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Four Fiends From The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Now public domain, this 1952 novel was written by Amos Tutuola, a Nigerian man inspired by the folk tales he'd grown up on - folk tales which, at the time, were rapidly dwindling in popularity and even acceptability as Christian missionaries fought hard to "modernize" the "primitive" people of other nations. The story would go on to become the first piece of African literature ever published in English overseas, but blasted by critics of the 50's as a "barbaric and savage" work, offending their delicate little senses with its sometimes vulgar comedy, graphic morbidity, gratuitous use of sorcery and unconventional writing style, rife with the artifacts of terminology and grammar that simply cannot translate directly to English. Regardless, the Palm-Wine Drinkard is now recognized as one of the most important pieces of literature to come out of the 50's, and time capsule of black African folkloric tradition that once came dangerously close to being largely forgotten.
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Abstraction: Illustration from the cover of the Book "Exercises de style" - by Raymond Queneau
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A 'reduction' comic strip by Gilles Ciment, based on 'The Adventures of Tintin'
In the example below, Gilles Ciment, a co-founder of the Oubapo, presents a constraint called “reduction.” The challenge is to distill one of the standard 62-page stories of The Adventures of Tintin to as few as six images. Obviously, to some degree, the appreciation of such reductions relies on the readers knowledge of the source text, in this case Les cigares du pharaon.
In his “reduction,” Ciment seeks to valorize the “ligne claire” or “clean line,” one of the most distinctive formal characteristics of Hergé’s early albums. In deciding on his method, Ciment specified that he had to respect the order of the images in the narrative and limit his choices to key moments of the story, in order to simultaneously say something new and interesting about the story, the characters, and the author.
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Recent Generative Art - Various Artists
Sources:
- https://twitter.com/unltd_dream_co/status/1487540420934615041?t=7DHHtTtiBACp9iBrYYCruw&s=03
- https://twitter.com/Somnai_dreams/status/1470384720118632449?t=JShavZWN1eG2JR2SvUeoUQ
- https://twitter.com/nvnot_/status/1473368511460388868?t=CMsAjeVuSUKaVaHd7rjc1w&s=03
- https://twitter.com/moondust_36/status/1486946178788999171?t=R7CXjRLPi_byeroM5L2qvA&s=03
- https://twitter.com/luciddreamnf1/status/1486906727366750208
- https://twitter.com/PasanenJenni/status/1486893879601373193?t=3eCM30uZUSt52YSZBkQ4Xw
- https://twitter.com/xsteenbrugge/status/1487635921499566080?t=U3XUxetifAbFlRZzyy5ykg&s=03
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Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets
Sifting through over 30,000 grants in the company’s database, MintPress can reveal that the Gates Foundation has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets and ventures, to the tune of at least $319 million.
Related: Open Letter to Hobbyists - by Bill Gates (1976)
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The Caring Hand in Glarus - Art by Eva Oertli and Beat Huber
"The temporary installation "the caring hand" was such a great success with the audience, they demanded that the city of Glarus buy it. The artists gave the installation to the city as a gift. It is now permanently on display."
