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    Art Sex Music
    Art Sex Music
    Art Sex Music
    Audiobook18 hours

    Art Sex Music

    Written by Cosey Fanni Tutti

    Narrated by Gabrielle Baker

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 20, 2018
    ISBN9781977384751
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    • 2/5
      This is an autobiography, not to be confused with a book by a talented writer. Her world is not at all my world, and while this fact expands my horizons, it is not a world or a culture I want to live in or learn about.
    • 3/5
      Cosey Fanni Tutti is a British performance artist and musician best known for her artistic work with COUM Transitions and legendary avant-garde music act Throbbing Gristle.

      I admit I mostly chose to read this book because I'm a huge fan of Coil. I was interested in Cosey's perspective on Sleazy (who was a member of TG) and to a lesser extent his partner Geoff. TG is a band I respect for its influence, which was immense. Personally, TG never did it for me. Maybe the reason is that I always found Genesis P-Orridge very repulsive and that impression kind of shadowed my experience of TG. This book confirmed my initial stance, although I do allow that it is just one part of the story.

      After reading this I can say I like Cosey, I find her refreshingly down-to-Earth, especially when you take into account the kind of art she's produced. There were emotional scenes in the book, but they were breezed over, almost like an item on a shopping list. I expected more of an insight into her emotional world, and the influences that made TG so special.

      The insight this book offers stays very much on the surface. It was very documentary-like, factual in nature, which some fans of TG may appreciate. But, this was a rather dry read. It could've used better editing as it is really long.

      Cosey is indeed a free spirit and has resisted all labels. I just wish a little bit more of that translated into this book.
    • 3/5
      I came to Art Sex Music as a fan of industrial music, generally familiar with Throbbing Gristle albums and Industrial Record's reputation but not well acquainted with band members or history. My tastes track more closely with Ei'bauten, Coil, and Wax Trax! bands than with TG, Chris & Cosey, or Psychic TV. From this vantage, Art Sex Music does not disappoint: Cosey narrates the birth of the genre and TG's albums and live performances, and thereby outlines the origins and influences on industrial music generally, all while weaving in Cosey's extensive art work. It was gratifying, too, reading of the occasional crossed paths with SPK, Boyd Rice / NON, Monte Cazzazza, Robert Wyatt, Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, WSB. A huge void in my genre history: the infamous ICA "Prostitution" exhibit -- unknown to me, at which TG debuted and Cosey's sex worker project first saw public light.Along with this musical journey, a parallel narration of the European art world, mostly that in England but clearly linked to Continental galleries and happenings, and to a lesser extent to the U.S. Cosey's own extensive art work outside TG, whether the sex worker pieces or others. The mail art. The overlap of galleries and exhibits and counterculture.Well worth reading, and I suspect would pair well with Kim Gordon's recently published memoir.//Evidently Simon Ford's Wreckers of Civilisation served as Cosey's motivation or negative inspiration. She sees in it much distortion or outright fabrication, presumably deliberate on the part of Genesis P'Orridge. Cosey kept diaries throughout her work with TG and after, these provided a basis for her narrative. For all that, Cosey's text comes across as subjective but level-headed, not whining or full of invective. Though I strongly suspect I would have profited from the book without knowing its provenance, I appreciate that it was noted rather than kept in shadow.This ARC omits photos, typical but unfortunate.
    • 4/5
      Cosey Fanni Tutti, an apt pseudonym for the Author of this fascinating autobiography and key personage of the Throbbing Gristle (TG) music group. This well-written discourse takes the reader back to the tumult of the beginnings of the post-war rebellion by the counterculture youth of the UK and rockets you through the ages to today. Cosey holds nothing back - the raw edges rasp at your consciousnesses, the struggle for sense and expression is transferred with a gut wrenching imperative as the reader turns the pages. A work of art itself, those living through that time will understand the depth of the challenges faced by a pioneer of artistic expression as she crashes through her life. You revel at the success of a TG concert only to be saddened by a loss or setback. This is real life - not sugar-coated pablum. Art Sex Music is literature to read - a timely book as a generation begins to fade into memories with each person's passing. This book will stand the test of time.
    • 5/5
      I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.This is a difficult book to review. It's not for everyone. I don't know a lot about the bands that Cosey Fanni Tutti was in, or the art she's produced. The first 100 pages did not really pull me in. But by the end of the book, I was happily reading as quickly as possible, and I found myself listening to music from her bands and others that she discusses. In fact, this book has led me to additional books, music, and art, and I know that I will continue to explore the music made by this author and her friends. The author's struggles to create art, have healthy relationships, and just survive were inspiring, even though I was often horrified at the situations she put herself into (and sometimes was forced into) as a young woman. She is an indomitable person, a true artist, and an inspiration. That said, the book is long, and contains a lot of detail that might not be as interesting to people who don't follow this kind of music or art. The end of the book is often frustrating, due to the difficult behavior of a bandmate. This is Cosey's side of the story, and I think some readers might be put off that there is no attempt to present both sides of the case. That wasn't an issue for me - this is Cosey's book about her life.
    • 4/5
      I requested this early review book since I recognised the band name Throbbing Gristle in the quick author summary.She kind of races through childhood, giving an "and then.. and then.." litany of events but rarely lingering over them with any degree of descriptiveness when I really wanted to hear more. It does give a base of how hard she had to be growing up scrapping in Hull. She mentions a lot of friends by first name but doesn't hang a lot of description on them so it's hard to keep track. I didn't realise for pages that Gen was Genesis P-Orridge, oops. She seems to assume a lot of familiarity with the members of COUM and other bands, and it was confusing since a lot of them had many names. It was also super stressful to read about her abusive relationship with Gen. I did love reading about her creative process, especially how she did nude modelling to collect magazine images to include in her art work. The musical collaborations were amazing too, barring Gen messing them up. She's brutally honest about medical scares as well (she was involved with a hospital scandal after a miscarriage) and open with sharing her love for her various collaborators and family. The financial burdens of producing music and touring were exposed as well, I remembered when a few labels/distributors folded but didn't hear how that affected the bands on them.A quote that jumped out at me: "There's nothing worse than wanting to do something but having a 'maybe' hanging over you." I've been burning out a bit on making plans with people and that resonated. I felt like I should have made up a soundtrack to listen to while reading this, so many good bands were mentioned!
    • 3/5
      Autobiography of Cosey Fanni Tutti, a musician and performance artist. Although she states the book was "tough" to write it appears to be written in a comfortable, easy to read format, using the diaries she kept through the years to provide much detail. Like she says it was written not as a rose-tinted view of her past!