Estelle Asmodelle

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I just got selected by Urban Mainstream magazine :

http://www.UrbanMainstream.com

This is for a feature on mty music, they said – “Your music is phenomenal. We will do a write up in the magazine.”

So keep you all posted!

Rockpool publishing in Sydney, loved the book and took a real interest in publishing. However, with the down turn in the economy, they are not publishing anything right now.

While this is a great insight, that an Australian publisher liked the book, will continue to seek an international publisher overseas.

HYNAGOGIA Journey through Abstraction

You are invited to an opening night, on the 9th December 2008 – at 6:00 p.m., to view new & unseen Artworks by ESTELLE AMODELLE. Exhibition: 9th – 14th December 2008.

Everybody lives in a world filled with familiar shapes and forms. Our day to day experiences present images and sounds of places, people and things which are instantly recognisable to all of us. This is the world of our waking moments. However, there is a moment when the imagery we see and the auditory information we hear becomes blurred and abstract: it is those precious moments when we are either waking up or falling asleep. This Hypnagogic state presents us, however briefly, with an alternative perception of the world we find ourselves in. This exhibition presents the observer with a chance to experience Hypnagogia, suspended in time, and allows us to look into the mirror of our perception and see what lies beneath our psyche.

ARTEMIS OF ABERDEEN

The opening night party went very well and everyone seemed to love the art – it was an experience and seeing so many people attend was also great as well. The show stays in Aberdeen till the 7^th November and then it is moved back to the Central Coast and joined with other works which then go to Gig Gallery in Sydney for the new show on the 9^th December.

Below is a press release about the show:

MEDIA RELEASE:

Solo Exhibition of Estelle Asmodelle

The Show is at Artemis of Aberdeen – Starting from the 8th Nov – 7th Dec

Opening night: 8th November 2008.

Artemis of Aberdeen, at 93 MacQueen St (New England Highway), Aberdeen, will host a very special Art Show by an established Australian artist: Estelle Asmodelle. The show is entitled: AN ECLETIC REVIEW (A review of abstract and impressionist paintings) Estelle started painting as age 3, the eldest daughter of an artist, Sylvia Croot, and continued to paint while studying towards her degree. In 1988, while living in Japan, she began exhibiting in several Tokyo subway stations, “It seems like a really positive way to reach people, as so many people in Japan use the subway, its total different to Australia in that way. It wasn’t actually allowed – but everyone loved the work so much that even the Subway employees allowed the exhibitions.” Estelle says. It was a big success and many people bought the original artworks by this Australian artist.

A year later, Estelle was invited to exhibition in the International Friendship Exhibition by UNESCO. It was a big contrast, and The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum allowed Estelle to take her Artworks to new and greater heights. Since that time Estelle has participated in literally hundreds of art exhibitions, and this month also exhibited work at the Los Angeles Center For Digital Art.

“I like to reach real people in different ways,” Estelle claims, with her first solo show in regional NSW, at Aberdeen. “Estelles work is colourful, and optimistic, sometimes abstract, sometimes impressionistic but always unique and beautiful,” Affirms Justice Howard, a well known American photographer, who sought to photograph Estelle on many occasions. For residents in the area “ this is a must see event. Situated in Aberdeen, and all are welcome to the opening night and as well to view the work during the 1 month period that the show runs.

A single piece (self portraiture digital pop-art piece, entitled: Subtle Seduction) entered in the following exhibition:

SNAP TO GRIDE – LACDA

October 9 to  November 1, 2008
Opening Reception Thursday October 9, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk)

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

My solo exhibition at the Gig Gallery (http://www.giggallery.com/ ) Has been moved from the 7^th October 2008 – to the 21^st October (for 2 weeks inclusive) due to continuing road repairs on Glebe point road. The exhibition is:

Hypnagogia – A Journey through Abstraction | Artist: Estelle Asmodelle

Don’t worry formal invites will be sent out on the 10^th October – but just make a note of it – if you want to attend the opening night party on the 21^st October. Love to see all my friends there.

Alas, it appears that publishing ANAESTHETIC DREAM in the Australian market may be out for the time being. Australian agents believe that the book would not sell enough copies to attract a publisher. I think this is ludicrous, but none the less it has just shown me that I may have to set my sights abroad.

Currently I am discussing the book with a well-known UK literary agent – so crossed fingers – lets hope they see value in publishing this personal story, about changing sex and changing laws related to sex change.

There seems to be a trend within the publishing world. Firstly, so agent charge reading fees, which in my opinion is outrageous, for it is the agents’ job to negotiate contracts and payment, on behalf of the writer and not to charge the very person they represent. I encountered one such agency and refused even discussing the issue.

The next part of the trend is subscribed publishing, it is another form of self-publishing, or vanity press, whereby a publisher initially says they are interested in publishing the book, provided the author contribute to the cost of print. This means the author ends up paying either a portion or most, if not all, the cost of printing, only to have the publisher distribute and then only give the author a percentage of the books they distribute. This is something I would not consider at all, and see this as hidden self-publishing. If I were to go down that track; then, I’d do the whole thing myself.

But having said all that, I will continue to seek an agent, either in the UK or the United States, and publish in the conventional manner. It is difficult, some says as difficult as it is to write the book, and I would agree. Nonetheless I will continue to market and promote the book to agents and publishers alike.

I was invited to enter the BSG art prize and so 3 pieces of my art will be part of the of the Small Works Art Prize, at the Brunswick Street Gallery, in Fitzroy, VIC. Opening on 6th June till the 19th June 2008. See the gallery’s website here:

SMALL WORKS

See my Art website to see larger versions: http://www.abstractartist.info/

I have sent three sample chapters to three publishers, one wasn’t interested in the story, while the other two were but there were concerns that the book may not be sellable.

Clearly, a book about a transsexual, which has sex, crime, show business and other elements has the makings of a good seller. If not a best seller.
Perhaps their reluctance is not about sell-ability but rather, how to market the book. Perhaps looking to a publisher in the United States may be a better option. In any case I’ll continue seeking a publisher both here and overseas until I find the right one.

The problem with Australian publishers is that they usually do small print runs, 5,000 to start with and so on, while in the United States, it’s more like 20,000 and upward.

Additionally, there is always self publishing: originally considered failure as a writer, yet some great books have been self published, such as The Celestine Prophecy

Wikipedia have an interesting page about Self Publishing that is worth reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_publishing

It certainly is worth thinking about, with websites as a marketing device and also Amazon, distribution is not so difficult and the best part is that a writer gets to keep most of the money, instead of a mere 5% that publishers would normally provide.

Also later this year I’ll have the second of two solo art shows. This second show will run for 4 weeks and is to be held at Artemis of Aberdeen, which is situated at 93 MacQueen Street (New England Highway) Aberdeen, NSW, in the Upper Hunter Valley region of NSW.