{"product_id":"the-silence-of-the-hippo-black-folktales-david-bohm","title":"The Silence Of The Hippo Black Folktales - David Bohm","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"excerpt\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe imagination of the Black Continent unmercifully breaks down our European preconception of what a folktale is supposed to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePoetic, somewhat absurd and in some places dark – such are the short folktales of this book. Most of them come out of traditional African folklore though, in the rendition of children storytellers, with a rather distinctive flavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe texts arrived into the hands of the Czech artist David Böhm, in the suitcase of his sister Terezie as a stack of student essays from a small Central African school. The imagination of the Black Continent unmercifully breaks down our European preconception of what a folktale is supposed to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSomewhat shocking to children, it is a singularly refreshing comic strip for adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReview\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"There are books whose action will engulf you. At other times, you will be alarmed or frightened. The graphic page also plays a role in comics - text and image go hand in hand. If a disturbing storyline meets an interesting graphic design that perfectly matches the content, then such a book is definitely worth attention.\" --\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichard Klíčník iLiteratura.cz\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTogether with his colleague and long-time friend Jiří Franta,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Böhm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eorganizes performances, shoots videos, builds spatial installations, and interferes with public space.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerezie Böhm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eapplies her techniques to children's books, where she develops kids' creativity in a fun way. Author of book and magazine illustrations. The output of his work may resemble a drawing diary, graffiti, cartoons, comics, conceptual art, slapstick, sports performances, art of collaboration, physical experiments, improvised choreography or theater performances. Important for him are processiveness, time-lapse principle, overcoming the pitfalls, intertwining the media, experimenting, adhering to and exceeding the rules, creative dialogue, irony, seriousness, playfulness, eternal incompleteness. In other words, he does not create drawings\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Centrala Cafe \u0026 Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40487259013293,"sku":"","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/7904\/1197\/products\/SilenceOfTheHippo_net-1400x1886.jpg?v=1628633188","url":"https:\/\/centrala-cafe-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-silence-of-the-hippo-black-folktales-david-bohm","provider":"Centrala Cafe \u0026 Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}