Jeremy Deller
The Uses of Literacy
48 pages | Full colour | 150 x 210 mm, Holographic soft cover | 1999 | Edition of 1,500 copies
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The Uses of Literacy is a collaboration between the artist Jeremy Deller and fans of the Welsh rock group, Manic Street Preachers. Soliciting for contributions via advertisements in the music press, Jeremy Deller has collected drawings, paintings, poetry and prose from the young fans.
Manic Street Preachers have always emphasised the importance of art and literature to the band − using quotations on their record sleeves, merchandising and as part of their live shows - as an escape from the mundane. Referencing Richard Hoggart’s seminal study The Uses of Literacy, Jeremy Deller reveals the complex relationship between the audience and performer and the art and literature that unites a socially and geographically displaced group of individuals.
Originally published 1999.
本書は、アーティスト・Jeremy Dellerとウェールズのロックグループ[Manic Street Preachers]のファンとのコラボレーション。音楽雑誌での広告を通じて、Jeremy Dellerはこのロックグループのファンたちに助力を募った。
[Manic Street Preachers]はレコードのスリーブやライブショーの一コマを使って、常にバンドにおける文学と芸術の重要性を力説してきた。Jeremyはこの著書を通じて、リチャード・ホガートの「読み書き能力の効用」を参照にしながら、観客と演奏者、芸術と文学の複雑な関係性を明らかにしている。
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