This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Photography Life on the Road in 156 Glossy Pages
Posted by Theodora Karatzas on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Sometimes, it would be nice if musicians would just stick to the music and leave the rest to the professionals. Clothing lines, perfumes, and memoirs really don’t figure into my qualifiers on what makes a good music career. However, in recent years, there’s been an incredible outpouring of artistic collaborations wherein artists are beginning to jump the borders between visual art, music, writing and other creative endeavors.
Such is the situation with the recently released book, The Art of Touring. Here, we see a case where only a pack of seasoned musicians could have successfully created such a project. Edited by Sara Jaffe of Erase Errata and Mia Clarke of the late great Electrelane (I know it says "indefinite hiatus," but I get the feeling these ladies are gone for good), the book is a collection of art, photos, and writing on what the life is really like behind the wheel of a touring vehicle.
This lovely package comes complete with a DVD of live footage, tour diaries, and video art from Andy Moor, Mecca Normal, Erase Errata, The Jeffrey Lewis Band, Electrelane, Neptune and more.
I haven’t gotten a chance to see a physical copy but the the photo samples and writing snippets that were available look stunning. For added cool points, the book is being published by Yeti, run by Mike McGonigal, and a portion of the profits will be going to Musicians' Emergency Fund, a terrific non-profit committed to helping musicians through hard times and emergencies (sorry, running out of pizza in the middle of practice does not qualify as an emergency).
In conjunction with the release of The Art of Touring, there will be group photo exhibition on August 6th at the Fontanelle Gallery (205 SW. Pine), plus a reading/performance on August 22nd that will feature Jaffe, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Julianna Bright of the Golden Bears.
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