The Beginning Was the End \;i s the definitive account of Devo&rsquo\;s vibrant early history\, from the authors of the first-ever book about the band. \;The Beginning Wa s the End \;features \;more than \;eighty \;never-bef ore-seen images of the band members and their visual history as it tells t he unlikely story of a collection of creative misfits who formed a musical kinship\, drawing material and inspiration from the industrial Midwestern environs of Northeast Ohio. With the May 4\, \;1970\, \;Kent Stat e shootings as a catalyst\, Devo channeled protopunk energy into a sprawli ng art project that would pioneer the use of music videos\, innovate techn ology in pop music\, define the aesthetic of the 1980s New Wave/MTV era\, and \;maintain \;an edge of social\, political\, and cultural crit icism that continues their relevance \;fifty \;years after their f ormation.  Limited to 60 people.
\nAbout the authors:
\nDavid Giffels is the author of six books of nonfiction\, most recently&nbs p\;Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America \;(Hachette Books 2020)\, one of \;Library Journal&rsquo\;s \;Best Books of 2020. His other books include the memoirs \;Furnishing Eternity \;(Scribner 2018) and \;All the Way Home \;(William Morrow 2008)\, both winners of t he Ohioana Book Award\, and \;The Hard Way on Purpose \;(Scribner 2014)\, a \;New \;York Times Book Review \;&ldquo\;Editors&rsq uo\; Choice.&rdquo\; His writing has appeared in the \;New York Times Magazine\, \;The Atlantic\, \;Parade\, \;The Iowa Review\,&nbs p\;Esquire\, \;Grantland\, and many other publications. He is professo r of English at the University of Akron\, and serves on the faculty of the NEOMFA creative writing program.  \;
\nJade Dellinger is director of the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida Southwestern State Col lege where he has curated shows\, commissioned installations\, hosted lect ures and held performances with artists including the Guerilla Girls\, Yok o Ono\, Laurie Anderson\, the Go-Go&rsquo\;s Jane Wiedlin and Devo&rsquo\; s Gerald Casale.  He first invited Mark Mothersbaugh to the Sunshine State in 1999 for a project with the Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa\, b ut most recently world-premiered the Devo frontman&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Postca rds For Democracy&rdquo\; exhibition (with collaborator Beatie Wolfe) at t he Rauschenberg Gallery in 2021.   \;
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