The Art
Project Cover, Ramón Alejandro, La Nature insatiable du désir, 2004. Acrylic on canvas, signed, 130 x 100 cm.
Ch. 1, Ramón Alejandro, La Fonction du mal dans l’ordre universel, 2004. Oil on canvas, signed, 65 x 81 cm.
Ch. 2, Ramón Alejandro, Mañunga, 1998. Oil on canvas, signed, 60 x 81 cm.
Ch. 3, Ramón Alejandro, La Naturaleza de la Luz, 1989. Oil on canvas, signed, 54 x 73 cm.
Ch. 4, Ramón Alejandro, Agó Laroye, 1997. Oil on canvas, signed, 97 x 130 cm.
Ch. 5, Ramón Alejandro, Las Edades del hombre, 2002. Oil on canvas, signed, 40 x 75 cm.
Ch. 6, Ramón Alejandro, Tránsito de la mirada, 1998. Oil on canvas, signed, 76 x 101.5 cm.
Ch. 7, Ramón Alejandro, La Conquista del Espacio, 1995. Oil on canvas, signed, 110 x 148 cm.
Ch. 8, Ramón Alejandro, Los Deseos terrenales, 1993. Oil on canvas, signed on back, 97 x 130 cm.
Ch. 9, Ramón Alejandro, L’Origine dépendante de tous les phénomènes, 2004. Acrylic on canvas, signed, 110 x 173 cm.
Ch. 10, Ramón Alejandro, El Gran Teatro del mundo, 1998. Oil on canvas, signed, 40 x 51 cm.
Cast of Players Cover , Ramón Alejandro, La otra orilla, 2000. Oil on canvas, signed, 38 x 56 cm.
Book, p. 1, Ramón Alejandro, Le Mécanisme de la multiplication des désirs, 2000. Oil on canvas, signed, 90 x 120 cm.
Book, p. 1, Ramón Alejandro, Le Mécanisme de la multiplication des désirs, 2000. Oil on canvas, signed, 90 x 120 cm.
Book, p. 2, Ramón Alejandro, El Mundo de las Ideas, 1998. Oil on canvas, signed, 65 x 81 cm.
The Animations
About the Art and Animations
Q: Artwork appears in the digital versions of most of your novels, but there is a striking connection between Ramón Alejandro’s paintings and the specific events and ideas in Island Fruit Remedy.
RS: In no other project is the correspondence so close. It was a collaboration in every respect, from character to plot to setting to theme. The idea for the story germinated in the eighties, long before I knew Ramón’s work. But I couldn’t figure out how to tell the story. Ramón gave me the characters and events, and it was his outlook on gender that helped me make Wood’s experience concrete.
Q: Most of your past projects have combined book, music and art, but this one features animations set to music. Why the change?
RS: Experimentation is one of life’s great pleasures. And animation seemed a nice way to express Island Fruit Remedy’s playfulness.
Animation and Music Credits
Ch. 1
Painting: La Fonction du mal dans l’ordre universel, 2004.
Animation by Janelle Miau and Tavet Gillson
Audio:
“La Hora Más Oscura”
Label: Shika Shika
Written & produced by Robin Perkins (El Búho)
Mastered by Rob Small
Ch. 2
Painting: Mañunga, 1998.
Animation by Tomas Cottle
“Corazón de Rubi”
Label: Wonderwheel Recordings
Written and produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Ron Shaffer
Ch. 3
Painting: La Naturaleza de la Luz, 1989.
Animation by Tavet Gillson
“Xica Xica”
Label: Wonderwheel Recordings
Written and produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Ron Shaffer
Ch. 4
Painting: Agó Laroye, 1997.
Animation by Tomas Cottle
“Heatwaves and Hurricanes”
Label: Shika Shika
Written and produced by Robin Perkins
Mixed by Roger Cervantes Guillamat
Mastered by Yosi Horikawa
Ch. 5
Painting: Las Edades del hombre, 2002
Animation by Tomas Cottle
Audio:
“La Hora Más Oscura”
Ch. 6
Painting: Tránsito de la mirada, 1998
Animation by Tomas Cottle
Audio:
“Chucum”
Label: Wonderwheel Recordings
Written and produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Ron Shaffer
Ch. 7
Painting: La Conquista del Espacio, 1995
Animation by Tomas Cottle
Audio:
“Noche Tepotzolán”
Label: Shika Shika
Written & produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Rob Small
Ch. 8
Painting: Los Deseos terrenales, 1993
Animation by Tavet Gillson and Janelle Miau
Audio:
“Heatwaves and Hurricanes”
Ch. 9
Painting: L’Origine dépendante de tous les phénomènes, 2004
Animation by Tomas Cottle
Audio:
“Tlacotlan”
Label: Wonderwheel Recordings
Written and produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Ron Shaffer
Ch. 10
Painting: El Gran Teatro del mundo, 1998
Animation by Tavet Gillson
Audio:
“Heroica”
Label: Shika Shika
Written & produced by Robin Perkins
Mastered by Rob Small
