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The complete, definitive and never-before-published catalogue of
Hipgnosis, Vinyl * Album * Cover * Art finally does justice to the
work of the most important design collective in music history,
which, according to Roddy Bogawa, director of the documentary Taken
by Storm (2011), 'designed half your record collection'. Founded in
1967 by Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey 'Po' Powell and Peter
Christopherson, Hipgnosis gained legendary status in graphic
design, transforming the look of album art forever and winning five
Grammy nominations for package design. Their revolutionary cover
art moved away from the conventional group shots favoured by record
companies of the day, resulting in the ground-breaking, often
surreal designs which define the albums of many of the biggest
names in the history of popular music: 10cc, AC/DC, Black Sabbath,
Peter Gabriel, The Police, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Paul
McCartney, Robert Plant, Syd Barrett, Throbbing Gristle, T. Rex,
Wings, Yes and XTC, to name but a few. Arranged chronologically,
Vinyl * Album * Cover * Art features stunning reproductions of
every single Hipgnosis cover - 372 in total - coupled with detailed
information by Po and Storm Thorgerson on the artworks and the
compelling stories behind their creation. Additional contributions
by Peter Gabriel, Marcus Bradbury, and Pentagram's Harry Pearce
provide engrossing insights into the way these incredible artworks
came into being; place the covers in context; and reflect on their
enduring impact on album design. A highly accessible stand-alone
volume, Vinyl * Album * Cover * Art will also make the perfect pop
partner to the groundbreaking Hipgnosis | Portraits (2014) with its
rare revelations and behind-the-scenes photography.
Combining place and fiction in an imaginative interpretation of ten
sites in the city of London, CJ Lim and Ed Liu take well-known
institutions, epochs and lifestyles in the British capital and
renders them fantastic in a string of architectural short stories.
The medium is an intersection of paper assemblages with short
stories. The stories have been exhibited at the Royal Academy of
Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum but are collected for the
first time in a single volume, laid out as they were designed to be
seen as one phantasmogoric city vision. Painstakingly constructed,
the stories assemble a sequence of improbable marriages between
architecture and story, encompassing a retelling of the Three
Little Pigs at Smithfield, a dating agency at Battersea, and a
ringed transport system manifesting as a celestial river over the
great metropolis. Drawing on a wealth of literary symbolism from
Carroll's Alice in Wonderland to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities and
imbued with humour and irony, the book builds on London's rich mix
of extravagance and fictive tradition. Enthralling, inspirational
and entertaining, this cabinet of curiosity and wonder depicts a
vision of the city that is immoral, anarchic, and unscientific, and
at the same time, glorious, ravishing and a pleasure to behold.
Working in 1970s Italy, a group of artists-namely Ugo La Pietra,
Maurizio Nannucci, Francesco Somaini, Mauro Staccioli, Franco
Summa, and Franco Vaccari-sought new spaces to create and exhibit
art. Looking beyond the gallery, they generated sculptural,
conceptual, and participatory interventions, called Arte Ambientale
(Environmental Art), situated in the city streets. Their
experiments emerged at a time of cultural crisis, when fierce
domestic terrorism aggravated an already fragile political
situation. To confront the malaise, these artists embraced a
position of artistic autonomy and social critique, democratically
connecting the city's inhabitants through direct art practices.
Theatre-Rites are regarded as pioneers in the field of object-led
and site-specific performance, creating ground-breaking work for
family audiences since 1995. This book marks the company's 25th
anniversary, offering the first in-depth exploration of artistic
director Sue Buckmaster's visionary practice, in which anything can
be animated. This book draws on original research, including five
years of in-depth interviews between its authors, images from
Theatre-Rites' archive and Buckmaster's private collection,
detailed observations from the company's professional training
workshops and personal reflections on past productions. A timely
and compelling advocacy for the importance of high-quality
experimental arts provision for young audiences is made, distilling
learning from decades of the company's professional activities to
motivate and empower the next generation of object-led
theatre-makers. Theatre-Rites: Animating Puppets, Objects and Sites
is an invaluable resource for any puppeteer, actor, dancer, visual
artist, poet or student interested in expanding their understanding
of how to incorporate puppetry and/or symbolic objects as metaphors
in their work.
The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance provides an
in-depth, far-reaching and provocative consideration of how
scholars and artists negotiate the theoretical, historical and
practical politics of applied performance, both in the academy and
beyond. These volumes offer insights from within and beyond the
sphere of English-speaking scholarship, curated by regional experts
in applied performance. The reader will gain an understanding of
some of the dominant preoccupations of performance in specified
regions, enhanced by contextual framing. From the dis(h)arming of
the human body through dance in Colombia to clowning with dementia
in Australia, via challenges to violent nationalism in the Balkans,
transgender performance in Pakistan and resistance rap in Kashmir,
the essays, interviews and scripts are eloquent testimony to the
courage and hope of people who believe in the power of art to renew
the human spirit. Students, academics, practitioners,
policy-makers, cultural anthropologists and activists will benefit
from the opportunities to forge new networks and develop in-depth
comparative research offered by this bold, global project.
This collection provides an in-depth exploration of surtitling for
theatre and its potential in enhancing accessibility and creativity
in both the production and reception of theatrical performances.
The volume collects the latest research on surtitling, which
encompasses translating lyrics or sections of dialogue and
projecting them on a screen. While most work has focused on opera,
this book showcases how it has increasingly played a role in
theatre by examining examples from well-known festivals and
performances. The 11 chapters underscore how the hybrid nature and
complex semiotic modes of theatrical texts, coupled with
technological advancements, offer a plurality of possibilities for
applying surtitling effectively across different contexts. The book
calls attention to the ways in which agents in theatrical spaces
need to carefully reflect on the role of surtitling in order to
best serve the needs of diverse audiences and produce inclusive
productions, from translators considering appropriate strategies to
directors working on how to creatively employ it in performance to
companies looking into all means available for successful
implementation. Offering a space for interdisciplinary dialogues on
surtitling in theatre, this book will be of interest to scholars in
audiovisual translation, media accessibility, and theatre and
performance studies.
'Ashley Jackson The Yorkshire Artist' contains a collection of
paintings that have been personally chosen by the artist to bring
together his personal memories and intimate reflections of the
emotions and atmosphere that he has captured in each watercolour
painting. As he explains, 'All artists paint what inspires them,
what allows them to capture what they see with their eyes with
their hands and heart. We all have differing inspirations, mediums
and connections with our subject mine is the Yorkshire Moors.' From
the open moorland of Marsden Moor to the inhabited landscape of
Whitby, this book brims with what Ashley does best; capturing the
atmospheric skies and drama of the landscape. As Ashley explains,
'I have strived throughout my life to witness and portray every
mood swing of nature as she takes a stand against all that the
elements throw at her, whether that be rain, wind, snow or fire.'
You will truly find Ashley Jackson and his 'Yorkshire Mistress', as
he calls the Yorkshire landscape, laid bare in these stunning
paintings.
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The volume will shed light on the psychoanalytic approach that
underlies their language and provocations, intended to induce a
process of self-reflection in the viewer, changing their perception
of the world and society. Their visual journey will be articulated
into three chronological sections corresponding to the most
significant shifts in their conceptual evolution, covering their
practice from 1995 to 2020.
World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique concept
paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, featuring
everything from epic landscapes and towering cities to
out-of-this-world science fiction vistas.
This collection focuses on his wide variety of futuristic art, as
well as his striking covers for a variety of esteemed SF authors,
including Arthur C Clarke, John Scalzi, Ben Bova, Hal Clement, Jack
McDevitt, Frederik Pohl, Orson Scott Card's Enders books and many
more.
The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics is a volume of
critical essays, provocations, and interventions on the most
important questions faced by today's writers, critics, audiences,
and theatre and performance makers. Featuring texts written by
scholars and artists who are diversely situated (geographically,
culturally, politically, and institutionally), its multiple
perspectives broadly address the question "How can we be political
now?" To respond to this question, Peter Eckersall and Helena
Grehan have created eight galvanising themes as frameworks or
rubrics to rethink the critical, creative, and activist
perspectives on questions of politics and theatre. Each theme is
linked to a set of guiding keywords: Post (post consensus,
post-Brexit, post-Fukushima, post-neoliberalism, post-humanism,
post-global financial crisis, post-acting, the real) Assembly
(assemblage, disappearance, permission, community, citizen,
protest, refugee) Gap (who is in and out, what can be
seen/heard/funded/allowed) Institution (visibility/darkness,
inclusion, rules) Machine (biodata, surveillance economy,
mediatisation) Message (performance and conviction, didacticism,
propaganda) End (suffering, stasis, collapse, entropy) Re. (reset,
rescale, reanimate, reimagine, replay: how to bring complexity back
into the public arena, how art can help to do this). These themes
were developed in conversation with key thinkers and artists in the
field, and the resulting texts engage with artistic works across a
range of modes including traditional theatre, contemporary
performance, public protest events, activism, and community and
participatory theatre. Suitable for academics, performance makers,
and students, The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics
explores questions of how to be political in the early 21st
century, by exploring how theatre and performance might provoke,
unsettle, reinforce, or productively destabilise the status quo.
Creating Improvised Theatre: Tools, Techniques, and Theories for
Short Form and Narrative Improvisation is a complete guide to
improvised theatre for performers and instructors. This book
provides a modern view of improvised theatre based on the rapid
evolution of this art form, shedding new light on classic theories
as well as developing lesser known and emerging techniques, such as
the Trance Mask. Instead of simply referencing classic theories,
the book revisits them and places them in the context of
contemporary improvisation techniques. Designed as a practical
support, this guide contains over 130 exercises that allow its
theories to come alive in workshops, rehearsals, and performance.
The book is divided into four sections: Nuts and bolts: The
fundamental tools of improvisation to explore how to be
spontaneously creative, build with your partner, and learn from
masks to discover your scene instant by instant. Short form:
Techniques for scene work and short form performance, including how
to get the most out of a scene, remain connected to the relational
stakes, provoke change (physical, status, and emotional), and
maintain a playful attitude. Narrative improvisation: Theories to
help navigate long form narrative-based shows with "narrative
waypoints," generate variety, develop protagonists, work on genres,
and manipulate creative transitions. The bits box: Advice for
warming-up before a rehearsal or a show with a collection of useful
games. Written to inspire creativity and provide the tools to
develop innovative improvised shows and experiences, Creating
Improvised Theatre is an invaluable source book for anyone
interested in the art of improvised theatre, whether a beginning
student or experienced performer.
Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and
Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for
teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through
the lens of acting and improvisation. The book provides access to
the innovative practices developed by seasoned playwriting teachers
from around the world who are also actors, improv performers, and
theatre directors. Borrowing from the embodied art of acting and
the inventive practice of improvisation, the exercises in this book
will engage readers in performance-based methods that lead to the
creation of fully imagined characters, dynamic relationships, and
vivid drama. Step-by-step guidelines for exercises, as well as
application and coaching advice, will support successful lesson
planning and classroom implementation for playwriting students at
all levels, as well as individual study. Readers will also benefit
from curation by editors who have experience with high-impact
educational practices and are advocates for the use of varied
teaching strategies to increase accessibility, inclusion,
skill-building, and student success. Embodied Playwriting offers a
wealth of material for teachers and students of playwriting
courses, as well as playwrights who look forward to experimenting
with dynamic, embodied writing practices.
Shows how performative and creative research can have a real impact
on community engagement with academic research Shows the aesthetics
and use of arts-based research approaches in practice Expands the
rapidly-emerging field of collaborative research
This book studies the intersection of performance and nationalism
in South Asia.It traces the emergence of the culture of nationalism
from the late nineteenth century through to contemporary times.
Drawing on various theatrical performance texts, it looks at the
ways in which performative narratives have reflected the national
narrative and analyses the role performance has played in
engendering nationhood. The volume discusses themes such as
political martyrdom as performative nationalism, the revitalisation
of nationalism through new media, the sanitisation of physical
gestures in dance, the performance of nationhood through violence
in Tajiki films, as well as K-Pop and the new northeastern identity
in India. A unique contribution to the study of nationalism, this
book will be useful for scholars and researchers of history,
theatre and performance studies, cultural studies, postcolonial
studies, modern India, Asian studies, political studies, social
anthropology and sociology.
Go behind the scenes of the Harry Potter film series with this
compendium of stunning blueprints depicting spellbinding magical
wizarding world locations from all eight films. Harry Potter: The
Blueprints showcases the work of the artists who laid the
foundation for the visually enchanting buildings, homes, rooms, and
settings from all eight Harry Potter films. ICONIC LOCATIONS: 260
pages of stunningly detailed blueprints and in-depth commentary on
creating the architecture of beloved Harry Potter buildings, homes,
settings, and locations, including Hogwarts Castle, the Triwizard
Tournament, Hogsmeade, and more. FILMMAKING SECRETS: Learn how
Hogwarts and other locations in the wizarding world went from
sketch to screen. DELUXE DETAILS: This generously sized volume
beautifully showcases rare and unique sketches, notes, drafts, and
photos.
This volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of
ventriloqual motifs and strategies within contemporary art.
Engaging with issues of voice, embodiment, power, and projection,
the case studies assembled in this volume span a range of media
from painting, sculpture, and photography to installation,
performance, architecture, and video. Importantly, they both
examine and enact ventriloqual practices, and do so as a means of
interrogating and performatively bearing out contemporary
conceptions of authorship, subjectivity, and performance. Put
otherwise, the chapters in this book oscillate elegantly between
art history, theory, and criticism through both analytical and
performative means. In speaking about ventriloquism in contemporary
art, the authors, who are curators, historians, and artists, shine
light on this outdated practice, repositioning it as a conspicuous
and meaningful trend within a range of artistic practices today.
This book will be of interest to scholars working in art history,
contemporary art, media studies, performance, museum/curatorial
studies, and theater.
Curating Dramaturgies investigates the transformation of art and
performance and its impact on dramaturgy and curatorship.
Addressing contexts and processes of the performing arts as
interconnecting with visual arts, this book features interviews
with leading curators, dramaturgs and programmers who are at the
forefront of working in, with, and negotiating the daily practice
of interdisciplinary live arts. The book offers a view of praxis
that combines perspectives on theory and practice and looks at the
way that various arts institutions, practitioners and cultural
agents have been working to change the way that art and performance
have developed and experienced by spectators in the last decade.
Curating Dramaturgies argues that cultural producers and scholars
are becoming more cognizant of this overlapping and transforming
field. The introductory essay by the editors explores the rise of
interdisciplinary live arts and its ramifications in cultural and
political terms. This is further elaborated in the interviews with
15 diversely placed arts professionals who are at the forefront of
rethinking and consolidatingthe ever-evolving field of the visual
arts and performance.
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