Forest of Names - 108 Meditations

Informationen zum Autor IAN BOYDEN is a and writer, translator, and visual artist. Consistent across his productions are an intense interest in material relevance, place-based thought, and ecology, with a deep awareness of East Asian aesthetics. He studied for several years in China and Japan, and ultimately received degrees in art history from Wesleyan University and Yale University. His work is often interdisciplinary, including collaborations that have involved a variety of scientists, poets, composers, and other artists. Zusammenfassung Artist Ai Weiwei, at risk to his own safety, gathered the names of these children, and their names are the subject of this book. This act of poetic translation is both a heartbreaking tribute to people whose names have been erased, and a healing meditation on how language suggests a path forward.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Boyden
• Publisher: University press new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780819579942
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-7994-2
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Wesleyan Poetry; Wesleyan Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama