Synopsis
Over forty interviews and essays with leading cultural icons who have unique ways of critiquing "the system" with humor and ingenuity.
Dazzling deceptions and provocative put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists and personalities. Spontaneous, improvised craziness from the Underground in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and points in between. From artists, Bruce Conner and Mark Pauline to radical organizer/writer, Abbie Hoffman, to performance artists Karen Finley and Harry Kipper (and the list goes on) -- the interviewees each have a quirky and distinctive way of commenting on life. Here are an exhaustive number of anecdotes and philosophies, heavily illustrated with photographs and clippings from their travails.
A prank is a trick, a mischievous act, and a ludicrous act. Although not regarded as poetic or artistic acts, pranks constitute an art form and genre. In Pranks!, classic pranksters such as Monte Cazazza, Jello Biafra, Joe Coleman, Henry Rollins, John Waters and Henry Rollins challenge the sovereign authority of words, images and behavioral convention.
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À propos des auteurs
V. Vale is a documentarian who champions underground art-world figures. He has worked with subjects such as J.G. Ballard, W.S. Burroughs, and Mark Pauline, as well as early punk rockers, tattoo artists, Incredibly Strange musicians and filmmakers, and many other non-commercial, on-the-edge artists. Vale has contributed to countless literary undertakings, films, and events, and has published over 40 books with RE/Search and Search & Destroy, his imprints. Vale has documented underground culture and the characters that inhabit it for almost 50 years.
John Waters is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, visual artist, prankster, comedian, and cultural icon. He first became famous in the 1970s for his transgressive and audacious cult films, including Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs. These films were banned in some countries. Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs dubbed Waters the "Pope of Trash".
Karen Finley is an American performance artist, musician, poet, and educator. Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism. Her work frequently uses nudity and profanity. Finley incorporates depictions of sexuality, abuse, and disenfranchisement in her work. The case, National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998), argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, was decided against Finley and the other artists. She is a professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
À propos de la quatrième de couverture
Dazzling deceptions and provocative put-ons from some of the
most outrageous artists and personalities living today.
Spontaneous, improvised craziness from the Underground in
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and points in between.
This book opens up a whole new territory of fun and pleasure.
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