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The Lost Words: Spell Songs
(Hardcover)
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, …
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Spell Songs is a musical companion piece to The Lost Words: A Spell
Book by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. This
mixed media CD is accompanied by sumptuous illustrations from
Jackie Morris, new 'spells' by Robert Macfarlane, enlightening
thoughts by Robert, Jackie and Spell Singer Karine Polwart and
stunning photography by Elly Lucas. In 2018 Folk by the Oak
Festival commissioned Spell Songs because of their love of The Lost
Words book. Spell Songs comprises eight remarkable musicians whose
music engages deeply with landscape and nature; musicians who are
perfectly placed to respond to the creatures, art and language of
The Lost Words. They spent a week in Herefordshire bringing this
music together in the company of Jackie Morris. Art inspired music
and music inspired art. Jackie Morris immersed herself in the
musical residency where she generously created new iconesque
artwork of each musician and their instruments portrayed in an
unexpected and enchanting way. These stunning new artworks
accompany the CD. Spell Songs allowed these acclaimed and diverse
musicians to weave together elements of British folk music,
Senegalese folk traditions, and experimental and classical music to
create an inspiring new body of work. Here are 14 songs which
capture the essence of The Lost Words book. Spoken voice, whispers,
accents, dialects, native languages, proverbs, sayings, birdsong,
river chatter and insect hum all increase the intimacy of the
musical world conjured by the songs. Inspired by the words, art and
ethos of The Lost Words book, each musician brings new imaginings,
embellishments and diversions which are rooted in personal
experience, a deep respect for the natural world, protest at the
loss of nature and its language and an appreciation for wildness
and beauty. In February 2019 Spell Songs enjoyed standing ovations
at sell-out performances in major venues across the UK culminating
at The Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, London. Spell
Songs was a highlight of The Hay International Literary Festival
2019 and in August 2019 they were invited to perform at the BBC's
Lost Words Prom in the Royal Albert Hall. They will continue to
tour each year. "There are songs here that would live with me for
the rest of my years, even if I'd had no part in their making".
Robert Macfarlane
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Boomname in Afrikaans, Engels en / of in Setswana of isiZulu
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Opgedateerde wetenskaplike en gewone name
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architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff
of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as
contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became
the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most
beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter
enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, full of dramatic
tension and breathtaking insight, "The Genius in the Design" is the
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A comprehensive introduction to the styles and techniques of
portrait photography. Through simple projects on subjects such as
'Making Self-Portraits' and 'Capturing Personal Moments' as well as
captivating profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed
photographers, Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson give you a visual
tour of the medium. Perfect for the aspiring portrait photographer,
this manual includes: • Projects with which to experiment and
develop your technique • Inspirational profiles of leading
photographers from around the world • A complete overview of the
most exciting, continually evolving form of photography
"This collection of 28 oversize photographs transforms ordinary
advertising posters into richly layered tapestries." - The New York
Times The Billboard Papers is the fourth book of photography by
award-winning screen and stage actor Joel Grey. Twenty-eight
full-color photographs of various torn and decaying billboards from
the streets of New York resemble paper collages, revealing the
strange and unexpected layers of billboards past. Grey's striking
photographs are of tapestries of embedded memories - constantly
fleeting and subject to change, or demolition, or renewal. This
unique collection, designed by Sam Shahid, features an introduction
by Grey and a preface by American artist Ross Bleckner; it is
published in a limited edition of 600 numbered copies.
Abandoned Melbourne presents a collection of photographs of the
perennially awarded world's most liveable city rendered empty,
abandoned and in Covid lockdown during 2020. Abandoned Melbourne
depicts Melbourne vacant, with the CBD's places and spaces,
customarily buzzing, rendered motionless and without life.
Landscape photographer Gavin John, a long-term resident of
Melbourne, turned his camera and his focus onto vistas of a
different nature and reveals downtown Melbourne as it has never
been witnessed before.
Abandoned buildings are a viewfinder into our heritage and often
offer a story to tell us, but not everyone will be lucky enough to
hear these stories before these buildings are gone forever. It was
this line of thinking that grew the author's passion for
discovering and exploring abandoned buildings, heritage sites and
locations not normally seen by the public eye. With camera in my
hand, he set out to find, visit, photograph and document as many of
these locations as he could before their stories are lost forever.
With over 140 eye-catching images from abandoned places such as
eerie old factories, crumbling asylums, untouched country theatres,
forgotten homes, all mixed with a small insight into their history,
Abandoned Brisbane is a showcase of just some of the amazing
locations within a few hours' drive of Brisbane.
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