Carl Abrahamsson's Blog, page 39
March 15, 2020
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge 1950-2020
A poem for the poet
That time has come
When time moves on
Emits a brave kreator
Emits a bold narrator
Ov magics and journeys
Of loved ones now gone
The Trip… is just beginning
Just drifting
Shifting shapes
Get a new suitcase
Travel in style
All of this is possible
All of the time
Let’s never forget
The Messenger
The Message
The Process
Thee Temple
Intricate details
Intuitive twists
Curved hand
Crooked smile
Baba Mago Supreme
Calling on the spirits
To become who you are
With Sacred Intent
Undoubtedly: His name was master
Undoubtedly: Her name was master
What a blessed honor
To move on
In your mischievous company
Loyalty Does Not End With Death
You cut it up so well
“Scissors and glue, scissors and glue…”
Your sparkling super nova express
Still shines… somewhere…
And here… And now…
“In the thee morning after thee night
I fall in love with thee light”
“First I.T was
Then I.T. knew it was
And that was I.T.”
Carl Abrahamsson, March 14, 2020
March 13, 2020
The Exquisite Corpse
We are now very close to our desired goal of $666 per month on Patreon. When this happens, we will start publishing our new co-written novel – “The Exquisite Corpse” – for our $10 (and up) patrons twice a month (on each full and new moon). Don’t miss out on being able to read this unique and magical book literally as it’s being written… We look forward to creating something very special for you. Let’s make it happen!
https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
LOVE V & C
March 10, 2020
Episode 2 of “23rd Mind TV” is out there!
Episode 2 of “23rd Mind TV” is now out there! Enjoy it right here:
Time to watch some good TV! We have just finished the second episode of 23rdMind TV, and it’s as packed as the one last month. We talk about our books Rendering Unconscious, Scansion in Art & Psychoanalysis – the Cut in Creation, Sacred Intent, The Devil’s Footprint, the Mementeros CD + DVD box set, Carl’s new film about Swedish photographer Lars Sundestrand, Katelan Foisy’s magical wonder-boxes and some great books we’ve received from Black Letter Press and Underworld Amusements, plus upcoming American excursions.
We also talk about our new co-writing project, the Patreon based novel THE EXQUISITE CORPSE… When we reach $666 per month at Patreon, the patrons on the $10 or more level will receive two chapters per month (presented on the new and full moon). Eventually there will be a book of course, but first we have to have to make sure we reach that mighty level of $666!
TOPICS & PEOPLE:
See Carl’s films screen in New York at Film Noir Cinema: https://www.filmnoircinema.com
Friday March 20, Anton LaVey – Into the Devil’s Den with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/progra…
Saturday March 21, My Silent Lips: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/progra…
Sunday March 22, Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/progra…
+ Change Itself: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/progra…
“Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019” by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net/details/00082
Book launch with Carl and Gen at Mast Books, NYC, Thursday, March 19, 72 AVENUE A, NYC, 10009: https://www.mastbooks.com
To view Carl’s films online including his newest film Anton LaVey: Into the Devil’s Den, and An Art Apart documentary portraits of Gustaf Broms, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger and more, visit: https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod…
Vanessa + Carl’s collaborative album and film MEMENTEROS standard and deluxe editions: https://store.trapart.net/details/00100
Vanessa + Carl’s collaborative album Cut to Fit the Mouth: https://store.trapart.net/details/00081
Vanessa + Kevin Wright aka Akoustik Timbre Frekuency – The Chapel is Empty: https://store.trapart.net/details/00062
Rendering Unconscious Podcast: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious, the book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry: https://store.trapart.net/details/00000
Check out:
Alison Blickle: http://alisonblickle.com
Jessica Datema: https://rowman.com/isbn/9781498592987…
Katelan Foisy: https://www.katelanfoisy.com
Black Letter Press: https://www.blackletter-press.com
Underworld Amusements: https://underworldamusements.bigcarte...
Vanessa’s dress by Marshmallow by Lady:
https://ladyworld.tv/lady-shop
Relevant links:
https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://store.trapart.net
https://www.trapartfilm.com
https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod…
http://www.renderingunconscious.org
http://highbrow-lowlife.com
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
http://psychartcult.org
February 25, 2020
Mementeros as a Trapart Editions release
Last year saw the release of the Sinclair & Abrahamsson film “Mementeros – A turbulent thrust into a void of substance.” It’s a mind-bending super 8 extravaganza trip into a world of deep eroticism, transcending time and space and evoking all your innermost secret fantasies. Mixing vintage super 8 footage with newly shot material, the film brings a psycho-sexual impact that paralyses the rational mind and opens the floodgates of libido-drenched impulses. One considerable part of the overall “Mementeros” effect is the merging of the cut-ups of Vanessa Sinclair and the music of Carl Abrahamsson. Now their soundtrack is finally released on CD in an edition made in collaboration between Highbrow Lowlife and Trapart Editions, strictly limited to 23 copies.
The signed standard edition consists of a CD with the soundtrack, an information sheet, two reproduced collages, and four photographs of the artists. Numbers 8-23.
The signed deluxe edition consists of a box containing a CD with the soundtrack, an information sheet, two reproduced collages, and four photographs of the artists, plus one set of 13 photographs (a full miniature reproduction set of the artists’ “Mementeros” exhibition in Switzerland in 2019), plus a DVD with the “Mementeros” film. Numbers 1-7.
Please check out this extravagant edition HERE!
Please note: some of the original cut-up-collages for the Swiss exhibition are still available from Trapart: https://store.trapart.net/item/4
Please also note: this soundtrack will not be made available on any streaming or digital sales service. It will only available in this CD edition.
February 19, 2020
Hyper-oxygenized crystals of the soul
As you may or may not know, Sweden has no real mountains. But the further up north/northwest you get, at least we have ”ranges” that are great for skiing – both downhill and cross country.
At least once a year we go to Härjedalen in Jämtlandsfjällen (the Jämtland ranges) to get a well-needed dose of snow and cold. As Stockholm has seen no snow at all this season, the dose has become even more essential to our well-being. Global warming is indeed a real thing, and it’s affecting us snowflakes in an averse way – as well as everyone else.
Cross country skiing has many benefits. The overall physical exercise is one thing, of course. But as always, whenever you’re immersed in nature, you also exercise your soul. Gliding past birch forests and little islands of black shrub, encapsulated by thick, fresh snow that literally sparkles like a gazillion diamonds in the sunshine, makes you feel not only physically invigorated but also recharged spiritually. Perhaps it simply has to do with the fact that you’re working hard in nature? A kind of hyper-oxygenized atavism?
If you’re only walking or hiking, you’re going at your own pace, and that is certainly beautiful enough. But when you’re pushing on and traveling through the snow and the sweat on your brow is always very close to turning into ice, it creates a healthy proximity to something that us urban intellectuals would be tempted to call ”proto-natural” but that in actual fact is merely ”natural.” It is still what it once was, and perhaps even more so these days as we – as a contemporary ”culture” of sorts – are obviously losing touch with nature as such.
The snow itself can be blinding in many ways. But it’s also eye-opening at the same time. The similarities with deserts are obvious. The vast monotony is overwhelming and humbling. If you really get into a skiing rhythm, the combined visual and physical monotony can engender what ”desert philosophers” (like Paul Bowles) would call the ”baptism of solitude.” Even though you can occasionally meet others and share a second or two of kindred spirit recognition, you’re in a hypnotic, meditative state of mind that is as encapsulated by snow as everything and everyone else. And you’re definitely alone when realizing it.
You can stop and admire the splendid scenery, or even stop with a skiing partner and have a cup of steaming hot coffee from your thermos. But then you simply have to keep moving again. Not only to avoid getting cold in your sweaty clothes but also because your aching muscles demand to be used even more.
Just like in life in general, there is always more to see around the bend. Our amazing bodies pushing onwards in the exploration of nature liberate our over-thinking intellects by swiftly shutting them down. The intellects can be welcomed back when we’re snugly sat in cozy chairs by the cottage fireplace and we think some more about aspects of skiing and nature, and slowly realize that we want to get out there in the tracks and exhaust ourselves again.
LOVE V & C
February 6, 2020
A resemblance of an epiphanic illusion
The fictive creations eventually all become truths. If truth is to be strived for, then the best thing is to live within a world of fiction to the greatest extent possible. Let the imaginary become real by embracing yourself in new ways – ways you imagined weren’t possible but now suddenly were. Disconnect and reconnect forever until there is only a semblance of a reflection of what once was, forever more. We imagine as we foresee, and foresee as we roam further onwards into each other’s fantasies. That is also a veritable challenge, as someone else’s imagination might actually be getting closer to yours. That is one possible “ultra-truth” – the temporary merging of fictions in cataclysmic passion. When that existential fuzz-fizz evaporates, new trajectories become obvious, as two dissolve and become one plus one plus one, in an infinite possibility pasted on colourful imperatives and invectives. What remains is no longer merely a memory but actually already someone else’s truth. Go figure. Figure it out. Figure it in.
February 4, 2020
The first episode of “23rd Mind TV” is out there!
Episode 1 of 23rd Mind TV by and with Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. “What are we working on right now, and how and why? Plus mentions of new work by our many friends, like Swans, Gustaf Broms, Scarlet Imprint, Val Denham, Fredrik Söderberg, Christine Ödlund, Fred Andersson, Genesis P-Orridge, and more…”
Join us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
American Psychological Association, Division 39 Spring Meeting: https://division39springmeeting.net
On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018): https://www.routledge.com/On-Psychoanalysis-and-Violence-Contemporary-Lacanian-Perspectives/Sinclair-Steinkoler/p/book/9781138346338
See Carl’s films screen in New York!
Friday March 20, Anton LaVey – Into the Devil’s Den with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/20/anton-lavey-into-the-devils-den-with-qampa
Saturday March 21, My Silent Lips: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/21/my-silent-lips
Sunday March 22, Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/cinemagician-conversations-with-kenneth-anger
+ Change Itself: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/change-itself-genesis-breyer-p-orridge
Pre-oder open for “Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019” by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net
To view Carl’s films online including his newest film Anton LaVey: Into the Devil’s Den, and An Art Apart documentary portraits of Gustaf Broms, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger and more, visit: https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages
Vanessa + Carl’s collaborative album Cut to Fit the Mouth: https://store.trapart.net/details/00081
Vanessa + Kevin Wright aka Akoustik Timbre Frekuency – The Chapel is Empty: https://store.trapart.net/details/00062
Link to “Nothing can stop it now” video: https://youtu.be/GleJPbDUIKw
iDeal Recordings recently released “Loyalty Does Not End With Death” by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Carl Abrahamsson: https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com
New Swans album available from Young God Records: https://younggodrecords.com/products/leaving-meaning
Val Denham:
https://www.facebook.com/val.denham.1
Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech of Scarlet Imprint: www.scarletimprint.com
https://twitter.com/scarletimprint
https://twitter.com/alkistisdimech
Charlotte Rodgers: http://charlotte-rodgers-caya.squarespace.com
https://twitter.com/CharlotteRodge9
Paul Watson: http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
https://ritualsdeclarations.bigcartel.com
https://twitter.com/RitualsZine
Fred Andersson: www.patreon.com/fredandersson
https://twitter.com/HomoSatanis
Gustaf Broms: http://www.orgchaosmik.org
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/themysteryoflife
Fredrik Söderberg & Christine Ödlund art books on sale at Trapart: https://store.trapart.net/item/0
https://www.fredriksoderberg.org
Vanessa’s dress by Marshmallow by Lady:
https://ladyworld.tv/lady-shop
Relevant links:
https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
The first episode of ”23rd Mind TV” is out there!
Episode 1 of 23rd Mind TV by and with Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. ”What are we working on right now, and how and why? Plus mentions of new work by our many friends, like Swans, Gustaf Broms, Scarlet Imprint, Val Denham, Fredrik Söderberg, Christine Ödlund, Fred Andersson, Genesis P-Orridge, and more…”
Join us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
American Psychological Association, Division 39 Spring Meeting: https://division39springmeeting.net
On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018): https://www.routledge.com/On-Psychoanalysis-and-Violence-Contemporary-Lacanian-Perspectives/Sinclair-Steinkoler/p/book/9781138346338
See Carl’s films screen in New York!
Friday March 20, Anton LaVey – Into the Devil’s Den with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/20/anton-lavey-into-the-devils-den-with-qampa
Saturday March 21, My Silent Lips: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/21/my-silent-lips
Sunday March 22, Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/cinemagician-conversations-with-kenneth-anger
+ Change Itself: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/change-itself-genesis-breyer-p-orridge
Pre-oder open for ”Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019” by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net
To view Carl’s films online including his newest film Anton LaVey: Into the Devil’s Den, and An Art Apart documentary portraits of Gustaf Broms, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger and more, visit: https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages
Vanessa + Carl’s collaborative album Cut to Fit the Mouth: https://store.trapart.net/details/00081
Vanessa + Kevin Wright aka Akoustik Timbre Frekuency – The Chapel is Empty: https://store.trapart.net/details/00062
Link to “Nothing can stop it now” video: https://youtu.be/GleJPbDUIKw
iDeal Recordings recently released ”Loyalty Does Not End With Death” by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Carl Abrahamsson: https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com
New Swans album available from Young God Records: https://younggodrecords.com/products/leaving-meaning
Val Denham:
https://www.facebook.com/val.denham.1
Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech of Scarlet Imprint: www.scarletimprint.com
https://twitter.com/scarletimprint
https://twitter.com/alkistisdimech
Charlotte Rodgers: http://charlotte-rodgers-caya.squarespace.com
https://twitter.com/CharlotteRodge9
Paul Watson: http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
https://ritualsdeclarations.bigcartel.com
https://twitter.com/RitualsZine
Fred Andersson: www.patreon.com/fredandersson
https://twitter.com/HomoSatanis
Gustaf Broms: http://www.orgchaosmik.org
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/themysteryoflife
Fredrik Söderberg & Christine Ödlund art books on sale at Trapart: https://store.trapart.net/item/0
https://www.fredriksoderberg.org
Vanessa’s dress by Marshmallow by Lady:
https://ladyworld.tv/lady-shop
Relevant links:
https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
January 28, 2020
A Carl Abrahamsson film festival in NYC
The excellent cinema Film Noir in Brooklyn, New York City, will devote a weekend in March to my films. I will be there for some of the evenings to do a Q&A.
March 20, 2020: Anton LaVey – Into the Devil’s Den + Q&A
March 21, 2020: My Silent Lips
March 22, 2020: Cinemagician – Conversations with Kenneth Anger
March 22, 2020: Change Itself – An Art Apart: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge + Q&A
January 21, 2020
“Sacred Intent” is here
Sacred Intent gathers conversations between artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and longtime friend and collaborator, the Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson. From the first 1986 fanzine interview about current projects, over philosophical insights, magical workings, international travels, art theory and gender revolutions, to 2019’s thoughts on life and death in the the shadow of battling leukaemia, Sacred Intent is a unique journey in which the art of conversation blooms.
With (in)famous projects like C.O.U.M. Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) and Pandrogeny, Breyer P-Orridge has consistently thwarted preconceived ideas and transformed disciplines such as performance art, music, collage, poetry and social criticism; always cutting up the building blocks to dismantle control structures and authority. But underneath the socially conscious and pathologically rebellious spirit, there has always been a devout respect for a holistic, spiritual, magical worldview – one of “sacred intent.”
Sacred Intent is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary art, deconstructed identity, gender evolution, and magical philosophy. The book not only celebrates an intimate friendship, but also the work and ideas of an artist who has never ceased to amaze and provoke. Also included are photographic portraits of Breyer P-Orridge taken by Carl Abrahamsson, transcripts of key lectures, and an interview with Jacqueline “Lady Jaye” Breyer P-Orridge from 2004.
Please note: this book is available for pre-ordering. It will be dispatched approximately February 22nd, 2020.
Standard Edition: 148 x 210 mm, 320 pages, perfect-bound paperback. Price: 300:- SEK.
Hard Edition: 160 x 216 mm, 320 pages, hard-bound with jacket. Limited to 77 hand-numbered copies (nos. 24-100). Price: 500:- SEK.
Psychick Edition: 160 x 216 mm, 320 pages, hard-bound with jacket. Limited to 23 hand-numbered copies (nos. 1-23). Included are also one photographic print of Breyer P-Orridge, taken by Carl Abrahamsson in 2004, and one bonus surprise mystery print. Both prints are signed by respective artists, and are in size 210 x 297 mm. Please note: The Psychick Edition is SOLD OUT.
