Occulture
- 244pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Explores the role of magic and the occult in art and culture from ancient times to today.
Carl Abrahamsson Livres
Carl Abrahamsson est un écrivain suédois profondément immergé dans le domaine de l'« occuculture », explorant comment l'occultisme et les idées cachées s'entrecroisent avec la culture générale dans la littérature, le cinéma, la musique et l'art. Son travail couvre à la fois la fiction et le journalisme, et en tant qu'éditeur, il se consacre à une vaste recherche magico-anthropologique. L'approche distinctive d'Abrahamsson révèle les fils invisibles qui relient les concepts ésotériques à la société dominante, offrant aux lecteurs une perspective provocatrice sur les dimensions cachées de notre civilisation.
Outsider Inpatient: Reflections on Art as Therapy
- 102pages
- 4 heures de lecture
Outsider Inpatient is an anthology of perspectives about the value of art and creativity within psychiatric environments. It specifically shines the light on experiences at Lillhagen Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, where inpatients were allowed to paint and decorate the entire walls of long corridors in the basements of the hospital. Also included are valuable thoughts about creativity in general from clinicians, art historians, psychoanalysts, and artists. What constitutes “outsider” art? How can creativity be used in the treatment of (in)patients? Why do certain artists create the way they do, and how does it affect them? Outsider Inpatient is an informative study about a topic that has created as much controversy and criticism as it has support and adherents, in environments as diverse as clinical psychiatry and psychology, art theory, social sciences, psychoanalysis and philosophy. This book has been produced in cooperation with the Center for Critical Heritage Studies and the University of Gothenburg, and contains texts by Elisabeth Punzi, Per Magnus Johansson, Johannes Nordholm, Inez Edström, Christian Munthe, Carl Abrahamsson, Vanessa Sinclair, and Val Denham.Trapart Books 2021, 6 x 9” paperback, 100 pages, illustrated.