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Monday, 16 September 2019 14:57

How architecture and set design are blurring the line between city and stage

The award-winning War Horse won much acclaim for its set design|||

As architecture becomes more performative, set design is becoming more real. Edwin Heathcote explores the age of the stage

Published in Features
Wednesday, 31 July 2019 14:38

The women tattoo artists using their art to challenge convention

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Meet the performance artists using their bodies and tattoo guns to create art that challenges ideas of race, gender and identity

Published in Features
Tuesday, 23 July 2019 15:49

Björk in the swan dress at the 2001 Oscars is iconic - but is it camp?

Marjan Pejoski's swan dress|||

Amber Butchart unpicks the detail of Marjan Pejoski's dress that Björk made infamous on the Oscars red carpet

Published in Icon of the Month
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 16:10

Icon 194: Performativity, Functionality and Design

Headpiece by Leo Carlton from his 2019 exhibition at the Sarabande Foundation, London|||

How architecture embraced performativity over functionality and blurred the boundaries between design and production

Published in Comment