Douglas Coupland ( "English respelling pronunciation"> KOHP -l? nd ) (born December 30, 1961 ) is a Canadian novelist and artist. His fiction is complemented by works recognized in the design and art that emerged from his formal training initially. His first novel, international bestseller 1991 Generation X: Tales for a Accelerated Culture, popularized terms like "McJob" and "Generation X". He has published thirteen novels, two short story collections, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and scenarios for film and television. He is a columnist for the Financial Times. She is also a frequent contributor to The New York Times , e-flux journals , Dis , and Representatives . Her art exhibits include Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything showcased at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Royal Ontario Museum as well as the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, and Bit Rot in Rotterdam, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, and Villa Stuck.
Coupland is a Canadian Order Official, and a member of the Order of British Columbia. He published his thirteenth worst novel. Person. Ever. in 2012. He also released the latest version of City of Glass and Marshall McLuhan's biography for the Canadian Penguin in their Extraordinary Canadians series, called Outer Canada Usual: Marshall McLuhan . She is the presenter of Massey's 2010 Lecture, and the companion novel for the lecture, Player One - What Became Us: A Novel in Five Hours . Coupland was listed twice for Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006 and 2010, was a finalist for the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2009, and was nominated for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Award in 2011 for Canada Exceptional: Marshall McLuhan
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Coupland was born on 30 December 1961 at the Royal Canada Air Force Base (RBCF Station Baden-Soellingen) (later CFB Baden-Soellingen) in Baden-SÃÆ'¶llingen, West Germany, the second of four sons to Dr. Douglas Charles Thomas Coupland, a medical officer at the Royal Canadian Air Force, and housewife C. Janet Coupland, a graduate in comparative religion from McGill University. In 1965, the Coupland family moved to West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where Coupland's father opened a private family medical practice at the completion of his military tour.
Coupland describes his education as "empty slate". "My mother came from a sour-faced family of preachers from the 19th century to the 20th century to explore the pastures that struck the Bible and their parents tried to get away from it but unknowingly transmitted their values ​​to my mother. t different. "
Graduated from Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver in 1979, Coupland went to McGill University with the goal (like his father) studying science, especially physics. Coupland leaves McGill at the end of the year and returns to Vancouver to attend an art school.
At Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now University of Art and Design Emily Carr) at Granville Island in Vancouver, in the words of Coupland, "I... lived the best four years of my life.This is my one place" "I feel really, really at home.This is an era of magic between hippies and PCs, everyone talks to everyone and you can ask anyone. " Coupland graduated from Emily Carr in 1984 with a focus on sculpture, and moved to study at the European Design Institute in Milan, Italy and Hokkaido College of Art & amp; Design in Sapporo, Japan. He also completed courses in business sciences, art, and industrial design in Japan in 1986.
Founded as a designer working in Tokyo, Coupland suffers from skin conditions caused by Tokyo's summer climate, and returns to Vancouver. Before leaving Japan, Coupland sent a postcard forward to a friend in Vancouver. The friend's husband, a magazine editor, read the postcard and offered Coupland a work copy for the magazine. Coupland began writing for magazines as a means of paying his studio bill. Reflecting on him being a writer, Coupland has admitted that he became one "By coincidence I never wanted to be a writer Now I do it, there's nothing better I do." He has stated that he has not been employed since 1988.
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Literary work
Generation X
From 1989 to 1990, Coupland lived in the Mojave Desert who worked on a guidebook about the birth group that followed the Baby Boom. He received $ 22,500 advance from St. Martin's Press to write a nonfiction handbook. Instead, Coupland wrote a novel, Generation X: Tales for a Accelerated Culture . It was rejected in Canada before being accepted by American publishers in 1991. Reflecting on the writing of his novel debut a few years later, Coupland said, "I remember spending my days almost dizzy with loneliness and feeling like I had sold a family cow to three nuts. it was this paralyzing loneliness that gave Gen X his bite, I tried to imagine life for myself on paper which of course does not happen in reality. "
Not an instant success, the novel continues to increase in sales, eventually attracting followers behind its core idea of ​​"Generation X". On his own protest, Coupland was nicknamed a spokeswoman for the generation, stating in 2006 "I just do what I do and those kind of people stick to me, it's not like I spend my days thinking like that." The terms popularized by Coupland in the novel, including Generation X and McJob , eventually enter the everyday language.
Planet Shampoo through Life After God
The second novel, Planet Shampoo , was published by Pocket Books in 1992. It focuses on generations after Generation X, a group called "Global Teens" in its first novel and is now generally labeled Generation Y. Coupland permanently moved back to Vancouver as soon as the novel was published. He has spent his "twenties exploring the world thinking that there must be a better city out there, until he realizes that Vancouver is the best." He wrote a collection of little books, which were collated together, after the advice of his publisher, into the book of Life After God . This collection of short stories, with its focus on spirituality, initially triggered a polarized reaction before finally revealing itself as a determinant of the avant-garde sense of direction identified by Mount Ferdinand as "Christian postmaster."
Microserfs through All Families is a psychotic
In 1994, Coupland worked for a newly formed magazine Wired . While there, Coupland wrote a short story about employee life at Microsoft Corporation. This short article gives inspiration for a novel, Microserfs . To examine the culture described by the novel, Coupland has moved to Palo Alto, California, and immersed himself in the Silicon Valley life.
Coupland followed Microserfs with its first collection of non-fictional pieces, in 1996. Polaroid of the Dead is a wide variety of stories and essays on a variety of topics, including: Grateful Dead concerts; Harolding; Kurt Cobain's death; visit of a German reporter; and a comprehensive essay on Brentwood, California, written during the murder of O. J. Simpson and the death anniversary of Marilyn Monroe.
That same year, Coupland toured Europe to promote Microser, but a high workload brings about fatigue and mental tension. He reportedly incorporated his experiences with depression during this period to the next novel, Boyfriend in a Coma . Coupland notes that this is his last novel to be "... written as a young man, the last built of notebooks filled with intricate observations".
In 1998, Coupland donated a short story "Fire at Ativan Factory" to the collection of Disco 2000 , and that same year wrote a liner note for the album Saint Etienne Good Humor. In 2000, he published the novel Miss Wyoming .
Coupland then published his photographic photograph to Vancouver, Glass City . This book incorporates sections of the Life After God and Polaroid from Death into a visual narrative, formed from photographs of Vancouver's location and life complemented by trailer stocks mined from archives of local newspapers.
Coupland's next novel, All Families Are Psychotic , tells of a dysfunctional family from Vancouver who came together to see their daughter Sarah, an astronaut, launched into space.
In 2004, the inactive Saarinen TWA Flight Center (now Jetblue Terminal 5) at JFK Airport briefly hosted an art exhibit called Terminal 5, curated by Rachel K. Ward and featured 18 artists including Coupland.
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The promotional round for All Family Psychics was in progress when the September 11 attacks occurred. In a drama titled September 10 done later in Stratford-upon-Avon by Royal Shakespeare Company, Coupland feels that this is the last day of the 1990s, and the new century is now really starting.
The first book published by Coupland after the September 11 attacks was the Souvenir of Canada , which expanded earlier Glass City to combine the whole of Canada. There are two volumes in this series, contained as an explanation for non-Canada on unique Canadian matters.
Coupland's second book in this period, Hey Nostradamus! , depicting a fictitious high school shoot similar to Columbine High School in 1999, Coupland moved events to schools in North Vancouver, Canada.
Coupland follows Hey Nostradamus! with Eleanor Rigby . Just as with the original tituler written and sung by The Beatles, this novel tests loneliness. This novel received some positive acclaim as a more mature work, an example of note that Ali Smith's novel about the book for the newspaper Guardian .
Using the format of City of Glass and Souvenir of Canada, Coupland released a book for Terry Fox Foundation called Terry . This is a photographic look back on Fox's life, complete Coupland research results through the Terry Fox archive, including thousands of emotional letters from Canada written to Fox during his one-legged marathon in Canada on Highway 1.
The third work of fiction in this period, co-written with Terry's non-fiction, is a re-drawing of the previous book. jPod , billed as Microserfs for Google generation, is the first Web 2.0 novel. The text jPod recreates the experience of reading online novels on notebook computers. jPod is a popular success, resulting in a CBC Television series written by Coupland. The series lasted one season before the cancellation.
The next novel of Coupland, The Gum Thief , followed jPod in 2007. The Gum Thief is the first launch of Coupland into the standard epistolary novel format following ' laptop diaries'/'blog' format Microserfs and jPod .
Coupland published its eleventh novel, Generation A, by the end of 2009. In terms of style, Generation A reflects the 1991 Generation X structure as it won the reading act and storytelling as one of the few defenses we have against the continuous bombing of the senses in the digital world. " This novel takes place in the near future, once the bee has become extinct, and focuses on five people from all over the world who are connected with being stung.
Coupland's contribution to Massey's 2010 Lecture, compared to the standard long essay, is a 50,000 word novel titled Player One - What We Become: A Novel in Five Hours . Coupland wrote this novel for a five-hour lecture broadcast on CBC Radio from 8 to 12 November 2010. According to Coupland, the novel "... presents a variety of modes for viewing mind, soul, body, future, eternity, technology, and media." and arranged "In the hotel's Toronto B-list airport cocktail lounge in August 2010."
This publication was published on October 7, 2010. The initial publication of Anansi Press for this novel states that "Massey 2010 Coupey Lecture is a real-time, five-hour story set in the airport cocktail room during a global disaster Five different people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mom waiting for an online date, Rick, airport bartender, luck, Luke, a priest on the run, Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde unable to make real human contact, and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world because they know it is over.In the traditions of Kurt Vonnegut and JG Ballard, Coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion, and the hereafter. ask a lot of questions because of the answer, and the reader will leave the story without a doubt that we are rada in a new phase of existence as a species - and that there is no way to return. "On September 20, 2010, Player One was announced as part of the initial long list for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize literature award, second place winner of Coupland for prizes after being registered in 2006 with jPod
Coupland follows Player One with a second collection of short stories, this time in collaboration with artist Graham Roumieu, entitled Very Inappropriate Fairy Tales for Young People . The publisher describes the book as "seven funny stories featuring seven evil characters you can not dislike".
Worst. Person. Ever. was released in Canada and the UK in October 2013, and in the US in April 2014.
Awards and acknowledgments
Coupland has been described as "... probably the most talented exegete of the mass culture writing of North America today." and "one of the great satirists of consumerism".
Coupland received an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia on May 27, 2010. The University of British Columbia has announced that it has obtained a personal Coupland archive on May 20th, the culmination of a project that began in 2002. The archive, which Coupland plans to continue adding in the future, currently consists of 122 squares and features about 30 meters of textual material, including manuscripts, photographs, visual arts, fan letters, correspondence, press clippings, audio/visual material and more. One of the most prominent inclusions in the collection includes the first handwriting script 'Generation X', which is inscribed on loose notebook paper and filled with marginal notes. In a statement issued on UBC's Web site, Coupland said, "I am honored that UBC has received my paper, I hope that in it, the people of the future will find patterns and constellations that can not be seen for me or to whom just because they're there, and we're here... The donation process makes me feel old and young at the same time I am very grateful for UBC's support and enthusiasm. "The delivery of new materials includes" [...] something from doodles and fan letters to honeycomb beaded with diamonds to Styrofoam le for archives arriving in July 2012 [...] "arrived for sorting in July 2012. Sorting and categorization of new materials documented through UBC School of Archival and Information Studies blog.
Coupland received Doctor of Letters from Simon Fraser University in 2007. Coupland also received Doctor of Letters from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2001.
On June 6, 2013, Coupland received an honorary doctorate from OCAD University, presented at the University of 2013 Convention, held at Roy Thompson Hall, in Toronto, Ontario.
Coupland became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2007. In 2013, he was appointed an Officer of the Canadian Order "for his contribution to our examination of the contemporary human condition as novelist, cultural commentator and artist". In 2014, Coupland was made a member of the Order of British Columbia. In 2015, he becomes a member of the French Honorary Legion.
In 2017, Coupland won the Lieutenant Gov. 2017 Award for Literary Perfection.
Visual art
In 2000, Coupland restarted its visual art practice since 1989. It is a post-medium practice that uses a variety of materials. The common theme in his work is curiosity with the destructive and seductive dimensions of pop culture and 20th century pop art, especially Andy Warhol. Another recurring theme is the military image, a result of growing up in military families at the height of the Cold War. He is represented by Clark & ​​â € <â € < Faria Gallery in Toronto. In June 2010 he announced his first attempt as a clothing designer by collaborating with Roots Canada on a collection that is a representation of the classic Canadian icon. The Roots X Douglas Coupland Collection is announced at The Globe and Mail and features clothing, art installations, sculptures, specially designed art, and retail space.
In September 2010, Coupland, in collaboration with Toronto's PLANT Architect, won an art and design contract for a new national monument in Ottawa. "The Memorial" will be established for the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and will be completed in April 2012.
Other notable works are:
- Canoe Landing Park
- Orca Digital
In October 2012, the 60-foot "Infinite Tyres" was established as part of Vancouver's public art program to accompany the opening of a Canadian Ban shop. The construct is related to the concept of Romanian artist Constantin BrÃÆ'nà ¢ ncu? I's "Unlimited Columns.
In 2014, Coupland announces plans to build in southern Vancouver a gold-colored replica of the Hollow Stanley Park Tree.
In 2015, Coupland became Google Artist in Residence at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris.
Public works
Canada
British Columbia
- Orca Digital , 2010, Jack Poole Plaza, Vancouver
- Pohon Emas , 2015, Marine Drive dan Cambie Street, Vancouver
- Ban Tak Terbatas , 2012, SW Marine Drive dan Ontario Street, Vancouver
- Terry Fox Memorial , 2011, Terry Fox Plaza, Stadion BC Place, Vancouver
- Dasi kupu-kupu , 2015, Park Royal, West Vancouver
Ontario
- Super Nova , 2008, Stores in Don Mills, North York
- Group Portrait 1957 , 2011, Gallery Robert McLaughlin, Oshawa
- Canada Fire Extinguishers, 2012, 220 Lett Street, Ottawa
- Four Seasons , 2012, Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto
- War Memorial of 1812 , 2008, Armada and Bathurst Road, Toronto
- Float Form , 2008, Canoe Landing Park, Toronto
- Heart Shaped Stones , 2008, Canoe Landing Park, Toronto
- Red Canoe , 2008, Canoe Landing Park, Toronto
Museum Exhibit
In 2014, the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibits a major retrospective of Coupland art, entitled "everywhere is everywhere is everything". Vancouver's recurrence of events is recorded in Google Street View. In 2015, the show is on display in Toronto next where it is divided into two sections and exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art. The monograph of the show was published by Black Dog Publishing, London.
In 2015 to 2017, Bit Rot is on display. It is described as "The international traveling art exhibition, the catalog that accompanies the exhibition and an enormous essay and fictional summary for publication in October 2016". Showcased at Rotterdam at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art from September 11, 2015 to January 3, 2016. Bit Rot is then exhibited at Villa Stuck in MÃÆ'¼nchen from 29 September 2016 to 8 January 2017.
In 2016, Assembling the Future is on display at The Manege in St. Louis. Petersburg, Russia. The exhibition is organized and curated by Marcello Dantas.
Group shows
- Heart is Fraud Above All Things , HOME (Manchester) Center for Contemporary Art, Manchester, 2015
- The Fab Mind , 21 21 Design Sight, Issey Miyake Foundation, Tokyo, 2014
- Do It , Ciclo (Cycle), Centro Cultural do Brasil, Sao Paulo, 2013
- Billboard , Biennial of the Americas, Denver, 2013
- Supersurrealism , 2012 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2012
- Posthastisme , Gallery Pavilion, Beijing, 2011
Journalism
In 2015, Coupland was crowned editor of Vice Magazine contributors and will write an ongoing column. He has been writing columns twice a month for Financial Times FT Magazine. He also regularly contributes to Edge.org He also contributes to online art journals, such as e-flux and DIS Magazine.
Design jobs
In the summer of 2010, Coupland, in collaboration with Roots Canada designed a summer streetwear collection for well-received men and women, and a row of leather and non-leather accessory. The collection was sold at the avant garde store Colette in Paris in September 2010.
Television
In 2007, Coupland worked with CBC to write and executives produced a television series based on his novel jPod . Its 13 episodes an hour aired in Canada in 2007. The event was canceled despite a campaign that triggered the main audience to save it.
In February 2013, NBC announced that he was negotiating with actress Christina Ricci for her to play Karen McNeil in a pilot for the television adaptation of Coupland's novel Girlfriend in a Coma united by Sister Jackie > co-creator Liz Brixius.
Movies
2005 marks the launch of a documentary film about Coupland entitled Souvenir of Canada . In it, Coupland works on a major art project about Canada, tells his life, and ponders about various aspects of Canadian identity.
2006 brought the release of Everything's Gone Green, a comedy film starring Paulo Costanzo, directed by Paul Fox, and written by Coupland. The film is produced by Radke Films and True West Films. Distributor is THINKFilm in Canada and Shoreline Entertainment elsewhere. The film, Coupland's first scenario, won an award for Canada's best feature film at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Upcoming jobs include All Family Are Psychotic and miniseries Extinction Event .
Charity
Coupland is involved with the Canadian Terry Fox Foundation. In 2005, Douglas & amp; McIntyre publishes Terry , a collection of photographs and a Coupland biography essay about the life of legendary legendary Canadian athlete Terry Fox. All proceeds from the book are donated to the foundation for cancer research. Terry format is similar to Coupland's City of Glass and Souvenir of Canada . The release coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1980 Terry Marathon of Hope.
Coupland listed the Canoe Landing Park, an eight-acre city park in downtown Toronto, adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway. The park that opened in 2009 was attached to a mile run called Terry Fox Miracle Mile. The Miracle Mile contains art from Terry .
Coupland has raised money for the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee by participating in an advertising campaign.
Coupland is also a regular contributor to Wikipedia; during his performance at Cheltenham Literary Festival (UK) in 2013, to promote his novel Worst.Person. Ever. , Coupland says that he gives $ 200 per year to the online encyclopaedia.
Personal life
Coupland lives in West Vancouver, British Columbia. His work regimen has been characterized as anti-lazy. She works seven days a week, without vacations. Coupland was quoted as saying: "I have never been on a vacation.Lying on a beach somewhere seems almost sinful What's the use of being around unless you're working on something?"
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