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Transmissions from the pleroma

Title

Transmissions from the pleroma / edited by Lawrence Kumpf and Tyler Maxin.

Publication

Brooklyn, NY : Blank Forms Editions, [2022]
©2022

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Description

368 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles; 21 cm.

Summary

Jerry Hunt (1943-93) is often described as a shamanic figure with the look of a Central Texas meat inspector. One of the most compelling composers in the world of late twentieth-century new music, he made work that combined video synthesis, installation art and early computers with rough-hewn sculptures, scores drawn from celestial alphabets, and homemade electronics activated by his signature wands and impassioned gestures. Hunt lived his entire life in Texas, eventually settling in a house ("an interactive environment") he built with his partner, Stephen Housewright, in a rural area outside Canton, but his pataphysical, abrasive, and humorous performances took him all over North America and Europe, where he amassed a small but dedicated following. This volume represents the first ever book-length collection devoted to the underknown composer's work, and includes a biographical essay by Tyler Maxin and Lawrence Kumpf, interviews with and essays by Hunt, detailed analyses of his practice, and reflections from his friends and collaborators.--Book jacket.

Series Statement

Blank forms, 2642-7052 ; 08

Uniform Title

Blank Forms (Series) ; 08.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.

Note

Accompanies the exhibition Jerry Hunt: Transmissions from the Pleroma, held February 16-June 11, 2022, at Blank Forms, Brooklyn NY.

Contents

Introduction / Lawrence Kumpf -- Transmissions from the pleroma / Lawrence Kumpf and Tyler Maxin -- Lachesis: the Society of Fine Arts and Sciences -- A visit to the Center / Kris Paulsen -- Audio video syntheses / Jerry Hunt -- The death of the piano / Jerry Hunt -- The trickster / George Lewis -- Stompin' and beatin' and screamin' / Gordon Monahan in conversion with Jerry Hunt -- It would be great to be regarded as the world's greatest meringueist / Jerry Hunt interviewed by Guy De Bièvre -- Some approach strategies using the Dee Enochian tablet structures / Jerry Hunt -- "Drop line...I know I don't know" / David Rosenbloom -- Interactive performance systems / Jerry Hunt -- The Finley/Hunt Report / Karen Finley -- Partners / Stephen Housewright.

Call Number

JMD 22-219

ISBN

1953691056
9781953691057
1953691099
9781953691095

OCLC

1256541544

Title

Transmissions from the pleroma / edited by Lawrence Kumpf and Tyler Maxin.

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY : Blank Forms Editions, [2022]

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Blank forms, 2642-7052 ; 08

Blank Forms (Series) ; 08.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Hunt, Jerry, 1943-1993, artist, composer, author, interviewee.

Kumpf, Lawrence, editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.

Maxin, Tyler, editor, writer of added commentary.

Paulsen, Kris, writer of added commentary.

Lewis, George, 1952- writer of added commentary.

Rosenboom, David, writer of added commentary.

Finley, Karen, writer of added commentary.

Housewright, Stephen, writer of added commentary.

Monahan, Gordon, interviewer.

Bièvre, Guy de, 1961- interviewer.

Blank Forms (Organization), issuing body, host institution.

Research Call Number

JMD 22-219

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