complex. It was a very different time: pre-Vietnam War, pre-Khmer Rouge, and before the bustling tourism trade that is now the lifeblood of Siem Reap. Yet the Angkor Wat temples themselves remain a unique source of inspiration for poets and photographers who travel there from all over the world. Over half a century later, Angkor Wat by luke kurtis is both the artist’s homage to Ginsberg’s text as well a celebration of his own pilgrimages to the ancient city. Published in 1968, Ginsberg’s Angkor Wat book was a single long poem accompanied by photographs by Alexandra Lawrence. kurtis’s book is a suite of poems paired with his original photography. Chronicling the poet’s own travels where he explored mythical stories and experienced mystical visions, kurtis’s poems take you on a tour of Angkor Wat (and beyond) unlike any other and tell the story of one American poet deepening his Buddhist spirituality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

luke kurtis is a Georgia-born interdisciplinary artist. Angkor Wat is his latest book in an ongoing series that combines photography, writing, and design, following INTERSECTION and The Language of History. He lives and works in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: bd-studios.com
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 098902668X
• ISBN 13: 9780989026680
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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