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Kathy Acker: Get Rid of Meaning
Kathy Acker: Get Rid of Meaning | Kathy Acker
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American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker?s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker?s personal archive and other collections. 0The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.00Text: Kathy Acker, Dodie Bellamy, Hanjo Berressem, Ruth Buchanan, Anja Casser, Georgina Colby, Leslie Dick, Claire Finch, Johnny Golding, Anja Kirschner, Chris Kraus, Sylvère Lotringer, Douglas A. Martin, Jason McBride, Karolin Meunier and Kerstin Stakemeier, Avital Ronell, Daniel Schulz, Matias Viegener, McKenzie Wark.00Exhibition: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (05.10. - 02.12.2018).
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So excited to add this to my Acker collection. This gorgeous art book offers several essays on Kathy and her work as well as an interview with her and a comprehensive bibliography. Nearly every page of the book offers a glimpse into her writing notebooks (with to-scale photos of the pages) where she drafted her novels by hand. Such a thrill to get to see how these novels came together and how Kathy worked. A handsome testament to a unique writer.