Description: THE TIMES BESTSELLERFEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' - NICK CAVE'In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project.' - MAX PORTER'A unique study of a fan's devotion, of transcendence and of the artistic vocation - it's got depth and great warmth. It's a beautiful piece of work.' - KEVIN BARRYI hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone's spirit would vanish. In many ways that thought was more important than the gum itself.On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year.Nina Simone's Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love.'[A] beautiful, strikingly idiosyncratic book - part memoir, part essay, part conceptual art project, all testament to humans at their strangest and best . . . [Ellis] sees signifiance where others might not.' - MOJO'[Nina Simone's Gum] is a metaphor for [Ellis'] creativity - the blossoming of a small idea into something bigger and bolder - but also a journey inside the impulsive, improvisatory mind of Warren Ellis, his passions, obsessions and superstitions.' - OBSERVER
Price: 15.31 USD
Location: Matraville, NSW
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EAN: 9780571365630
UPC: 9780571365630
ISBN: 9780571365630
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Nina Simone's Gum : a Memoir of Things Lost and Found
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: History & Criticism, Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & events, Composers & Musicians, Instruction & Study / Appreciation
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Photography, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Author: Warren Ellis
Item Length: 8.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Uk-Trade Paper