Richard von Sturmer (born 1957) is an artist, poet, playwright, film-maker, and musician from New Zealand. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Devonport, North Auckland. [4]
His poetry and prose has appeared in journals such as The New Zealand Listener, brief, Landfall, Sport, and Zen Bow. [5]
In music, von Sturmer fronted New Zealand punk/art band The Plague, continued with The Humanimals, [6] Avant Garage, [4] and wrote the lyrics for Blam Blam Blam's anti- Robert Muldoon song "There Is No Depression In New Zealand", [2] [7] [8] which has been described as a 'classic alternative national anthem.' [9] The Plague are particularly known for their 1979 performance at the Nambassa festival, where four members (including von Sturmer) appeared naked apart from body paint. [10]
Richard von Sturmer is a Zen Buddhist, who gave up eating meat when he was 16. [2] He studied for ten years at the Rochester Zen Center in New York. [8]
Von Sturmer is married to Sensei Amala Wrightson (previously Charlotte Wrightson), [11] with whom he co-founded the Auckland Zen Centre. [2] [12]
From 2014, von Sturmer has worked with film-maker Gabriel White as the duo The Floral Clocks, with von Sturmer writing lyrics which White set to music. [13] These songs were released as an album Desert Fire, mostly performed by White alone. [14] A second album, A Beautiful Shade of Blue was released in 2017, and their third Gas Giant was released in 2019. [15]
Von Sturmer was involved with the following plays and film scripts: [4]
Von Sturmer has published the following collections of writing: [1] [16]
Von Sturner has had the following exhibitions: [1]
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Richard von Sturmer (born 1957) is an artist, poet, playwright, film-maker, and musician from New Zealand. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Devonport, North Auckland. [4]
His poetry and prose has appeared in journals such as The New Zealand Listener, brief, Landfall, Sport, and Zen Bow. [5]
In music, von Sturmer fronted New Zealand punk/art band The Plague, continued with The Humanimals, [6] Avant Garage, [4] and wrote the lyrics for Blam Blam Blam's anti- Robert Muldoon song "There Is No Depression In New Zealand", [2] [7] [8] which has been described as a 'classic alternative national anthem.' [9] The Plague are particularly known for their 1979 performance at the Nambassa festival, where four members (including von Sturmer) appeared naked apart from body paint. [10]
Richard von Sturmer is a Zen Buddhist, who gave up eating meat when he was 16. [2] He studied for ten years at the Rochester Zen Center in New York. [8]
Von Sturmer is married to Sensei Amala Wrightson (previously Charlotte Wrightson), [11] with whom he co-founded the Auckland Zen Centre. [2] [12]
From 2014, von Sturmer has worked with film-maker Gabriel White as the duo The Floral Clocks, with von Sturmer writing lyrics which White set to music. [13] These songs were released as an album Desert Fire, mostly performed by White alone. [14] A second album, A Beautiful Shade of Blue was released in 2017, and their third Gas Giant was released in 2019. [15]
Von Sturmer was involved with the following plays and film scripts: [4]
Von Sturmer has published the following collections of writing: [1] [16]
Von Sturner has had the following exhibitions: [1]
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