An illustrated collection of contemporary British set, costume and lighting designs at the end of the 20th century. Published originally to accompany a national exhiibition, this book represents 146 theatre productions, and the work of 254 practising stage and theatre designers - including 141 biograpies. Eight sections consider how designers explore the elements of time and space in performance: design process; narrative time; once upon a time; periods recreated; time transposed; allusions to time; movement in time and space; and colour and light in time and space. Brief commentaries illuminate a second inspection of the images, indicating more of the designer's intentions than the image alone.

Time and Space : Design for Performance, 1995-99

Arts & Photography

HALL

Performing Arts

John Rule

The Rhythm Method: Sex, Drums and Rock'n'roll by Forbes, Nicky (2008) Paperback

Nicky Forbes

Music

Girls of Moscow / Boys of Moscow

Elena Rustunova

<p>Whether you are a performance art die-hard, an opera buff, a champion of the strange or a friend of unlikely artist collaborations, you'll most definitely want to check out - The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York this December. Robert Wilson's quasi-opera takes the shape of a bizarre funeral procession starring the "grandmother of performance art" as herself. The three-hour stretch of theater, which chronicles Abramović's life from her childhood struggles in former Yugoslavia to present day, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2011. Wilson has since restaged the piece to fit the Armory's expansive 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, and we can't wait to see the results.As if an appearance by the tear-inducing performance goddess wasn't enough, the piece co-stars Willem Dafoe in makeup that the Guardian's Alfred Hickling described as resembling "Batman's the Joker MC-ing a Berlin cabaret. The eerie soundtrack is provided by Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, who recruited the two famous co-stars for his video, Cut the World.</p>

One Day in the Life of Robert Wilson: The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic

Tim Hailand

Fruit

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Stuppy, Wolfgang

Gardening & Landscape Design

Collars & Necklines offers an exhaustive array of high-quality photographs showing the wide range of possibilities, styles and trends. The richness and profusion of this book makes it an inspirational source for all those who want a better understanding of this particular area of fashion design.

Collars & Necklines: Fashion Stylist Photo Details (English and Italian Edition)

Gianni Pucci

<p>The Evolution, Art &amp; Techniques of the Most Efficient Hand Weapon in History. English edition - Le spade giapponesi hanno conquistato, nell'immaginario collettivo, una dimensione metafisica, diventando oggetto di culto, icona nobile e affascinante dell'arte e della cultura orientale. La storia, le leggende e le tecnologie costruttive tramandate di generazione in generazione, il valore intrinseco e quello simbolico sono il filo conduttore di un libro che si presta a pi livelli di lettura. Documentale: inquadra l'evoluzione della spada nelle diverse epoche della storia giapponese, evoca le vicende di lame taglientissime e indistruttibili, di spiriti e dei, di fabbri divenuti essi stessi "tesoro nazionale vivente" del Giappone. Culturale e artistico, con centinaia di splendide fotografie inedite di lame, montature e accessori tutte rigorosamente a colori. Infine, tecnico attraverso una vera e propria "anatomia" della spada: ogni pi piccolo elemento ricostruito con maestria da suggestive illustrazioni e rappresentazioni tridimensionali. Completano il quadro diverse tavole di riferimento temporale, un glossario particolarmente ricco e una serie di indicazioni teoriche e pratiche per muoversi con maggior cognizione di causa nell'affascinante ma procelloso mercato internazionale della spada giapponese.</p>

Nipponto

Sergio Magotti

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