Feb 21, 2020
Giorgia Whigham attends the Facebook Watch premier of Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones.
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Giorgia Whigham attends the Facebook Watch premier of Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones.
Cast in Other Roles: Jessica Steen in Sacred Lies
I have never even heard of this show before tonight, but Facebook makes TV shows, and this one will have none other than Jessica Steen in it on the next episode: Sacred Lies
Very against-type; very not Lisa Stillman kind of character for Steen.
(And I just realised today is April 1, so I want to assure everyone this isn’t my attempt at an April Fools’ Day 2020 joke.)
Since I'm staying at home today with my coffee and my tulips, I'm pulling a big reading list out of the shelves. We'll see if I can get up the energy to get some editing done later. ✨✨✨
shorter, often spookier versions of classic fairytales ~ aka one of the most lovely things M has ever given me <3
Giorgia Whigham attends the Facebook Watch premier of Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones.
There are many ways to retell a fairytale, but abstract clay sculpture would not be the first thing that comes to my mind (or yours). The Si
Selected Sculptures from The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan. Published 2015.
Shaun Tan is an Australian multimedia artist, writer and illustrator. He currently works and resides in Melbourne, Australia. Tan began drawing and painting images for science fiction and horror stories in small-press magazines as a teenager, and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through surreal, dream-like imagery. Projects he has worked on include The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales from Outer Suburbia and wordless novel The Arrival.
The Singing Bones’ presents titular reference to a Grimm’s fairy tale: a flute carved from a bone of a slain boy that sings of fate and injustice. Tan’s choice reflects the content of the book, as well as the tradition of oral storytelling - as dark as it is playful. Most of the sculptures in The Singing Bones were originally created as illustrations for a German edition of Philip Pullman’s Grimms Märchen (Grimm Tales), a retelling of fifty classic fairy tales. The book was launched in Melbourne in October 2015, accompanied by a complete exhibition of Tan’s sculptures and the No Vacancy Gallery.
Photographs courtesy of Shaun Tan.
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Podcast rec: The Singing Bones
Historical context applied to fairy tales + a wonderful host. Enough said!