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Here Comes Trouble - An Inquiry Into Art, Magic & Madness As Deviant Knowledge
Here Comes Trouble is the first solo publication by British artist, researcher and radio producer Alex Head. This book is not about thermodynamics, negative feedback or refrigerators. Neither is it about geology, black holes or migration, yet each of these material systems offer insights into the slippery topic of deviancy. Here Comes Trouble explores the role of the deviant form within differing sets of social and material processes in order to draw conclusions about the production of new knowl…
Sacred Plant & Native - Volume 4
Sacred plants are either connected to ritual practice or considered of high cultural importance. This encompasses trees, flowers, fruits and other vegetation associated with religion and folklore, but also that have had a profound impact on humanity. From musing over customary sheaves to looking romantically over far-flung ethnobotanical research, this is an endeavour to celebrate the sacred plants in every sense, in any place, to anyone. Vol. 4 explores jack-o'-lanterns and bonfires.
Sacred Plant & Native - Volume 3
Sacred plants are either connected to ritual practice or considered of high cultural importance. This encompasses trees, flowers, fruits and other vegetation associated with religion and folklore, but also that have had a profound impact on humanity. From musing over customary sheaves to looking romantically over far-flung ethnobotanical research, this is an endeavour to celebrate the sacred plants in every sense, in any place, to anyone. Vol. 3 explores The North American Desert region and Meso…
The Life Of The Truth
In this brief, dense essay, René Daumal bids us to resist the very notion of the truth, and to recognize it as an artistic and metaphysical dead-end. René Daumal (1908-1944) was a French poet and writer often associated with surrealism (though he fought against the label), spiritualism, and ‘pataphysics. He is perhaps best remembered for the posthumously published novel, Mount Analogue (1952).
Unlicensed: Bootlegging as Creative Practice (Book)
Over the last few decades the term ‘bootlegging’—a practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringers—has become understood as a creative act. Debates about homage, appropriation, and theft that are common in the art world, are now being held in the spheres of corporate branding, social media, and the creative industry as a whole. Today, bootlegging has become fetishized as an aesthetic in and of itself, influencing everything from underground record labels to DIY T-shirts, publishing…