TIME OF THE ASSASSINS(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author who also painted around 2000 watercolors, as well as writing about them. His mostly autobiographical novels which included ample sexual content made him a liberating influence at the time, although most of his fame came later in his life. In 1924 Miller left his personnel management job...
MARCEL DUCHAMP(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was a French painter, ‘sculptor’, ‘anti-artist’, chess player and writer whose influence contributed to the developments in Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and conceptual arts. The original book was published in 1959. Design and layout was by Duchamp and A. Fawens, text was compiled by R.Lebel after 10 years...
SIMIANS, CYBORGS AND WOMEN(Source: www.amazon.com) Donna Haraway (1944- ) is an American scholar and author known for her contributions in the fields of feminist theory, animal, science and technology studies. She was taught by Catholic nuns in her earlier life. She majored in zoology, and studied evolutionary philosophy and theology before receiving her PhD at Yale University. Her dissertation...
FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY(Source: www.amazon.com) Simon Kuper (1969- ) is a Uganda born British, naturalized French author and journalist. He studied history and German at the Oxford University, and studied at the Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He was born to South African parents, spent most of his early life living and traveling all over the world, and now lives in France with...
HOW BUILDINGS LEARN (Source www.amazon.com) Stewart Brand (1938-) is an American project developer and author. He studied biology at Stanford University, and served in the army as an infantry officer. Later he studied design, photography, and participated in a scientific study of then-legal LSD. Since 1982, he has been living in a working 20m long tugboat with his wife. He has founded...
James Bridle (1980-) is an English author, artist and technologist who studied computer science and cognitive science, and wrote his dissertation on creative applications of AI. Bridle prefers they/them pronouns when referring to self, which makes some sense after reading his 2022 book, Ways of Being. ‘Their’ writings have appeared in media such as the Wired, Domus, the Atlantic, and others, and...
James P. Carse (1932-2020) was an American academic and author, who taught as a professor of history and literature of religion at New York University for thirty years, and also was the Director of the Religious Studies.
Philip Glass (1937-) is an American composer and pianist. Growing up, he took violin, flute and piano lessons, while his mother worked as a librarian, and his father ran his record store. In 1952, Philip enrolled at the University of Chicago.
KANGAROO NOTEBOOK(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Kobo Abe (1924-1993) was a Japanese author, acting studio founder/teacher, musician. He studied medicine both because of the persuasion of his father who had a clinic, and also to avoid being enlisted for war. After his father’s death in 1945, he started writing, and also married M.Yamada who was an artist and stage director. Their daughter was...
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was a Dutch historian/cultural historian and author. He studied Indo-European languages and comparative philology, writing his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama. He taught as a history professor most of his life. Later in his life, his protest of the Nazi occupation of his country led him to be detained, and he was prevented from going back to...