What Else Is in the Teaches of Peaches - Hardcover

Peaches; Holger Talinski; Yoko Ono; Ellen Page; Michael Stipe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1617753572 ISBN 13: 9781617753572

Publisher: Akashic Books, 2015

Synopsis

An outrageous and provocative photograph book of cult music hero Peaches, with text from Peaches, Yoko Ono, Ellen Page and Michael Stipe.

15 years ago, peaches exploded onto the scene with the single "F*ck the Pain Away." Since 2000, Peaches has become a symbol of progressive (and transgressive) pop culture, shattering gender stereotypes, promoting sex positivity and constantly pushing through boundaries of art and performance.

What Else Is In The Teaches Of Peaches presents a mesmerising collection of Holger Talinski's evocative and sometimes erotic photos of transgressive musical icon Peaches, on and off stage, with accompanying commentary from Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), Yoko Ono (artist and wife of the late John Lennon), actress Ellen Page (Juno, Inception, X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Peaches herself.

"Peaches is ferocious, relentless, sexy, confident, and gives all of herself to her audience . . . She is a person who inspires." - Ellen Page, actress

"Peaches is an incredible artist . . . Thank you, Peaches, for adding a long and exciting life to performance art." - Yoko Ono

"Peaches stands tall and she is fearless. That is my definition of a hero, heroine, progressive, icon - locked in, and ready to rumble." - Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

About this title

Review:

"We see her as a daughter, a sister, a loyal friend, a Grace Jones fan, an international performer, and, most importantly, a real-life human being -something fans aren't often privy to beyond her larger-than-life performance persona." --DAZED

"It takes a lot of gruelling work to pull off what Peaches does so subversively night after night on tour and in theater productions. That's the takeaway from this revealing (and NSFW) photo book on the electro-pop provocateur." --Boston Globe

About the Author:

Peaches, born Merrill Nisker in Toronto, is a musician, singer, performance artist, producer, filmmaker, actor and writer who has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000. She has released four albums - "The Teaches of Peaches", "Fatherf*cker", "Impeach My Bush" and "I Feel Cream" - and a new album is forthcoming. She has collaborated and appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by P!nk, R.E.M., Iggy Pop and Major Lazer, to mention a few. Her songs have been featured in dozens of films and TV shows including Mean Girls, Lost in Translation, 30 Rock, South Park and True Blood. Peaches has performed in more than 50 countries and has constantly toured the world for the past 14 years. She created "Peaches Christ Superstar", where she performed the entire rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar as a one-woman show; and she sang the lead role of L'Orfeo in a production of Monteverdi's opera. Peaches's most ambitious work to date was the mythical autobiographical electrorock stage-show-turned-film called Peaches Does Herself. The feature film debuted at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival and was well-received at over 70 film festivals around the world.

Holger Talinski is a Berlin-based photographer focusing on portrait and documentary photography. He is also passionate about skateboarding, which was the reason he started taking photos in the first place. He studied photography in Bielefeld, Germany and interned in New York with Benedict F. Fernandez, who is best known for photographing Martin Luther King Jr. Holger's work has been commissioned worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1617753572
• ISBN 13: 9781617753572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160