Imperial Physique
"In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral - the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayab...
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Formatua: | Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua |
Hizkuntza: | ingelesa |
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Brooklyn, NY
punctum books
2019
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Sarrera elektronikoa: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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Gaia: | "In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral - the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness - and underlying verve - of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of - and longing for - touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame." |
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Deskribapen fisikoa: | 1 electronic resource (158 p.) |
ISBN: | P3.0268.1.00 9781950192540 9781950192533 |
Sartu: | Open Access |