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26 octobre 2023
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Handwriting Chirography Work, Method of Industry (Psychology) Method of work Sorcery Magick Spells Necromancy Life--Philosophy Identity Death--Philosophy Dying End of life Cadavers Remains, Human Corpses Human remains Deceased Western art (Western countries) Fine arts Iconography Arts, Fine Art, Occidental Arts, Visual Visual arts Occidental art Art, Visual Art, Western (Western countries) Grave Sepulchral monument ArtsCiter ce document
Valérie Rauzier, « Eat your Heart Out: The Lifework of Kathy Acker », Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, ID : 10670/1.03829r
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Come alive, dead heart, and sing.Kathy Acker, In Memoriam to Identity This quote by the American writer Kathy Acker can be read as an incantation, a magic spell from beyond the grave, more than 20 years after her passing, just as it can resonate as a wake-up call from death to life, to art. However, this is a call first addressed to Acker herself, insofar as it defines two crucial techniques at the source of her work: the performative aspect of her writing (“sing”), and the body (represented ...