{"product_id":"lorenza-bttner-lorenza-bottner-9783959055604","title":"Lorenza Btner: Requiem for the Norm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first monograph on the multimedia art of a daring trans pioneer, edited by Paul B. Preciado\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorenza Btner was born Ernst Lorenz Btner in Chile in 1959. At the age of eight, Btner was electrocuted while climbing a pylon, following which both arms were amputated. After studying painting in Kassel, Btner transitioned genders and learned to paint with her feet and mouth, also working in photography, drawing, dance, installation and performance. Btner died of HIV-related complications in 1994. Although Chilean writers Roberto Bola and Pedro Lemebel wrote about Btner in their respective 1996 novels \u003ci\u003eEstrella Distante\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoco Af疣\u003c\/i\u003e, her work was long neglected until its debut at the 2017 Documenta, thanks to the efforts of acclaimed writer, philosopher and curator Paul B. Preciado.\u003cbr\u003eAssembled by Preciado, \u003ci\u003eRequiem for the Norm\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive publication on an artist whose work is a celebration of life and a defiance of the processes that seek to desubjectify, desexualize, lock up and \"disappear\" bodies that are transgender or function differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorenza Bottner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3959055609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959055604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lorenza Bottner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132445716735,"sku":"9783959055604","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb0cd551-d612-4c7c-aba2-953dbbce3cfe.jpg?v=1687480245","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lorenza-bttner-lorenza-bottner-9783959055604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}