Fringe of the Fringe - Hatje Cantz

A two-page spread showing the table of contents for a book. The contents are arranged in two columns and divided into five parts: Genre Bending, Beyond Subcultures, Queering Punk, Archives and Affect, and Listening Through the Noise. Each entry lists the page number, author, and chapter title, with topics focusing on punk, queer theory, feminism, and archives. The list is followed by sections for Contributors and Imprint.

A pale yellow background with black text and a line drawing. The text reads GENRE BENDING at the top right and PART I at the bottom right. The drawing shows a blindfolded figure pointing upward, balancing a heart with a skull and arrow on their finger. Arrows radiate from their head and a circular symbol on their chest.

A two-page spread from a book by Wolfgang Müller titled Tabea Blumenschein: Tabea and Doris May Still Dance Apache After All. The left page, numbered 46, features a biography of the artist Tabea Blumenschein. The right page, 47, presents a series of quotes discussing her personal philosophies and experiences. The text is in a black sans-serif font on a white background.

A two-page spread from a book about preserving historical movements. The left page shows several issues of a 1970s handmade zine called Holy Flip, open to display psychedelic drawings and handwritten text. The right page shows a box of labeled archive cassette tapes, including one from a 1977 interview with anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Both images are accompanied by descriptive text.

An overhead shot of pages 92 and 93 of a book. The chapter title reads, We're Punk as Fuck and Fuck like Punks: Queer-Feminist Punk Rock's Liminal Histories and Refusing Canonization, by Katharina Wiedlack. The text is in a two-column layout and discusses the complexities of writing queer-feminist punk history, with numerous footnotes at the bottom of each page.

A two-page spread from a book by Peter Rehberg. The left page features a striking black-and-white photograph by Andreas Sterzing of David Wojnarowicz, his lips crudely sewn shut with thread in protest during the AIDS crisis. Academic text on both pages discusses queer theory, affect, and art.

A two-page spread from a book about video art. The left page contains a large block of text. The right page, titled Videos selected by Angelika Gwozdz, displays a vertical column of four video stills. The stills show a man in papal robes, a dinner table, a band performing on stage, and a man and woman making faces.

Fringe of the Fringe

Queering Punk Media History

€ 40.00

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Edited by: Kathrin Dreckmann, Elfi Vomberg, Linnea Semmerling

Graphic Design: Jan Kiesswetter

Texts by: Kathrin Dreckmann, Marina Grzinic, Jack Halberstam, Josefine Hetterich, Angela McRobbie, Jennifer Ramme, Peter Rehberg, Marion Schulze, Elfi Vomberg, Katharina Wiedlack

English

February 2023, 228 Pages, 105 Photos

Paperback with Flaps

170mm x 240mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5388-3

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Since the 1970s, the medium of video and multimedia art practice has been closely linked to the subcultural and countercultural movements. Art and music videos in particular demonstrate great subversive potential: artists and musicians oppose traditional values, exploring and repeatedly transgressing social norms and gender stereotypes. This publication reviews artistic strategies in the context of a history of punk and its offshoots, combining scholarly opinions from the fields of art history, queer theory, media studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, and cultural studies on an equal footing with field reports from the practice of alternative archives and artistic image essays.