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REVOLUTION NOSTALGIA DISCO THEATER
from the author of Reconstructing Mayakovsky
Created on 2008-07-09 03:35:38 (#16048126), last updated 2009-03-26
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Basic Info| Name: | reconstructingmayakovsky |
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| Location: | New York, United States |
| Website: | Reconstructing Mayakovsky: a novel of the future |
BioAbout the Novel:
Set in the future, Reconstructing Mayakovsky revisits the past to make sense of the chaotic present. Inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian Futurist poet who killed himself in 1930 at the age of thirty-six, the novel imagines a world where uncertainty and tragedy have finally been eliminated through technology. Moving between past and future, revolutionary Russia and post-apocalyptic America, the novel explores the universal desire to create meaning in the face of senseless destruction and reaffirms the enduring power of art.
Blurb:
Caroline Leavitt, author of Girls in Trouble and Come Back to Me, offers this assessment: “The past and the future intersect in a wild ride of a novel that’s part Thomas Pynchon, part Steve Erickson, and totally original. Szilak’s dazzling book has revolution at its dark heart, and genius in its soul. She’s created a world where all realities just might be virtual and the hunger for change or for love can’t be denied. Smart, complex, provocative, moving and addictive.”
About the site:
Like the novel, the site uses found objects (text, image, sound) and combines elements of historical fiction, science fiction, poetry and the detective novel to create a radically new form.
"Illya uses a variety of medias and methods, including manifestos,
texts, animations, podcasts, music, and data visualisations. The result
is a engrossing multilayered digital ‘novel’, well worthy of the artist who inspired it." Chris Joseph, digital writer, co-author Inanimate Alice
If you enjoy it, please consider posting a link or reviewing it on your blog. Thanks, I.
Set in the future, Reconstructing Mayakovsky revisits the past to make sense of the chaotic present. Inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian Futurist poet who killed himself in 1930 at the age of thirty-six, the novel imagines a world where uncertainty and tragedy have finally been eliminated through technology. Moving between past and future, revolutionary Russia and post-apocalyptic America, the novel explores the universal desire to create meaning in the face of senseless destruction and reaffirms the enduring power of art.
Blurb:
Caroline Leavitt, author of Girls in Trouble and Come Back to Me, offers this assessment: “The past and the future intersect in a wild ride of a novel that’s part Thomas Pynchon, part Steve Erickson, and totally original. Szilak’s dazzling book has revolution at its dark heart, and genius in its soul. She’s created a world where all realities just might be virtual and the hunger for change or for love can’t be denied. Smart, complex, provocative, moving and addictive.”
About the site:
Like the novel, the site uses found objects (text, image, sound) and combines elements of historical fiction, science fiction, poetry and the detective novel to create a radically new form.
"Illya uses a variety of medias and methods, including manifestos,
texts, animations, podcasts, music, and data visualisations. The result
is a engrossing multilayered digital ‘novel’, well worthy of the artist who inspired it." Chris Joseph, digital writer, co-author Inanimate Alice
If you enjoy it, please consider posting a link or reviewing it on your blog. Thanks, I.
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