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Butoh: Cradling Empty Space
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVangeline
New York: New York Butoh Institute, 2020.“Approaching the avant-garde Japanese performance art form of butoh from a cross-cultural, gender studies, and scientific perspective, award-winning artist and teacher Vangeline brings a fresh look at this postmodern dance form. Butoh, a performance art form that grew out of the Japanese avant-garde scene of the 1950s, has traveled from east to west over the last 60 years, growing in popularity as it evolves. With origins in modern dance, French mime, and the surrealist movement, this fascinating postmodern dance genre is often thought of as mysterious and is frequently misunderstood. Through twenty years of research, interviews with some of the world’s top practitioners, historical documents, and rare photographs, Vangeline shines a light on this “dance of darkness.” New revelations include the under-represented role of women in the development of the form, the connection between butoh and neuroscience, and the cross-cultural perspective of international influences on the evolution of the dance. Butoh: Cradling Empty Space will appeal to dance students, teachers, performance art scholars, movers, and anyone interested in choreography, theater, and Japanese history, culture and art. The book includes rare photographs, helpful graphics, a detailed bibliography and footnotes, and resources for additional information.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Seed Savers’ Handbook: A Permaculture Seed
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichel Fanton; Jude Fanton
Byron Bay: The Seed Savers’ Network, 2020.“The book begins with eight chapters on the issues around seeds globally and the practicalities of saving your own seeds. Three quarters of the book is on 117 food plants, mostly vegetables, with the remainder culinary flowers, herbs and spices. Each plant has a description, its wild origins, how to cultivate it, save its seeds or otherwise propagate it, storage of the seed and its medicinal and culinary uses. Permaculture, biodiversity, organics and companion planting are the principles that underlie the contents of this book. This has been a reliable reference book not just on propagating and breeding your own vegetables, but also for how to grow and use both common (corn, tomatoes, beans, cabbages, etc.,) and unusual vegetables, such as tumeric, peanuts and several species of gourds. Included are many Asian and South American vegetables, herbs and spices.” (publisher’s blurb) Illustrated by Alfredo Bonanno. Preface by Bill Mollison.
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470
AU$27.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLinda Woodrow
Hepburn: Melliodora, 2020.“In the 2030s, as the world spirals into ecological and economic meltdown, three generations of an Australian family must find a way to each other, and then a way to survive and make a good life. What will it be like, to live in a climate changed world? Meticulously researched, 470 explores the nature of resilience when the world suddenly tips.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Lajjagauri and Anandanayaki: A New Light on the Nature and Worship of the Adi-Mata, the Primordial Mother
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRamacandra Cintaman Dhere
Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2020.Translated from Marathi and with an introductory chapter and annotation by Jayan Bhalcandra Bapat. “Lajjagauri is perhaps one of India’s oldest goddesses with images of her in South Asia dating back to the Indus Civilisation c. 3,000 to 1,500 BC. Her devotees can be traced back even earlier to the Ukraine c. 10,000 BCE. In India, new finds continue to expand the geographical spread of Lajjagauri’s devotees, most recently to Odisa. Dhere’s work on Lajjagauri is based on tireless pursuits of her image throughout western India. In contrast to the other thousands of Indian goddesses whose images are super abundant, Lajjagauri has become more reclusive as other deities have risen.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Sacred Intent: Conversations and Travels with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGenesis Breyer P-Orridge
Stockholm: Trapart Books, 2020.“Published for the legendary artist and musician’s 70th birthday in 2020, this title gathers conversations between Breyer P-Orridge and his friend and collaborator Carl Abrahamsson. From the first 1986 fanzine-based interview about current projects, philosophical insights, magical workings, travels, art theory and gender revolutions, to 2019’s thoughts on life and death in the the shadow of battling leukaemia, it is a unique journey in which the art of conversation blooms to the highest degree.” (publisher’s blurb)
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RetroSuburbia: The Downshifter’s Guide to a Resilient Future
AU$90.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Holmgren
Hepburn: Melliodora, 2020.“This 592 page manual shows how Australians can downshift and retrofit their homes, gardens, communities and, above all, themselves to be more self-organised, sustainable and resilient into an uncertain future. It promises a challenging but exciting mix of satisfying work, a more meaningful way of living and hope for the next generation. RetroSuburbia is divided into three main sections: the Built, the Biological and the Behavioural along with the introductory section ‘Setting the scene’.” (publisher’s blurb)