{"product_id":"everything-is-now-the-1960s-new-york-avant-garde-primal-happenings-underground-movies-radical-pop-hardcover","title":"Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde--Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Hoberman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking cultural history of 1960s New York, from the legendary writer on art and film\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Paris in the 1920s, New York City in the 1960s was a cauldron of avant-garde ferment and artistic innovation. Boundaries were transgressed and new forms created. Drawing on interviews, memoirs, and the alternative press, \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Now \u003c\/i\u003echron­icles this collective drama as it was played out in coffeehouses, bars, lofts, storefront theaters, and, ultimately, the streets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe principals here are penniless filmmak­ers, jazz musicians, and performing poets, as well as less classifiable artists. Most were outsiders at the time. They include Amiri Baraka, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Carolee Schneemann, Jack Smith, Andy Warhol, and many more. Some were associ­ated with specific movements (Avant Rock, Destruction Art, Fluxus, Free Jazz, Guerrilla Theater, Happenings, Mimeographed Zines, Pop Art, Protest-Folk, Ridiculous Theater, Stand-Up Poetry, Underground Comix, and Underground Movies). But there were also movements of one. Their art, rooted in the detritus and excitement of urban life, was taboo-breaking and confrontational. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs J. Hoberman shows in this riveting his­tory, these subcultures coalesced into a counterculture that changed the city, the country, and the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Hoberman\u003c\/b\u003e was for over three decades a film and culture critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books have explored the subculture of midnight movies, the rise and fall of Yiddish-language cinema, the international Communist avantgarde, SoHo performance art, and the underground filmmaker Jack Smith. His \"found illusions\" trilogy--which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMake My Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Army of Phantoms\u003c\/i\u003e--used Hollywood to refract the history of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.5 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978276307245,"sku":"9781804290866","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/l3tIM2M6iM9781804290866.webp?v=1775801406","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/everything-is-now-the-1960s-new-york-avant-garde-primal-happenings-underground-movies-radical-pop-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}