Description
| Product ID: | 9783039421329 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Title: | Deserted Boat Drifting Towards the Moon |
| Authors: | Author: Jurg Halter, Uwe Wittwer |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs, Poetry, Poetry |
| Description: | Works on paper by Swiss artist Uwe Wittwer and poems by Swiss writer and poet Jurg Halter in a multi-layered dialogue. Text in English and German. Deserted Boat Drifting Towards the Moon brings artist Uwe Wittwer’s watercolours and writer and poet Jürg Halter’s lyric together in a multi-layered dialogue. Inspired by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s legendary movie Ugetsu Monogatari (Rain Moon Tales, 1953), they intend to trigger a new, imaginary film in the mind of the viewer-reader. It is not a self-contained story they offer. Rather, artist and poet have created a subtle play with hints, fragments, comments, and further narratives. Some of Wittwer''s images are illustrative, others refuse a direct reading. Likewise, Halter''s short poems in some cases are unambiguous and simple, some are equivocal and elude immediate access. In a poetic-painterly manner, the book explores questions such as “what is one''s own in the foreign?”, “when does humanity turn into inhumanity?”, or “Is comfort to be found in art?” Text in English and German. |
| Imprint Name: | Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag |
| Publisher Name: | Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-17 |
