{"id":5294,"title":"Defiant Pose","dimensions":"22 x 14.5 cm, 197 p, language: English, publisher: London \u0026 Chester Springs PA: Peter Owen Publishers, ISBN: 0-7206-0828-7","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/848","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"defiant-pose","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Stewart Home","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/684/large/Artistnovel_071.jpg?1342084135","poster_credits":"(c)M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefiant Pose\u003c/i\u003e is a story straight from today's headlines. Its hero, or anti-hero, Terry Blake, is a contemporary Faust whose thirst for knowledge leads to brutality, sexual excess and ultimately self-destruction. Nevertheless nothing can stop the chain of events which Terry's journey through the political fringes of society has set in motion. As Terry lies stricken, anarchist insurgents take to the streets and London explodes in an orgy of violence. Stewart Home's novel is a heady brew of genre fiction and political gymnastics, fast, funny and ironic in the telling.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist’s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefiant Pose\u003c/i\u003e was written in 1989 but by the time it was published in 1991, Home was on a three year Art Strike and refusing to write new books or promote his existing ones. When he received media requests, he sent his friends along to do his interviews for him. Fellow novelist Simon Strong (A256 Multiplex Bomb Outrage etc.) proved particularly adept at passing himself off as Home.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/output.htm\"\u003eNovel website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e Het verhaal van *Defiant Pose* komt recht uit de krantenkoppen van tegenwoordig. De held, of anti-held, Terry Blake, is een hedendaagse Faust met een dorst naar kennis die leidt naar brutaliteiten, seksuele uitspattingen en uiteindelijke zelfdestructie. En toch kan niets nog de lawine aan gebeurtenissen stoppen die is in gang gezet door Terry’s reis langs de politieke randen van de maatschappij. Terwijl Terry buiten strijd is, gaan anarchisten de straat op en barst Londen uit in een orgie van geweld. De roman van Stewart Home is, in een snelle, grappige en ironische vertelstijl, een bedwelmend brouwsel van genrefictie en politieke gymnastiek. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e *Defiant Pose* werd geschreven in 1989, maar tegen de publicatiedatum in 1991 hield Home een drie jaar durende ‘kunststaking’ (Art Strike): hij weigerde nieuwe boeken te schrijven of zijn bestaande te promoten. Wanneer hij aanvragen uit de media kreeg, stuurde hij zijn vrienden om in zijn plaats te worden geïnterviewd. Vooral zijn collega-romanschrijver Simon Strong (A256 Multiplex Bomb Outrage) bleek uiterst bekwaam om te doen alsof hij Home was. [Novel website](http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/output.htm)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1857,"name":"Stewart Home","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}