This "This Young Monster" is a hallucinogenic celebration of artists who cause upheaval, transform their bodies, anger their parents, and show the audience dark and disturbing things. What does it mean to be a 'weird' being? Why might it be wise to think of the present as an era of monstrous phenomena? And how does the concept of the monster affect our thinking about queer identity, disability, children, and teenagers? From Twin Peaks to Leigh Bowery, from Harmony Korine to Alice in Wonderland, "This Young Monster" draws inspiration from an array of explosive art as its voice and form transform, all in the name of confronting the strange and wonderful concepts once called 'monsterhood' by Nabokov. Get ready, they are coming...

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 12.7x12.7cm