Homework: Scores + Statements + Notes for Akshuns 1976-2000
André Stitt
2000
In live art circles André Stitt has a violent and uncompromising reputation. This book will hopefully change perceptions and allow a broader audience to see that there is more to him than outrageous performances in which rabbits are dissected with chainsaws. From Stitt’s early days the humour that is such a crucial element of his work has often been overlooked. This sense of fun is perhaps most evident in ongoing works such as The Geek, which were initially responses to challenges thrown by veterans of the ‘marginal’ arts such as Blaster Al Ackerman. In the seventies, US based Ackerman provided inspiration and lyrics for Throbbing Gristle. By the mid-eighties he was suggesting Stitt should be known professionally as ‘Stan The Geek’ and wear “a colourful costume of fur, feathers and filth.” This was all the encouragement Stitt required to immerse himself in the confrontational shamanism of a trickster figure. Collected here are photographs of performances, alongside notes and drawings by Stitt, as well as excerpts from Ackerman’s letters. All of which provide a hilarious insight into how the pieces developed.
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Identifier
L0181Call Number
NX547.6.S75 A4 2000Extent
149 pages : illustrations ; softcover 24 cmLanguage
ISBN
3927452971Place of Publication
Cologne, GermanyPublication Type
PrintArtist
André StittPublisher
KrashCollection
grunt gallery LibraryCopyright André Stitt, the photographers, and Krash-Verlag.