[{"id":5275,"title":"Alone Desperate and Going Nowhere","dimensions":"10.9 x 18 cm, 224 p, language: English, publisher: TRUE TRUE TRUE, ISBN: 978-94-90006-03-7","date_begin":"2011-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/778","stream_count_app":27,"permalink":"alone-desperate-and-going-nowhere","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/696/large/Artistnovel_004.jpg?1342085510","poster_credits":"(c)M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere* is the second in a trilogy of short comedy novels by Paul Haworth. Alex \u0026lsquo;Abs\u0026rsquo; Brenchley is back. The seven-foot tragedy opens the sequel to *Silk Handkerchiefs* with the words \u0026ldquo;2008 was the worst year of my life.\u0026rdquo; This is the story of that year. *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere* sweeps our hyper-emotional hero across England, into the depths of despair and deranged behaviour, towards a mythical destination \u0026ndash; The Lady Field \u0026ndash; a fabled area of Hampstead Heath where it isn\u0026rsquo;t just men who are cruising. Carnforth yobs, *Sex and the City: The Movie*, dogging fanatics, Christian Slater, Community Support Officers and the Page Street Gang \u0026ndash; these are just some of the forces Alex is up against as he seeks to find the manhood, absolution and purpose in life that will empower him to win the love of Trevoreesia, his Absqueen. All the while, the economy is collapsing \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;My life had been in crisis for so long and now the world was catching up,\u0026rdquo; observes Alex \u0026ndash; and the soundtrack to this far-gone era is Take That\u0026rsquo;s cruel taunt: THIS COULD BE THE GREATEST DAY OF OUR LIVES. Does that day come for Alex Brenchley or will he remain, always and forever, *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere*? Mixing Cockney, teen lingo, Victorian slang and inventive wordplay, Haworth\u0026rsquo;s colourful style makes for an exhilarating and addictive read. \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e The character and story of *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere* have been developed through radio shows, YouTube videos and short stories written by Haworth since 2003. In 2007 Haworth started a MySpace page: the idea was to tell a story through photos, layout, blogs, and profile music. That summer he lived with Sam de Groot, who had just published his first book through TRUE TRUE TRUE. He liked the writing but MySpace and its design was anathema to him, so he said he would publish it if it was made into a book. In Haworth\u0026rsquo;s words: \u0026ldquo;The writing has found its right place and direction; I guess one of the things which interests me in art \u0026ndash; and certainly I do get it wrong, often \u0026ndash; is finding the right place for an idea: painting, book, T-shirt, rap, poem, evening.\u0026rdquo; [Novel website](http://truetruetrue.org/#alone) [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/silkhandkerchiefs)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere* is het tweede boek in een trilogie van korte humoristische romans door Paul Haworth. Alex \u0026lsquo;Abs\u0026rsquo; Brenchley maakt hierbij zijn terugkeer. Deze wandelende tragedie van zo\u0026rsquo;n twee meter hoog opent het vervolg op *Silk Handkerchiefs* met de woorden \u0026lsquo;2008 was het ergste jaar van heel mijn leven.\u0026rsquo; Dit is het relaas van dat jaar. In *Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere* doorkruist onze hyperemotionele held heel Engeland, langs dieptes van wanhoop en gestoord gedrag, richting een mythische bestemming: Lady Field, een legendarisch plekje in Hampstead Heath waar het niet alleen mannen zijn die cruisen. Carnforth-tuig, Sex and the City: The Movie, liefhebbers van seks op openbare plaatsen, Christian Slater, hulpagenten en de Page Street Gang: het zijn slechts enkele voorbeelden van de tegenwerking die Alex aantreft op zijn pad richting mannelijkheid, vergiffenis en een doel in het leven opdat hij sterk genoeg wordt om het hart te winnen van Trevoreesia, zijn \u0026lsquo;Absqueen\u0026rsquo;. Intussen stort de economie in elkaar - \u0026lsquo;Mijn leven is al zo lang in crisis, en nu haalt de rest van de wereld haar schade in\u0026rsquo;, observeert Alex. De soundtrack bij dit tijdperk is de wrede spot van Take That: \u0026lsquo;This could be the greatest day of our lives\u0026rsquo;. Komt die dag er ooit voor Alex Brenchley, of zal hij voor eeuwig en altijd alleen, wanhopig en doelloos blijven? Haworths kleurrijke stijl resulteert in een opwindende, verslavende leeservaring, in een mix van Cockney, tienertaal, Victoriaanse slang en inventieve woordspelletjes. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e Het personage en het verhaal van *Silk Handkerchiefs* kwam tot stand in radio-uitzendingen, Youtube-video\u0026rsquo;s en korte verhalen die Haworth schreef sinds 2003. In 2007 zette Haworth een MySpace-pagina op: het idee was om een verhaal te vertellen door middel van foto\u0026rsquo;s, lay-out, blogs en muziek. Die zomer woonde hij samen met Sam de Groot, die net zijn eerste boek had gepubliceerd met TRUE TRUE TRUE. Hij waardeerde de teksten, maar gruwde van MySpace en het ontwerp ervan, waarop hij beloofde het te zullen uitgeven als het tot een boek zou worden gemaakt. In Haworths woorden: \u0026lsquo;De tekst heeft zijn juiste plaats en richting gevonden. Een van de dingen die me boeien in kunst \u0026ndash; en ik ga vaak de mist in \u0026ndash; is het vinden van de juiste plaats voor een idee: schilderij, boek, T-shirt, rap, gedicht, avond.\u0026rsquo; [Novel website](http://truetruetrue.org/#alone) [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/silkhandkerchiefs)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":5332,"title":"Silk Handkerchiefs","dimensions":"11 x 18 cm, 95 p, language: English, publisher: TRUE TRUE TRUE, ISBN: 978-94-90006-02-0","date_begin":"2009-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/779","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"silk-handkerchiefs","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/646/large/Artistnovel_024.jpg?1342079948","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Silk Handkerchiefs* is the first in a trilogy of short comedy novels by Paul Haworth. Narrator Alex \u0026lsquo;Abs\u0026rsquo; Brenchley is unafraid to tell, show and give all. Alongside episodes about his youth at Westminster School, sexcapades in St James\u0026rsquo;s Park and Victoria Station, and life as one of the art world\u0026rsquo;s so-called Nutty Solitary Men, *Silk Handkerchiefs* weaves its story of one fateful day in the life of Alex Brenchley...a day of tragedy, violence and the promise of LOVE. The narration richly fuses Cockney, hip-hop slang and verbose Dickensian English. The book offers a delirious account of 21st-century anxiety at its most extreme and hysterical and captures the London of 2007 as if it was only yesterday. \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e The character and story of *Silk Handkerchiefs* have been developed through radio shows, YouTube videos and short stories written by Haworth since 2003. In 2007 Haworth started a MySpace page: the idea was to tell a story through photos, layout, blogs, and profile music. That summer he lived with Sam de Groot, who had just published his first book through TRUE TRUE TRUE. He liked the writing but MySpace and its design was anathema to him, so he said he would publish it if it was made into a book. In Haworth\u0026rsquo;s words: \u0026ldquo;The writing has found its right place and direction; I guess one of the things which interests me in art \u0026ndash; and certainly I do get it wrong, often \u0026ndash; is finding the right place for an idea: painting, book, T-shirt, rap, poem, evening.\u0026rdquo; A performance of *Silk Handkerchiefs* took place at the Barbican Art Gallery in London in July 2008, as part of The House of Viktor \u0026amp; Rolf. [Novel website](http://truetruetrue.org/#silk) [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/silkhandkerchiefs)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Silk Handkerchiefs* is het eerste boek in een trilogie van korte humoristische romans door Paul Haworth. De verteller Alex \u0026lsquo;Abs\u0026rsquo; Brenchley deinst er niet voor terug om werkelijk alles te vertellen en te tonen, met episodes over zijn jeugd aan Westminster School, \u0026lsquo;sekscapades\u0026rsquo; in Saint James\u0026rsquo;s Park en Victoria Station en zijn leven als een van de zogenaamde \u0026lsquo;Nutty Solitary Men\u0026rsquo; van de kunstwereld. Silk Handkerchiefs verhaalt over \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n noodlottige dag in het leven van Alex Brenchley \u0026ndash; een dag vol tragedie, geweld en de belofte van Liefde. De vertelling vermengt Cockney-Engels, hiphopslang en breedsprakerig dickensiaans. Het boek geeft een uitzinnig verslag van de 21ste-eeuwse angst \u0026ndash; extreem en hysterisch \u0026ndash; en vat het Londen van 2007 alsof het pas gisteren was. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e Het personage en het verhaal van *Silk Handkerchiefs* kwam tot stand in radio-uitzendingen, Youtube-video\u0026rsquo;s en korte verhalen die Haworth schreef sinds 2003. In 2007 zette Haworth een MySpace-pagina op: het idee was om een verhaal te vertellen door middel van foto\u0026rsquo;s, lay-out, blogs en muziek. Die zomer woonde hij samen met Sam de Groot, die net zijn eerste boek had gepubliceerd met TRUE TRUE TRUE. Hij waardeerde de teksten, maar gruwde van MySpace en het ontwerp ervan, waarop hij beloofde het te zullen uitgeven als het tot een boek zou worden gemaakt. In Haworths woorden: \u0026lsquo;De tekst heeft zijn juiste plaats en richting gevonden. Een van de dingen die me boeien in kunst \u0026ndash; en ik ga vaak de mist in \u0026ndash; is het vinden van de juiste plaats voor een idee: schilderij, boek, T-shirt, rap, gedicht, avond.\u0026rsquo; Een performance van *Silk Handkerchiefs* werd opgevoerd in de Barbican Art Gallery in Londen in juli 2008, als deel van The House of Viktor \u0026amp; Rolf. [Novel website](http://truetruetrue.org/#silk) [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/silkhandkerchiefs)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":7361,"title":"Jonny on a Chorizo","dimensions":"18 x 11 cm, 376 p, publisher: Amsterdam: True True True, language: English, ISBN 9789490006906","date_begin":"2013-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/465","stream_count_app":13,"permalink":"jonny-on-a-chorizo","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/856/large/Untitled231.jpg?1367309154","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA ","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e The year IS 2009. Gangs of children, some as young as ten, are slowly roasting puppies over bonfires. To be alive is unrelenting and grim. Pyramid schemesters, balloon boys, gender-row runners. Pop-up brothels in industrial units. Fish nibbling at feet. Facemasks on the street. Pandemic after pandemic. New and more deadly strains keep coming and a sneeze on the tube is now a potential death sentence. ENOUGH. Because Alex \u0026lsquo;Abs\u0026rsquo; Brenchley is back \u0026ndash; and this is his last goodbye. Picking up straight after Alone, Desperate and Going Nowhere, he returns exhausted, rebarbative, defeated. And impotent. A pact is made: if life remains so desperately miserable, Abs will get off this melancholy-go-round once and for all. But his luck and his London are about to change, following a chance meeting with Ga\u0026mdash; No to spoilers: *Jonny on a Chorizo* is a book of surprise and adventure. Carrying the reader on a joyous ride through London \u0026ndash; its pearly queens, crushed dreams, bashment, blue jeans, scenes of romance in Crowlands \u0026ndash; towards a heartfelt climax. Une fin v\u0026eacute;ritable to a trilogy which began with the publication of Silk Handkerchiefs in 2009. So let\u0026rsquo;s bump uglies, dance about the Maypole and have one last night at the St Moritz, because this is it: *Jonny on a Chorizo* is the end for Abs. Vivat Regina! \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e Paul Haworth used to try to be more articulate about my art practice \u0026ndash; about how all the bits connect. When he was young he liked to paint and to write and he has carried on with this. There is still a tension: of what you should be doing. But for Haworth it is an outdated notion \u0026ndash; of the painter\u0026rsquo;s painter etc. For better or worse, today we are all artist as critic as curator as writer... These ideas came about slowly and accidentally through stories he wrote for radio shows at university, YouTube films (which are ongoing: http://www.youtube.com/silkhandkerchiefs) and performances. In 2007 Haworth started a MySpace page: the idea was to tell a story through the photos, layout, blogs, and profile music. That summer he lived with Sam de Groot, who had just published his first book through TRUE TRUE TRUE and he liked the writing but MySpace and its design was anathema to him so he said he would publish it if Haworth made it into a book, which felt like a challenge to him. The writing has found its right place and direction. One of the things which interests Haworth in art \u0026ndash; although in his own words, he \u0026rdquo;certainly does get it wrong, often\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; is finding the right place for an idea: painting, book, T-shirt, rap, poem, evening. [Novel website](http://truetruetrue.org/#jonny)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]