Homoerotic poetry and art appear throughout the world’s civilizations for millennia. The Archeology of Eros, the first published collection of poems from cult music figure Jorge Socarras, taps into that continuum together with the collaboration of acclaimed artist Mel Odom. Each body of work representing a lifetime reflecting on and celebrating homoerotic desire and romantic sensibility, Socarras’ intimate love poems and Odom’s evocative drawings are beautifully juxtaposed in this elegantly designed book. Straddling the sensual and the archetypal, the contemporary and the classical, poetry and art join forces in exploring the mystery and wonder of Eros, affirming that same-sex desire has lived before even as it flourishes now.
Jorge Socarras is known for his 1970s collaboration with pioneering synthesizer musician Patrick Cowley as the duo Catholic, as singer-frontman of the 1980s avant-rock group Indoor Life, and as half of the ongoing musical duo Fanatico. He was also cofounder of the Silence=Death Collective, the AIDS activist group that in 1987 created the eponymous poster design and slogan.
Mel Odom’s award-winning art has graced numerous book covers and magazines since the 1970s, has been the subject of two books, and has been exhibited in galleries and art institutions, including in collaboration with gay literary icon Edmund White. The Archeology of Eros is the first creative collaboration between longtime friends Socarras and Odom. A portion of sales proceeds will go to the Visual Aids organization.
Driven To Fantasy –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Angelyne
$20 USD
Near Marineland –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Crash Course In Science
$18 USD
Theros –
Vinyl EP + Digital Download
Coti K.
$14 USD
Signals From Pier Thirteen –
Vinyl EP + Digital Download
Crash Course In Science
$15 USD
Cloud Sight Fade –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
DOC SLEEP
$18 USD
Cloud Sight Fade –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Doc Sleep
$18 USD
1982 –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Ike Yard
$18 USD
Patrick Cowley Tote Bag
Patrick Cowley
$30 USD
Dark Entries Tote Bag
$30 USD
Interior Spring –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
topographies
$18 USD
Next World Sound Series Volume 2 – Double Vinyl LP + Digital Download
$30 USD
Stand, Scatter –
Vinyl 12" EP + Digital Download
Lust Pattern
$13 USD
II –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Loveshadow
$18 USD
Music From Hell –
Compact Disc + Digital Download
Nervous Gender
$16 USD
Music From Hell –
Double Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Nervous Gender
$25 USD
Sight Gags On The Radio –
7" Vinyl + Digital Download
Blues Lawyer
$8 USD
Private Recordings, August 1970 –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Sylvester
$18 USD
Cyber Steam Cabaret –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
David Javelosa
$22 USD
Next World Sound Series Vol. 1 – Vinyl LP + Digital Download
$22 USD
Good Night –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Ian Elms
$18 USD
No Jack Swing –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Brontez Purnell
$18 USD
Veneno Pa Tu Piel –
Vinyl 12" + Digital Download
Cristina La Veneno
$13 USD
Structure –
Vinyl EP + Digital Download
Code Industry
$15 USD
Card Short of a Full Deck –
Vinyl EP + Digital Download
De-Bons-en-Pierre
$14 USD
Panoramic Coloursound –
Triple LP Set + Digital Download
The Creative Technology Consortium {CtC}
$33 USD
It's Me –
Vinyl EP + Digital Download
Wizdom Wita Z
$13 USD
Heartbeat –
Pink Vinyl 12" + Digital Download
Garland
$13 USD
Look At Me –
Yellow Vinyl 12" + Digital Download
Alex Molo
$13 USD
All In Good Time –
Vinyl LP + Digital Download
Blues Lawyer
$16 USD
Dark Entries Logo Shirt White
$20 USD
Malebox –
Compact Disc + Digital Download
Patrick Cowley
$12 USD
Malebox –
Vinyl LP + CD + Digital Download
Patrick Cowley
$25 USD
