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Melissa Catanese — Apsis

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Melissa Catanese - Voyagers

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Llevo demasiado tiempo sin escribir nada aqui, por un cierto agotamiento que sin embargo no consigue cubrir la ilusión.  Siguen llegando libros, y algunos muy esperados y queridos.

A Place both wonderful and Strange. Colectivo. Fuego Books. 2017

Tapa dura, cubierta de terciopelo rojo por un lado e imitando alquitrán por otro. 27×20 cm. Color y blanco y negro. 208 paginas.

Fotografías, ( por orden de entrada ) Salvi Danés, Carl Bigmore, Rory Hamovit, Anna Beeke, Philippe Fragnière, Antone Dolezal, Enrico Di Nardo & Valentina Natarelli, Jason Fulford, Sarah Walker, Melissa Catanese, Cristina De Middel, Sara Palmieri.

Texto en inglés y español, David Campany.  Biografías y entrevistas, en inglés y español. Traducción, alt.

Edición, Fuego Books, Gustavo Alemán. Asistencia en edición, Pascual Martínez, Agus Bres.

Papeles, FSC Gardapat Kiara y Conqueror Wave Pearl.

Diseño, Rubio&del Amo.

Preimpresión, Eduardo Nave-Control-P.

Impresión, Artes Gráficas Palermo.

Publicado gracias a la contribución de 237 patrocinadores con una campaña de crowdfunding.

1° edición, tirada 1100.

Fuego Books. 2017.

  ¿Quien no conoce a Laura Palmer? Todos tenemos recuerdos de alguna de las obras de David Lynch, tanto de sus películas como de la serie para televisión Twin Peaks. Su universo particular ha marcado los sueños y el imaginario de toda una generación, dejando en nuestras mentes una sensación extraña de vértigo y desasosiego, el tan dulce placer del pavor y misterio frente a una aparente e incomoda”normalidad”.

A place both wonderful and strange es el resultado de un sueño, el de Gustavo Alemán, creador de Fuego Books. El lugar de los sueños es tan maravilloso como extraño, y aquí nos adentramos en un mundo que no se rige por estándares que la razón pueda medir. La llama encendida no se apaga hasta conseguir hacerse realidad.

  Salvi Danés, Doll’s head.

  Carl Bigmore. Between two mysteries.

  Después de un llamamiento a propuestas, están aquí reunidos doce fotógrafos internacionales, presentando cada uno una obra libremente inspirada por la serie Twin Peaks, o que de una manera u otra, recrea el universo de Lynch. Unos muy conocidos y otros menos, pero que aquí forman un conjunto homogéneo, en una edición muy cuidada e impecable en todos sus detalles, como lo vemos y sentimos desde el diseño de la cubierta. Terciopelo y carretera son los hilos conductores de esta publicación seductora y enigmática.

No puedo detallar aquí los doce trabajos, aunque los grupos de fotos presentados siguen la aparición en el libro. Con origen, biografía ( al final del libro encontramos información  de cada uno de ellos ) y obra muy distinta, los autores se cruzan y dialogan entre bosques  y carreteras solitarias, habitaciones silenciosas, teléfonos y cortinas, muchas cortinas… Las que tapan secretos inconfesables de pequeñas o grandes miserias, enigmas de objetos cotidianos en lugares donde todo se calla.

  Rory Hamovit.

  Anna Beeke. Every forest has its shadow.

  En bosques habitados se halla el misterio, bajo la niebla o  cortinas de agua (“every forest has its shadow”, dice Anna Beeke ). En los troncos quedan cicatrices, deseos no realizados , frustraciones encerradas en la madera como en la mente, eternamente.

Como en la serie de televisión, cada episodio añade elementos de una narración dentro de la historia. El relato Lynchiano no es un camino lineal, mas bien una invitación a perdernos y buscar otras puertas, o encontrarnos con otro camino sin salida.

  Philippe Fragniere. Dead men don’t tell tales.

  Antone Donezal. The void and cloudless sky.

  El lugar Lynchiano, ese espacio tan real y cotidiano que nos da pavor, confrontados al tedio repetido, se vuelve espejo de los miedos que solo describe la imagen en silencio.

  Enrico di Nardo & Valentina Natarelli. MM.

  Jason Fulford. Aspirin fund.

  Es difícil hacer un libro colectivo con grandes individualidades, que según pienso en ningún momento, han concertado sus propuestas. El trabajo de edición en este caso es delicado. Aquí se ha hilado fino y el resultado es de una gran coherencia. El tiempo, ese elemento tan particular en la estética de Lynch, se detiene entre las paginas del libro. “Mira el mundo como si hubiera desaparecido el tiempo y verás recto todo lo que estaba torcido”, dice Sarah Walker, citando a Nietszche. Mas que en un tiempo pasado estamos aquí en otra dimensión, una a la que se accede bordeando lo absurdo, entre sueños y pesadillas.

  Sarah Walker. Abyss.

  Melissa Catanese. Apsis.

  La muerte anda rodando detrás de cada puerta, pero no es mas absurda que el espejo o la mesa camilla en este hotel donde estamos pasando nuestros días. ¿Que es real? Nuestra percepción se nubla hasta perder el equilibrio.

  Cristina De Middel. Hotel Hoetl.

  Sara Palmieri. Snerario I,II.

  A Place both wonderful and strange es sensual y venenoso, (tiene su tacto), y apenas le falta un perfume capitoso para adentrarnos en el perfecto escenario. Sin embargo si emana de él la sensación inequívoca y tan dulce de la atracción del peligro, la embriaguez del sueño al sentirlo tan vivo. Que exista es la prueba que hay otra dimensión, donde consigue llevarnos la fotografía. Come in, welcome to a place both wonderful and strange!

  https://open.spotify.com/track/1Fk1BMSrFViFSZiE7VwtR1

    http://salvidanes.com

http://www.carlbigmore.co.uk

http://www.roryhamovit.com/roryhamovit

http://www.annabeeke.com

http://philippefragniere.ch

https://www.antonedolezal.com

http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/enrico-di-nardo/lifting-ground-shadows

http://www.jasonfulford.com

https://www.phasesmag.com/sarah-walker/the-differend/#s-2

http://melissacatanese.com

http://www.lademiddel.com

https://www.sarapalmieri.com

                  A Place both wonderful and strange. Fuego Books. Llevo demasiado tiempo sin escribir nada aqui, por un cierto agotamiento que sin embargo no consigue cubrir la ilusión.  

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Stardust, Melissa Catanese

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Now voyager, Melissa Catanese

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books i read in 2021

okay, so i’ve been amassing this list all year as a way to keep track of things i’ve read, but since i reblogged that books ask, i figure i’ll post this now. i’m reading a couple books currently which won’t make it onto this list even though i’m p sure i’ll finish them before the new year. however! if anyone has any questions about the books listed below the cut (to spare your dashes), i’m happy to answer. stars indicate i really liked the book. no stars don’t mean i hated it, i just refuse to rank things because that’s too much decision making for me.

fiction

Piranesi - Susannah Clarke*

The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

This is How You Lose the Time War - El-Motar/Gladstone*

Axiom’s End - Lindsay Ellis

The Once and Future Witches - Alix Harrow

Finna - Nino Cipri

The Mirror Season - Anna-Marie Mclemore

Mister Impossible - Maggie Stiefvater*

Real Life - Brandon Taylor*

Hummingbird Salamander - Jeff Vandermeer

All Systems Red - Martha Wells*

Artificial Condition - Wells*

Rogue Protocol - Wells*

Exit Strategy - Wells*

Fugitive Telemetry - Wells*

Network Effect - Wells*

The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones*

Six Gun Snow White - Catherine Valente

Prosper’s Demon - Parker

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder*

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine

My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones*

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job - Kikuko Tsumura*

Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

Sabriel - Garth Nix*

Truth of the Divine - Ellis*

non-fiction

Dear Science, and Other Stories - Katherine McKittrick

No Safe Spaces - Andrea Pao

The Problem of the Color(blind) - Brandi Catanese

Negotiating Performance - (ed. collection)

The Black Shoals - Tiffany Lethabo-King

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Marchado

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner*

Girlhood - Melissa Febos*

The Sense of Brown - Jose Esteban Muñoz*

Afropessimism - Frank Wilderson

Polysecure - Fern

In the Belly of the Beast - Da’Shaun Harrison

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Foucault*

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

My Broken Language - Quiara Alegria Hudes*

Sovietstan - Erika Fatland*

Transpacific Femininities - Denise Cruz*

Janelle Monae’s The ArchAndroid (33 1/2 series) - Alyssa Favreau

poetry

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz*

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Faithful and Virtuous Night - Louise Gluck*

Life on Mars - Tracy Smith

Homie - Danez Smith*

Stag’s Leap - Sharon Olds*

The Gold Cell - Sharon Olds

plays

Slave Play - Jeremy O. Harris*

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Now voyager, Melissa Catanese

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Surprised with the some exciting news—my book, THE ARC, has been included in Transformer Station’s (@transformerstation) photobook exhibition, “Undercurrents”; concurrently on view with “Tabitha Soren: Surface Tension”. Both exhibitions separately respond to, environmental, social, economic, and cultural issues of our time. ⁣

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On View: Oct 25, 2019—Jan 19, 2020. ⁣

Opening Reception: Oct 25, 7-9pm⁣

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Transformer Station ⁣

1460 W 29th Street, Cleveland OH 44113⁣

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“Undercurrents” is an immersive exhibition of photobooks from around the globe that explores the imperceptible, invisible, and often chaotic forces that shape the world around us and how we choose to interpret them. The books selected explore our uncertain present and unknowable future. It was co-curated by Melissa Catanese and Ed Panar (Co-Founders, Spaces Corners, Pittsburgh) with Caitie Moore (Operations Manager, Transformer Station & Founder, Nomadic Bookshelf, Cleveland). Visit Transformer Station’s website for more info. #photobooks #transformerstation #thearcbook #aintbad

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Spots still available for our upcoming Berlin Workshop! Link in bio & @ahornbooks ... #Repost @ahornbooks ・・・ Melissa Catanese and Ed Panar in Berlin! Limited spots available. Apply now! 💥 Follow the link in profile or visit: ahorn.xyz/workshop Images from “Voyagers” by Melissa Catanese, published by The Ice Plant, 2018. @melissa_catanese @the.ice.plant @edpanar #ahorn #photography #workshop #editing #berlin #voyagers #reading #photobook #theiceplant #melissacatanese #edpanar #ahornworkshop http://bit.ly/2Zqcoxn

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Recently Received: Voyagers by Melissa Catanese 

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Melissa Catanese‘s Dive Dark Dream Slow

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▶︎ 【VOYAGERS】／ Melissa Catanese 老若男女、様々なシチュエーションで読書をする人々のヴィンテージ写真を集めた一冊。 #artbook #vintagephoto #voyagers #melissacatanese #photography #photograph #reading #📖 #📚 #kagoshima #鹿児島市 #鹿児島 #shinshinbooks (津津) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWLAXWn6Xi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w4uumv6ru4es

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My works are featured in the 212 edition of Light Work Annual. I am very grateful to Light Work for the opportunity to produce new works and Wendy Vogel, Writer and Critic, for providing an overarching review of my work.

-- Contact Sheet 212 Light Work Annual features work produced by 2021 Light Work Artists-in-Residence Farah Al Qasimi, David Alekhougie, Sophie Barbasch, Poulomi Basu, Melissa Catanese, Alanna Fields, Arko Datto, Tarrah Krajnak, Jan McCullough, Harold Mendez, Star Montana, Christie Neptune and Leonard Suryajaya. The publication also includes work by 2020 Light Work Grant Recipients Ben Cleeton, Christine Elfman, and Hans Gindlesberger, as well as a recap of the year of Urban Video Project (UVP) exhibitions and commission with artist Steffani Jemison. Featuring texts by Jeffrey Hoone, Ashley James, Skye Arundhati Thomas, Wendy Vogel, David Alekhougie, Blake Oetting, Risa Puelo, Eugenie Shinkle, Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Nicholas Muellner, Emilia Terracciano, Douglas R. Nickel, Ana Briz, Yxta Maya Murray, Cjala Surratt, and Anneka Herre.

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When the Bugs Come Back, Melissa Catanese

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Since it’s over, I suppose I’m due for an update. Here’s all I managed for the Clear Your Shit Readathon. While I didn’t complete it, I still cleared a bit of my bookshelf, and I’m glad for that. Full reviews, if I wrote them, are linked in the ratings.

Quest One: Shortest Book

The Trouble With Lemons by Daniel Hayes (★★) | A mid-grade contemporary (of the 90s) in which a boy who considers himself a broken-down lemon finds a dead body. A good read but not for me.

Quest Nineteen: Earliest Published

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, trns. Lysander Kemp (DNF) | A man travels to his deceased mother’s hometown to find his father and discovers the towns’ [literal] ghosts. Though this had potential, this may not be the right translation to start with.

Quest Two: On TBR Longest

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris (★★★) | A mid-grade fantasy narrating a new fairytale. A lovely, fun, funny little tale.

Quest Three: About a Group

The Truth Is by NoNiequa Ramos (★★★★★) | A story about queer teens navigating themselves, each other, and this very messed up world. A beautiful story beautifully written. (Technically a cop-out for the challenge, since it was a library pull.)

Quest Four: About an Animal

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (DNF) | A mid-grade classic and sort of survival story in which a boy adopts a young dear and must keep it - along with his family - alive. By god, old timey animal stories are absolutely NOT for me.

Quest Six: Scary Story

The Infinite by Douglas Clegg (DNF) | A third installment (apparently) about the haunted Harrow House. Nothing wrong with it per se, I just didn’t wanna suffer through what would probably yet again be a one-star for me.

Quest Eight: A Fantasy

The Thief and the Beanstalk by PW Catanese (★) | A mid-grade sequel to Jack and the Beanstalk. Didn’t feel like it added anything to the original.

Quest Five: Intimidating Book

The Argonauts by Melissa Nelson (★★★★) | An “autotheory” poetic memoir about navigating queerness in/of/around/within family. Dipped a lil heavily into theory at points, but the writing was lovely.

Quest Nine: Most Expensive

Promises to Keep by Jane Green (★) | A chick-lit/light contemporary about family and the transience of life. Not unpleasant but wholly underwhelming.

Quest Fifteen: A Book I Forgot About

The Tale of Billy Turner & Other Stories by Rob Kidd (★★) | An early-mid-grade novella about how Billy Turner (of PotC) became a pirate, and a couple other tales of the young Jack Sparrow. It’s just... so young.

Quest Seven: Free Choice

Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (★) | A historical fiction about a persecuted orphan in medieval England. It’s the set-up for a series, so nothing much happened.

Quest Twenty: A Library Hold

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (★★★★★) | The tales of a mother’s childhood in the (semi?)-fictional country Dhruhástrana and a daughter unconventionally coming of age. A bit of a cheat bc I first listened to the audiobook and my hold for the ebook didn’t come in until after the challenge ended so I’m still reading it and I’m counting the two reads at once, but it’s definitely a five-star for me