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The Crossing

Artist/Author: Ellie Harrison and Matthew Bellwood | Reference: P3782 | Type: Publication

A collection of illustrated resources, designed to help you think about, talk about and plan a funeral celebration.

In glass cabinet.

David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night

Editor: David Breslin, David Kiehl | Reference: P3715 | ISBN: 978-0300221886 | Type: Publication

Comprehensively examines the life and art of David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), who came to prominence in New York’s East Village art world of the 1980s, actively embracing all media and forging an expansive range of work both fiercely political and highly personal.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

Crap Taxidermy

Artist/Author: Kat Su | Reference: P3701 | ISBN: 978-1844038039 | Type: Publication

The very best of the worst stuffed animals are brought together in one full-colour volume; with additional features including a DIY ‘Stuff Your Own Mouse’ lesson, and an author’s introduction to the craze for getting stuffed.

Queer Lovers and Hateful Others: Regenerating Violent Times and Places

Artist/Author: Jin Haritaworn | Reference: P3720 | ISBN: 978-0745330617 | Type: Publication

Berlin is once more capital of queer arts and tourism. Queerness is more visible today than it has been for decades, but at what cost? This book argues that queer subjects have become a lovely sight only through being cast in the shadow of the new folk devil, the ‘homophobic migrant’ who is rendered by society as hateful, homophobic and disposable.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

Artist/Author: Pamela S Turne | Reference: P3705 | ISBN: 978-0547237558 | Type: Publication

This true story of a dog that faithfully waited for his owner at a Tokyo train station.

Residenzen im Realen publication

Artist/Author: Liz Rosenfeld and Rodrigo García Alves | Reference: P3692 | Type: Publication

Project publication. Explores possibilities of queer hospice concepts, and what they could mean for their wider surroundings. Reflections on the future correspond sharply with the spaces of their respective residency, the Diakonie, which aids people in very direct questions concerning their present situation.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

On Ageing: Reflections, Conversations, Research

Artist/Author: Fevered Sleep | Reference: P3684 | ISBN: 978-0955908224 | Type: Publication

A publication on the performance for adults which explored, through image, sound, light, text and the choreography of hundreds of objects, what it is to change, to grow, and to age.

Original production: Young Vic – London: 27th September – 9th October 2010

Affect, Animals, and Autists

Artist/Author: Marla Carlson | Reference: P3664 | ISBN: 978-0472053827 | Type: Publication

Maps connections across performances that question the borders of the human whose neurodiverse experiences have been shaped by the diagnostic label of autism, and animal-human performance relationships that dispute and blur anthropocentric edges.

Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz

Editor: Lisa Darms and David O'Neill | Reference: P3662 | ISBN: 9781635900170 | Type: Publication

At the height of the AIDS epidemic, Wojnarowicz began keeping audio journals, returning to a practice he'd begun in his youth. The publication presents transcripts of these tapes, documenting the artist's turbulent attempts to understand his anxieties and passions, and tracking his thoughts as they develop in real time.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive

Artist/Author: Lee Edelman | Reference: P3565 | ISBN: 978-0822333692 | Type: Publication

Argues that the child, understood as innocence in need of protection, represents the possibility of the future against which the queer is positioned as the embodiment of a relentlessly narcissistic, antisocial, and future-negating drive. Boldly insists that the efficacy of queerness lies in its very willingness to embrace this refusal of the social and political order.

An Occupation of Loss

Artist/Author: Taryn Simon | Reference: P3556 | ISBN: 9783775743198 | Type: Publication

A detailed record of the years the artist spent researching professional mourning, which culminated in a performance co-commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory and Artangel.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

Book of Medicine

Artist/Author: Bob Flanagan | Reference: P3562 | ISBN: 9781532359057 | Type: Publication

A genuine, humorous, and powerful reflection on love, life, death, and “fighting sickness with sickness.” Edited and compiled by Sheree Rose and Rhiannon Aarons.

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