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by: David Byrne
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Binding: Plastic Comb
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.092
EAN: 9780811826235
ISBN: 0811826236
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 01, 1999
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Sales Rank: 131005
Studio: Chronicle Books
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Product Description:
In his latest book, writer, photographer, musician, and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has created an extraordinary document and critique of the times we live in. Your Action World parodies the 'inspirational' promotional materials including books, tapes, and corporate advertising - with which we are inundated daily. Byrne's impulse is to fight back, 'to stem the tide of images and bullying texts that assault all of us, by building dikes and dams of my own images and texts. To understand the enemy I must become one with the enemy, I must be of one mind with the enemy. I must infect myself in order to be immunized.' An intelligent, quirky document from one of our most innovative artists with a cool debossed PVC cover and 4-color sticker Your Action World will be the cult hit of the season.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - "surreal"
There's not much to be said for the American imagination if it finds books such as this "challenging". I think "elliptical" would be a better defintion than "surreal". David Byrne has fashioned an interesting book that will not take up too much of anyone's time, which I suspect may be part of its 'raison d'etre'. It's bright, colourful, and printed on heavy stock - so heavy you may find it separating from the spine of the cover. All the dots are there, you just have to do the connecting.
Rating: - A book for the surreal thinker
People who buy this book should realize that what they are buying is a visual essay with sub-titles...not a piece of lengthy literature. That is not to imply that this book isn't any good. It's actually very thought provoking for people who actually think! The book is loaded with photos and illustrations juxtaposed with BRIEF TEXT. The goal of the book is to offer a surreal opinion about the moral and emotional motivations in our society. It's also poking a very accusing finger at the advertising ... Read More
Rating:  - Inspirational
Brilliant...like a month's worth of dreams captured in color. It must've been very expensive to print, and it shows. Usually after buying books of this nature, I read through them once and put them down for...well, years, sometimes. But this one has kept my attention for the month since it arrived; I find myself looking to it at least once a day for inspiration.
David Byrne's mind is fascinating. Hopefully, it will be preserved in a space-jar or something for future generations.
Rating: - Man becomes manifesto
Books used to have beginnings, middles and ends. They don't anymore, only most people who make them do not realise this. David Byrne does. Your Action World is the hinted genius of the album liner grown to the point where the album itself is redundant - a natural progression that the death of vinyl and its generously proportioned sleeve only hastened. If you enjoy reading the care labels on children's stuffed toys and understand that yellow and orange make not orange, but McDonalds, obtain this book.
Rating: - This Superbook helped me find my Superself.
I really can't say much about this book... I laughed. I went "Wow!" a few times. My aunt thinks it's pretty. David Byrne is, like, so cool...and stuff. I'll never be that cool.
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