{"product_id":"meredith-monk-calling-paperback-1","title":"Meredith Monk: Calling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Lissoni\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eRick Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first visual book on the massively influential musician and interdisciplinary artist whose six-decade oeuvre unites music, movement and art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker and choreographer, Meredith Monk has united music, theater and dance to forge a new creative idiom exploring the human voice as instrument that has proved enormously influential for musicians and artists from Bruce Nauman and Terry Riley to Björk and John Zorn. Since the 1960s, she has created performances at the Guggenheim Museum rotunda (the first artist to do so), performed in public car parks and on opera stages, and recorded numerous acclaimed albums with ECM. Her music has been used in films by Jean-Luc Godard (\u003ci\u003eNouvelle Vague\u003c\/i\u003e), the Coen Brothers (\u003ci\u003eThe Big Lebowski\u003c\/i\u003e) and David Byrne (\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e), and she has directed two films (\u003ci\u003eEllis Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBook of Days\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eThis catalog is the first overview of her work, featuring previously unpublished archival material, scores, notations, drawings and photographs, as well as an insightful conversation with Monk and essays by acclaimed writers and curators such as Andrea Lissoni, Rick Moody, Timothy Morton, Teresa Retzer, Beatrix Ruf, Anna Schneider, Adam Shatz and Louise Steinman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith Monk\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1942) was born in New York City, where she still lives. She began to explore the spectrum of the human voice through abstract vocal expression in the early 1960s, and developed what became known as \"extended vocal technique\" in numerous solo performances, using a three-octave range. In 1968 she founded The House to promote interdisciplinary performance, and 10 years later founded the Meredith Monk \u0026amp; Vocal Ensemble. In 2015, Monk was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 11.4 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176441561337,"sku":"9783775754811","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kcHVQo4-9P9783775754811_a3ecc4f0-1c8a-4738-9b3a-767b9a13856e.webp?v=1767683056","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/meredith-monk-calling-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}