Photography As Alternative Urbanism
A debate “exploring the relevance of contemporary photography for the investigation and interpretation of the city as a complex cultural phenomenon,” chaired by Dr Alexandra Stara with artists Rut Blees Luxemburg (see picture above) and Hannah Collins, novelist Tom McCarthy and architect Patrick Lynch, will take place at the Architecture Foundation in London on Tuesday […]
Against the grain: Antonio Frasconi
I picked up two Andre Gide novels last year – The Immoralist and Strait is the Gate – purely for the covers alone, both by Antonio Frasconi. I’ve since discovered that not only has Frasconi done art for Langston Hughes (Let America be America Again) and Pablo Neruda (Bestiary/Bestiario), he’s also illustrated Poe, and this […]
ampere’s and
Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: “Larsson‘s hugely popular Millennium novels are not only brilliant page-turners – they also challenge the clapped-out view of Sweden as a social paradise peopled by buxom blondes and depressives.” & Word Play, Joshua Cohen on what Georges Perec owed to the kabbalistic tradition (via @Twitchelmore) […]
American rive gauche: An interview with Tosh Berman
Semina is sort of the self-made ‘zine of its time. He just did it without thinking out the commercial aspect. So in one sense it was a pure piece of work. Very personal and therefore beautiful. I think of TamTam in that manner. I just want to show the public what turns me on. So in a sense, it’s a sharing feeling. I don’t care about the masses, I just want people who are interested in what I am doing. Ten people into Boris Vian is good enough for me.
Susan Tomaselli talks to Tosh Berman of TamTam Books.