A jar of wild flowers : essays in celebration of John Berger
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A jar of wild flowers : essays in celebration of John Berger
Zed Books, 2016
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'John Berger has made the world a better place to live in. These essays tell us how he succeeded in that task.'
Arundhati Roy
In this collection of essays on the work of, and conversations with, John Berger, thirty-seven of his friends, artistic collaborators and followers come together to form the first truly international and cross-cultural celebration of his interventions.
Berger has for decades, through his poetic humanism, brought together geographically, historically and socially disparate subjects. His work continues to throw out lifelines across genres, times and types of experience, opening up radical questions about the meaning of belonging and of community. In keeping with this spirit and in celebration of Berger, the short essays in A Jar of Wild Flowers challenge us all to take the brave step from limited sympathy to extended generosity.
With contributions from Ali Smith, Julie Christie, Sally Potter, Ram Rahman, Jean Mohr, Nick Thorpe, Hsiao-Hung Pai and many others.
Table of Contents
Foreword - Jean Mohr
Preface - Amarjit Chandan
Introduction - Yasmin Gunaratnam
The Colour of the Cosmos
Graphite - Hans Jurgen Balmes
Hay - Rema Hammami and John Berger
Fire - Kathryn Yusoff
Milk - Ana Amalia Alves
Blood - Gavin Francis
Forest - Nikos Papastergiadis
Toast - Michael Broughton
Oil -Tessa McWatt
The Trees are in Their Place
Fences - Nick Thorpe
Method - Iain Chambers
Life - Glenn Jordon
Meetings - Nirmal Puwar
Pain - Francisco-J. Hernandez Adrian
Secrets - Hsiao-Hung Pai
Once through a Lens
Memory - Heather Vrana
Stars - Vikki Bell
Conscience - Ram Rahman
Performance - Doa Aly
A Mirror - Rashmi Duraiswamy
Undefeated Despair
Trauma - Alicia Salomone
Jest - Salima Hashmi
Hate - Mustafa Dikec
Hope - Malathi de Alwis
Spirit - Tania Tamari Nasir
Propaganda - Rochelle Simmons
Here is Where We Meet
Notes - Amarjit Chandan
Verbs - Ali Smith
Play - N. Rajyalakshmi interviews Pushpamala N.
Tenderness - Christina Linardaki
Love - Julie Christie
Courage - Yahia Yakhlef
Solidarity - Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Tennis - John Christie
Afterword - Sally Potter
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