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Black Arrow Studio & Press

www.blackarrowpress.com

About Me

Black Arrow is an independent studio and press created by Luca Dipierro, Italian writer, filmmaker and illustrator and Rachel Bradley, American visual artist, designer and photographer.
Our mission is to produce cultural objects-- books, documentary films and audio CD’s-- that push established boundaries and cross artistic and political borders, giving opportunities for expression and collaboration to artists and writers with distinct, original voices from around the world. Everything that we produce is intended to explore new territories, turning expectations upside down.
In contemporary society, we believe that it’s fundamental not to waste paper, time or resources. This is why we choose quality over quantity-- because we feel that every book is like a seed, planted to give new life to thoughts and ideas.
Check out some of Black Arrow's films on youtube: youtube.com/blackarrowstudio
***We have a new flickr page with images and artwork of everything Black Arrow: flickr.com/photos/blackarrowpress .. ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Santi: Lives of Modern Saints

Santi trailer September 2007

Santi trailer April 2007

Music:

Where's My Halo?
Audio CD, five stories from "Santi: Lives of Modern Saints" with original soundtracks by American and European bands. A new adventure in language and sound. A co-production between Black Arrow and Freefolk Records .

Movies:

Check out some of Black Arrow's films on youtube

I probably should have changed my shirt.
Collected on DVD, nine short films by Luca Dipierro:

The Eye Of The Reader with Jonathan Lethem
Oh God My Heart Is Ready with David Heatley
Why The Hulk Is In The Bathroom with Nick Bertozzi
Scrambled Eggs with Ben Katchor
I Want To Make It Sound Like A Whole Band with Chris Brokaw
Find My Fucking Fingers with Brent Green
The Behavior Of The Fish with David Greenberger
The Easiest Way To Piss People Off with Jim Knipfel
It Sucks To Have a Day Off with Chris Leo

available now on www.blackarrowpress.com

Books:

Burning bushes, neon halos, teenager stigmata, preachers, sinners, false prophet, schizophrenic Santas, ski teachers turning into Jesus, talking dogs, healing hands, living tattoos and much, much more in SANTI - LIVES OF MODERN SAINTS.

An anthology of short stories by Giovanni Arduino, Cristiana Astori, Grant Bailie, Alan Bissett, Valeria Francesca Brignani, Dan Chaon, N. Frank Daniels, Luca Dipierro, Greg Downs, Michael A. Fitzgerald, Timothy Gager, Davide Garbero, Danni Iosello, Noria Jablonski, Roy Kesey, Jon Konrath, David R. Matthews, Claudio Morandini, Giona A. Nazzaro, Erin O’Brien, James P. Othmer, Rob Roberge, John Sheppard, Giuseppe Signorin, Simone Tordi and Federico f. Zanatta.The Bible of contemporary fiction. Illustrated by Rachel Bradley with relics of everyday life. Accompanied by "Where's My Halo?" a CD produced in collaboration with Freefolk Records .

My Blog

I Wll Smash You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwhFs4EoYw Trailer of I Will Smash You, a film by Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro. Stories of people smashing hymns, tapes, office enviroments, chairs, TVs, p...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:08:00 PST

Book release party + US Tour

Dear Readers,Our tour schedule is almost complete. Here are the dates for our Santi US tour. We concentrating on the southeast/midwest this time... Watch for a west coast tour in the near future.March...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

Black Arrow events- February/March 08

Dearest Readers, We've got a few big events coming up for Black Arrow in the next few weeks.Friday, February 15thLuca will be on Baltimore WYPR's awesome arts/culture show The Signal. We had the oppor...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:20:00 PST

News from Black Arrow Studio & Press - January 2008

Our first book, the anthology of short stories SANTI: LIVES OF MODERN SAINTS is finally out! 450 pages with some (26 to be exact) of the best upcoming American and Italian writers telling stories of ...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:03:00 PST

ONIONS, LIPS, RECORD PLAYERS, NIPPLES & ITALY.

If you're in New York tomorrow, come to the Project Room  to see Amy Kohn and her band play - you'll hear the most surprising, mercurial, beautiful songs you've heard in years. We are projecting ...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:05:00 PST

Nora: step into the shadows

Check out the latest production of Black Arrow, Nora e le ombre, a short film made for the book with the same title by Claudio Morandini, who is one of the authors of Santi, and collaborates with Blac...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:44:00 PST

Healing hands, speaking animals

Healing hands, neon halos, speaking animals, living tattoos, teenage stigmata, oatmeal apparitions, burning bushes and much much more in "Santi: Lives of Modern Saints", an anthology of short stories ...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:46:00 PST

Great Books, Pt.II

Read "Futurproof" by Frank Daniels. Raw. Scares the shit out of you without vampires or serial killers. Just with the world, today. Read "Ace Of Spades" by David Matthews.  Imagine: your father ...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:30:00 PST

Great books, pt.I

Read "Nora e le ombre" by Claudio Morandini, one of the most interesting new italian writers. It' a great novel, one of those books that you cannot forget. If you don't know italian, you better learn ...
Posted by Black Arrow Studio & Press on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:00:00 PST