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Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra
Read more: Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéraby Elisa Cazzato Those who have familiarity with the work backstage in a theatre or dance production will know that […]
Feeling Flat: London Housing in Times of Change and Crisis (part 2)
Thanksgiving Model Buildings An article published in The Lady’s Newspaper in 1851 makes an explicit connection between creative production – in this case writing – and its effect on architecture. ‘The painfully true pages of Mr. Mayhew’s “London Labour and…
Feeling Flat: London Housing in Times of Change and Crisis
If she were earning a living wage, the amount of time it would take to purchase the flat – only 393 square feet in size – would require 21, 874 hours of labour. In so many hours, Morison estimated, a person could read the bible 309.54 times, gestate 3.26 babies, or complete 2.48 lifetimes worth of pub visits.
Placemaking in a pandemic
How we make place and have a sense of belonging in a pandemic is such a very different experience than many of us have usually experienced.
Confusion and disorientation in Edward Yang’s Terrorizers
Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely alienating – there are few things more boring than a boring film! But some films can be both engrossing and…