Art Sex Music

Author(s): Cosey Fanni Tutti

Biographies & Memoirs

Named one of the Best Music Books of the Year by PitchforkA bravura rock memoir vibrating with fierce and fearless memories - a must-have item for Chris and Cosey and Throbbing Gristle fans." - ? Kirkus Reviews (Starred) Art Sex Music is the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group Throbbing Gristle and electronic pioneers Chris & Cosey, has consistently challenged the boundaries of music over the past four decades.It is the account of an artist who, as part of COUM Transmissions, represented Britain at the IXth Biennale de Paris, whose Prostitution show at the ICA in 1976 caused the Conservative MP Nicholas Fairbairn to declare her, COUM and Throbbing Gristle 'Wreckers of Civilisation' . . . shortly before he was arrested for indecent exposure, and whose work continues to be held at the vanguard of contemporary art.And it is the story of her work as a pornographic model and striptease artiste which challenged assumptions about morality, erotica, and art.Wise, shocking, and elegant, this is the life of Cosey Fanni Tutti. "

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Punk, pornographer, pioneer, provocateur: the incredible story of Cosey Fanni Tutti, the performer whose art and music inspired a generation and rocked the establishment to its core.

Cosey Fanni Tutti whose career began in 1969 is a respected artist and musician of worldwide renown - for her Art, her work in the sex industry, as co-founder of Industrial music and Throbbing Gristle, and her pioneering electronic music as 'Chris & Cosey' and 'Carter Tutti'.

General Fields

  • : 9780571328512
  • : Faber & Faber, Incorporated
  • : Faber & Faber Fiction
  • : 0.01
  • : April 2017
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : September 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Cosey Fanni Tutti
  • : Paperback
  • : Main
  • : English
  • : 780.92
  • : 384