The Gun is Loaded - Softcover

Lydia Lunch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906155305 ISBN 13: 9781906155308

Publisher: Black Dog Publishing London UK, 2008

Synopsis

Since bursting onto the scene in late 1970s New York, Lydia Lunch's confrontational music, art, literature and spoken word performances have been at the forefront of underground American culture. Few other contemporary artists have forged a unique and varied artistic vision as successfully, or forcibly as Lydia Lunch during her long, notorious career. Becoming involved in a wider range of artistic pursuits, Lunch made her mark in literature, film, spoken-word performance, video, photography, poetry as well as a multitude of other creative endeavours. Infused with her apocalyptic vision of American spiritual collapse and the violence of sexuality, Lydia's uncompromising work has defied categorisation and been largely under-represented in mainstream media. 'The Gun is Loaded' fills this gap, narrating her evolution from No Wave singer, through art-house actor, to spoken word poet, celebrated author and photographer. Covering prose, poems, lyrics and narrative, as well as featuring recent photography and a visually stunning collection of archive material, 'The Gun is Loaded' is a provocative journey into the vision of one of America's most fearless and pioneering daughters.

About this title

About the Author

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress, a self-avowed 'confrontationalist'. Previous books include Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary (Creation Press, 1997) and Incriminating Evidence (Last Gasp, 1992). Lunch now lives in Barcelona and Los Angeles. Jack Sergeant is the author of several books on underground film, including Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression, Naked Lens: Beat Cinema and Cinema Contra Cinema, a collection of essays on alternative film. He is the editor of the journal Suture, and co-editor with Stephanie Watson of Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of the Road Movie.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Dog Publishing London UK
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906155305
• ISBN 13: 9781906155308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Duncan McCorquodale