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Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD)

Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD) Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD) Adolf Wölfli, Nurse With Wound - Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD)
A seminal text (and introduction to some 25000 pages of drawings, collages, autobiographical writings and compositions by Adolf Wölfli), this “short autobiography” of a major figure in the history of art brut is accompanied by a mini-CD containing the two interpretations of Wölfli's graphic scores by Nurse With Wound (Steven Stapleton, Diana Rogerson, and David Tibet), first published in 1986 in the legendary “Necropolis, Amphibians & Reptiles” LP, for the first time on a seperate release.
Second edition (2019)
Adolf Wölfli (born 1864 in Bern, died 1930 in Waldau) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Wölfli was abused both physically and sexually as a child, and was orphaned at the age of 10. Institutionalized in 1895 at Waldau psychiatric asylum near Bern (Switzerland) where he spent the rest of his adult life. He suffered from psychosis, which led to intense hallucinations. Wölfli started drawing in 1899, but no work prior to 1904 has been preserved. In 1908, Wölfli started developing what would become a potentially endless narrative stretched across 25,000 pages interrupted only by Wölfli's death in 1930. His images also incorporated an idiosyncratic musical notation. This notation seemed to start as a purely decorative affair but later developed into real composition which Wölfli would play on a paper trumpet. After his death the Adolf Wölfli Foundation was formed to preserve his art for future generations. Today its collection is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern and can be seen in many museums in the world.
A British music project formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak, Nurse With Wound (now Stapleton's variable geometry project) is an essential figure of English experimental and industrial music since the early 80's. With more than 150 releases, alone or with other musicians, Stapleton has swept widely different musical styles, from industrial music to mambo, through electronics, improvisation, electroacoustics, with a lot of humor.
 
published in December 2014
French edition
10 x 15,5 cm (softcover)
38 pages + mini CD
 
ISBN : 978-2-9545845-6-0
EAN : 9782954584560
 
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Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD) Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD) Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD)


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