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'The Art Album' is an illustrated book celebrating the
long-standing relationship between the visual arts and hip-hop
music, and is the result of a collaboration between two giants of
the American music scene. Dawud Knuckles is a veteran of the record
industry in America. In the 1990s, his friends founded the hip-hop
record label Ruff Ryders, with whom he worked for many years as a
videographer. He has subsequently worked with many recording
artists on interviews, special projects, tours, and documentaries
for Ruff Ryders. Through his career in the music industry, Dawud
has made many influential contacts, including Russell and Danny
Simmons, who contributes to the book. The Simmons insightfully
explores the themes of a selection of songs and how the subculture
of hip-hop relates to, and has influenced contemporary art. Each
chapter of the book will have a theme- for example, the theme of
one chapter will be New York, and the title of the chapter will be
'Empire State of Mind'- Jay-Z's epic single which peaked within the
top in 10 in 10 countries in 2009. Lyrics from the song will be
presented beside contemporary art inspired by New York, an
exclusive commentary from Russell and Danny Simmons (celebrated
artist and philanthropist), and a contextualizing text from
legendary writer and activist Nikki Giovanni, as well as other
academics. This concept of presenting songs, art, and interviews
alongside each other will offer an incomparable insight into the
influence that hip-hop has on contemporary culture, and the
unrivaled significance that this subculture has risen to. This
collaboration between so many big names in music, art and academia
is a unique project.
A small book of opaque doodles and poems.
With 24 original works on paper and an introductory essay by the
author, this book is a visual meditation on work-life balance in
contemporary American life.
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Light Drawings
(Paperback)
Peter Frank; Translated by Shu-Ying Huang, Ting-Ting Lew
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R522
Discovery Miles 5 220
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Fashion, what is it? What does it mean to have fusion? Fashion is a
look, mood that you present and wish others to perceive. It is an
image of yourself variable; the changeable from the non-changeable
of fashion metaphysics. The aspects of fashionable fusion include
an inter connection of elements. An outfit, as an element, presents
a mood and directs the eye of one who views you and your
expectations of mood and direction of view of those you meet. The
face, understated, vibrant, dynamic gives an
inflection/communication presence. Hands and nails express an
aspect of support plan, flirty, feminine, or sexy. How we dress our
legs or leave them bare is what we wish to flirt when walking. Our
demeanor is coordinated with our look or disjointed to make a
point.
Rejecting the dichotomy of centralism and horizontalism that has
deeply marked millennial politics, Rodrigo Nunes' close analysis of
network systems demonstrates how organising within contemporary
social and political movements exists somewhere between - or beyond
- the two. Rather than the party or chaos, the one or the
multitude, he discovers a 'bestiary' of hybrid organisational forms
and practices that render such disjunctives false. The resulting
picture shows how social and technical networks can and do
facilitate strategic action and fluid distributions of power at the
same time. It is by developing the strategic potentials that are
already immanent to networks, he argues, that contemporary
solutions to the question of organisation can be developed. Part of
the PML Books series. A collaboration between Mute and the
Post-Media Lab. http: //metamute.org/
thecall is a poetry book that is organized by lessons. a dedication
by spook to the great Dr. Maya Angelou and the first book in the
second half of Ascension, this collection chronicles self love and
Universal knowledge.
The End of the Beginning This story starts off where many end. As I
sit in front of my computer, the thoughts of many things bounce
around my skull like a silver metallic ball in an old pinball
machine. I need to pay my back rent. I have to prepare for a
defamation trial in small claims court. I have no food in the
fridge. I'm over $20,000 dollars in the hole. My company needs a
new website. I haven't released a new record in months. I have one
solitary quarter to my name. Literally. I need my Clonazepam.
Obstacles such as these have broken many men, but I will not fall
victim to the same fate. You can attribute this proclamation to my
unwavering confidence, blind faith or the egotistical nature of a
champion. Nevertheless, the future will be a testament to these
words. I will not fail.
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