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Tentative Armor
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Tentative Armor

$20.00

by Michael Harren

In his emotionally raw yet darkly hilarious Tentative Armor, Michael Harren combines piano, synthesizers, a laptop and live string players with his unique storytelling, resulting in a deeply moving, highly entertaining performance. In its book form, Tentative Armor captures Harren’s resonant, powerful, very personal stories, and immerses the reader in a funny, poignant, highly intimate tour of his own self-discovery through spirituality, sexuality and grief. The entire text of the show is combined here with video stills from the show’s premiere at NYC experimental performance landmark Dixon Place along with original photos by luke kurtis.

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SKU: TA Category: Artists' Books Tags: experimental, LGBTQ+, Michael Harren, performance, poetry, storytelling

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Artist

Michael Harren
Adam Fitzgerald (Introduction)
luke kurtis (Photography, Art Direction, and Design)
John Ong (Cover Design)
Ben Strothman (Cover Photo)
Steven Klapow (Editorial and Creative Consulting)

Date

14 Oct 2014

Format

Softcover, 60# pages
Also available as an eBook

Pages

70

Dimensions

8 x 0.2 x 10 inches

ISBN

978-0-9890266-3-5 (print)
978-0-9890266-5-9 (iBook)

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