Sound and vision from the past, present and future
Over the last 30 years Stephen Petronio has established himself as one of the most influential names in American dance. His iconoclastic works fuse eclectic elements of pop culture to often explosive effect. He talked to Civilian about some of his landmark productions
StreisBAND is a hardcore/metal band playing covers of Barbra Streisand songs. No guitar, no bass, no marimba - just drums & vocals
"Andy Warhol was the essence of sexuality. It permeated everything"
Grand hotels, Irish art and glorious, glorious chintz
Is this dark journey into Walt Disney World genuine guerilla movie making?
"You have to know the origins of the Lake District... a place of radical ideas"
When Corinna Tomrley of the Ethel Mermaids arts and events partnership moved to London she found herself stalked by one particular Cher song
"Sad, strange, moving, deeply weird… I’m calling it now: there won’t be a better English-language novel published this year"
“Wasn’t it possible that the whole vast global city was actually knit together by the invisible threads of the underground economy?”
From Björk's Debut to Biophilia, a two decade Icelandic art adventure