Handholding: 5 Kinds

Synopsis

Handholding: 5 Kinds Is A Collection Of Experimental Poetry And Critical Writing. It Is A Creative Response To 5 Artistic Works By Innovative American, African Diaspora And European-based Artists' Work: Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate (recited By His Son, Ernst), Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, John Akomfrah's 7 Songs For Malcolm X, John Cage's 4'33 And Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The Contents Address Undertones And Overtones Of Race, Sexuality, Class, Gender, Ethnicity, Power And Art-making. The Collection Contains Experimental Text As Well As Digital Download Codes To Five Audio Pieces. One Is A Real Time Response To The Kubrick Film, The Other Is A Collection Of Sound Pieces Inspired By The Other Artists, Often Recitations Of The Page-based Texts. This Is The First Text And Sound Collection Of Tracie Morris' That Is Comprised Of Exclusively Experimental Work Inspired By Other Innovative Artists-- Tracie Morris.