{"product_id":"a-spectacle-and-nothing-strange-hardcover","title":"A Spectacle and Nothing Strange - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAhndraya Parlato\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eChristian Hawkey\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrrational images flash through our minds all the time, in dreams and daydreams. Ahndraya Parlato's work imagines an oscillation between these internal and external images, revealing the possibilities of different realities. Combining ten years' worth of images, this book draws on Parlato's experience of being raised by a single mother who was mentally ill. Parlato was put in the position of having to decide whether her mother's observations and fears were real or imagined. These photographs allow her to move between various realities, acknowledging the validity of her mother's world, while also questioning the boundaries of normal, abnormal, sane, and insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhndraya Parlato\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kailua, Hawaii. She has a B.A. in photography from Bard College and an MFA from California College of the Arts. Her book \u003ci\u003eEast of the Sun, West of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with Gregory Halpern, was published by Études Books in 2014. She has been a nominee for the Paul Huf Award from the FOAM Museum in Amsterdam, and for the SECCA Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has received grants from Light Work and from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a professor of photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Hawkey\u003c\/b\u003e has written two full-length poetry collections, four chapbooks, and the cross-genre book \u003ci\u003eVentrakl\u003c\/i\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). A new book, \u003ci\u003eSonne from Ort\u003c\/i\u003e, a bi-lingual collaborative erasure made with the German poet Uljana Wolf, was recently published (kookbooks Verlag, Berlin). He translates contemporary German poetry, and with the German poet Uljana Wolf he translates the Austrian writer Ilse Aichinger. He lives in Berlin and Brooklyn, and he directs the MFA in Writing at Pratt Institute. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.6 x 12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769744752928,"sku":"9783868287042","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/23fbe530bcec8545822e8acbfbd7c90e.webp?v=1780355297","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-spectacle-and-nothing-strange-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}