Ackers groundbreaking book blood and guts in high school 1984. Includes suggestions for related experiments and projects. Parnes looks forward to the same type of dialog with mica students. A brief chapter on the reproductive system is included.
Thursday, november 29, 2018 artists television access. Building on the darkly comic spirit of blood and guts, county down is set in a lavish gated community where parents suddenly prey upon their children. Blood and guts in high school is a novel by kathy acker. Experiments and ideas for finding out these principles with your own body are also included. It traveled a complex and circuitous route to publication in 1984.
Blood and guts in high school janie 19781982 2004 2009 laura parnes blood and guts in high school 2007 is a chillingly dystopic deadpan dramatization of kathy ackers infamously pornographic, plagiarized, resistant, oedipal and antiimperial novel of the same name published 1984. Laura parnes manages to sidestep such pitfalls in her fiftyminute video inspired by and titled after ackers novel. I own both a warriors story and this book blood and guts its inciteful and motivational to the t get it while you can. Kathy ackers blood and guts in high school 1978 is a messy novel filled with nihilistic divagations and hightheory musings, juvenile drawings of cunts and cocks, unstable characters on a bombastic path of nonbecoming. Blood and guts in high school, a 50minute parnes video which chris kraus called an extrapolationist reduction of kathy ackers famous 1978 novel of the same name, builds snippets of the books original dialogue and text into scripts for theatrical vignettes. Laura is one of the best examples of the classic noir mystery novel. Blood and guts in high school and hollywood inferno by laura parnes isbn. Laura parnes is an artist whose work engages strategies of narrative and experimental film and video art to craft loose narratives of trauma and repressed memory around massculture experiences and youthful rites of passage. A book of parnes scripts titled blood and guts in hollywood. The story itself and the writing are equally captivating. Dorian has always been one of my bodybuilding heroes, and this book, written during the heart of his career, does not disappoint.
A boring, vapid fantasy of love that is marketed and sold. Parnes is a 20 john simon guggenheim memorial fellow, a 2014 nyfa recipient, and a 2016 creative capital awardee. Blood and guts in high school features actress stephanie vella in a series of video installations that reimagine punkfeminist icon kathy ackers book of the. She also was named a john simon guggenheim memorial fellow in 20 and an nyfa recipient in 2014. Tour without end about trailer gallery credits news installation press contact trailer gallery credits news installation press contact. Colby, georgina elizabeth university of westminster, london. Laura parnes at participant evidence of our current shellshocked state can be found on houston street on the lower east side at participant, which is screening laura parnes new film, janie 19781982 a. Blood and guts in hollywood, a lecture in the department of art in the college of architecture, art, and planning at cornell university. The screenplays for laura parnes blood and guts in high school and hollywood inferno are printed alongside sketches, source materials, and beautifully garish film stills that illustrate the works stylized and punkinspired misenscene. She was the cofounder of momenta art as it exists in brooklyn. Two screenplays by laura parnes and video data bank has published a box set of her work.
On display at locust projects, the installation showcases several chapters from parness blood and guts in high school. Video data bank published a box set of her work, and participant press published a book of her scripts titled blood and guts in hollywood. The title of this book is blood and guts and it was written by dorian yates. She is the recipient of a creative capital award, new york film academy fellowship, and john simon guggenheim memorial foundation fellowship. Participant press published a book of her scripts, blood and guts in hollywood. Im a huge dorian fan, having trained with him and his son. Two screenplays by laura parnes was published in 2009.
She was the codirector of momenta art with eric heist and helped relaunch the notforprofit exhibition space in new york city. The rotterdam film festival, rotterdam, netherlands. Blood and guts in high school, by laura parnes, features actress stephanie vella in a series of video installations that reimagine punkfeminist icon kathy ackers book of the same title. Sep 25, 2011 parnes will also screen episodes from her new web series, county down ongoing. Filmmaker laura parnes on improvisation and deep collaboration. When putting the book to another medium, one could imagine any number of ways to. Hahn has shown around the planet earth in various cinemas, galleries, and institutions such as the nyff projections, tiff wavelengths, moma, crossroads at sfmoma, international film festival rotterdam, ann arbor film festival, new orleans film. Video data bank published a box set of her work and participant press published a book of her scripts titled blood and guts in hollywood.
In 2009 participant press published a book of her scripts titled blood and guts in hollywood. A short history of medicine new ed by porter, roy isbn. Exposing the blood and guts of hollywoods teen girl fantasy. Mar 23, 2017 she also was named a john simon guggenheim memorial fellow in 20 and an nyfa recipient in 2014. Upstream gallery will show a series of videos titled blood and guts in high school by laura parnes. Join architectures samia henni for a talk and signing of her new book, war zones, gta verlag, 2018. Blood and guts in high school, a 50minute parnes video which chris kraus called an. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Kathy ackers blood and guts in high school 1978 is a messy novel filled with. Book chapters the small press, avantgarde aesthetics, and the politics of. David velasco on laura parnes artforum international.
Laura parnes, still from blood and guts in high school, 200409, pictured left to right stephanie vella, jim fletcher. Video data bank is proud to present the wonderful work of artist laura parnes. Blood and guts in high school, a 50minutelong version of kathy ackers 1984. International feminist art journal, 19, 2007, pp 7380. She has screened and exhibited her work widely in the u. Laura parnes blood and guts in high school colby, g. Laura parnes is contemporary american artist who creates nonlinear narratives that engage strategies of film and video art and blur the lines between storytelling conventions and experimentation. In 2012 she was a visiting critic at yale university.
For several years laura parnes has been working on a video adaptation of kathy ackers 1984 novel, blood and guts in high school, presenting segments as they were done. The screenplays for laura parnes blood and guts in high school and hollywood. Interestingly, blood and guts has none of the burlesque streamofconsciousness of ackers writing, its pared down aesthetic and minimal dialogue more like an apocalyptic. Two screenplays by laura parnes 2009, and video data bank published a box set of her works. Locust projects will show work from blood and guts in high school by laura parnes, a series of video installations that reimagine punkfeminist icon kathy ackers book of the same title. The screenplays for laura parnes blood and guts in high school and hollywood inferno are printed alongside sketches, source materials. It was published by littlewolff pub group and has a total of 3 pages in the book. Blood and guts in high school and hollywood inferno laura parnes on. Laura s plotline is colorful as well as complex, but not too difficult to follow. Two screenplays by laura parnes with an introduction by chris kraus. Her work is often episodic, references pop culture, female stereotypes, history and the anxiety of influence. The novel is interested in exploring politics, history.
A series of video installations that reimagine punkfeminist icon kathy ackers book of the same title. The series rips a page from punkfeminist icon kathy ackers novel of the. Mar 27, 2009 for several years laura parnes has been working on a video adaptation of kathy ackers 1984 novel, blood and guts in high school, presenting segments as they were done. Laura parnes manages to sidestep such pitfalls in her fiftyminute video. Blood and guts in high school video installation, 200406, 40. Aipad photography show new york, thomas hirschhorn, dan. It remains ackers most popular and bestselling book.
Laura parnes created a reimagining of the novel as a multiscreen video art. She is currently teaching at graduate programs at mica, parsons and sva. This book documents the emergence of artistic practices that exist within and are occupied by both business and art. The series rips a page from punkfeminist icon kathy ackers novel of. Ackers famous 1978 novel of the same name, builds snippets of the books original dialogue and text into scripts for theatrical vignettes. Laura parnes, still from blood and guts in high school, cprint. Shes directed music videos for the julie ruin and le tigre. Blood and guts in high school wikipedia republished wiki 2. Parnes is a 20 john simon guggenheim memorial fellow, a 2014 nyfa recipient and a 2016 creative capital awardee. It traveled a complex and circuitous route to publication, before being officially released in 1984. Rather than reconstruct or adapt the book, she distills it, quoting snippets of dialogue and fragments of text and imaginatively building these bits into scripts for a series of theatrical vignettes. This twovolume box set features four video works that highlight her interest in the deconstruction of narrative film conventions, including her reimagining of kathy ackers 1984 novel, blood and guts in high school.
The big screen adaptation of laura is much better known than the book. Contemporary artists and the camera, performance and. Laura parnes is contemporary american artist who creates nonlinear narratives that engage. Tour without end about trailer gallery credits news installation press contact. The novel is also considered a metafictional text, which is aware of its status as a fictional piece. Two screenplays by laura parnes and video data bank has. Jun 22, 2009 laura parnes manages to sidestep such pitfalls in her fiftyminute video inspired by and titled after ackers novel. Apr 06, 2006 on display at locust projects, the installation showcases several chapters from parnes s blood and guts in high school. Blood and guts in high school and hollywood inferno.
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