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ISBN-10: 919845126X
ISBN-13: 9789198451269
Publisher: Trapart Books
Publish Date: 05/12/2020
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.80" W, 1.00" H

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson 1986-2019

Editor: Carl Abrahamsson
Introduction by: Carl Abrahamsson
Interviewer: Carl Abrahamsson
Introduction by: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

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Price: $30.00

Overview

Three decades of conversations with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, provocateur, artist, gender revolutionary and leader of the bands Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and more

Published for legendary artist and musician Genesis Breyer P-Orridge’s 70th birthday in 2020, Sacred Intent gathers conversations between Breyer P-Orridge and his friend and collaborator, the Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson. From the first 1986 fanzine-based interview about current projects, philosophical insights, magical workings, international travels, art theory and gender revolutions, to 2019’s thoughts on life and death in the the shadow of battling leukaemia, Sacred Intent is a unique journey in which the art of conversation blooms to the highest degree.

With (in)famous projects like COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) and Pandrogeny, Breyer P-Orridge has consistently thwarted preconceived ideas and transformed disciplines such as performance art, music, collage, poetry and social criticism, always cutting up the building blocks to dismantle control structures and authority. But underneath P-Orridge’s socially conscious and pathologically rebellious spirit, there has always been a devout respect for a holistic, spiritual, magical worldview–one of “sacred intent.”

Sacred Intent is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary art, deconstructed identity, gender evolution, magical philosophy and the responsibility artists may carry and contain within their work. The book not only celebrates an intimately deep friendship spanning over four decades, but also the work and ideas of an artist who has never ceased to amaze and provoke the status quo.

Also included are photographic portraits of Breyer P-Orridge taken by Carl Abrahamsson.

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demonstrates beyond doubt the artist's unique knack for wringing symbolism and meaning from sounds that others would miss–Emily Gosling "Elephant"
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Details

ISBN-10: 919845126X
ISBN-13: 9789198451269
Publisher: Trapart Books
Publish Date: 05/12/2020
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.80" W, 1.00" H
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