{"title":"Carolee Schneemann","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"parts-of-a-body-house-book","title":"Parts of a Body House Book","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarolee Schneemann’s production of artists’ books is relatively limited yet significant, comprising \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParts of a Body House Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1972), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCézanne, She Was a Great Painter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1975), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVulva’s Morphia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2002), among other works. These transgressive publications extend her performative scripts into the tactile and the “flippable”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInfluenced by Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist philosophy,\u003cem\u003e Parts of a Body House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas developed through two distinct editorial iterations. An initial, condensed version appeared in 1970 in \u003cem\u003eFantastic Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published by Something Else Press, while a more expansive and materially textured version was published by Beau Geste Press in 1972.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevolving around themes of gender, sexuality, and creativity, this mythopoetic feminist book assembles a profusion of original materials including: a comic strip derived from the artist's Fluxus Fluxorum performance, critical observations on Wilhelm Reich and Dusan Makavejev's soft-erotic film \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eW.R.: Mysteries of the Organism\u003c\/em\u003e (1971), notes and drawings related to her \u003cem\u003ekinetic theater\u003c\/em\u003e works, and a manifesto-script for \u003cem\u003eParts of a Body House \u003c\/em\u003e(originally written in 1967). The book also incorporates traces of the body itself, including a tissue-paper insert blotted with menstrual blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy anchoring female corporeality to the architectural metaphor of the house, Schneemann transforms the traditionally domestic space into a site of liberation. The book thus becomes an embodied object that challenges stereotypical representations of women by making the female body both its subject and its material.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54639480373587,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4484.png?v=1787233149"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/carolee-schneemann.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}