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
Is it still the most modern five hours of theatre? Philip Glass' legendary opera has been revived for a world tour. We review its January 2013 performance in Amsterdam
There is a corner of the American North West that is nirvana for bibliophiles – Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, the biggest independent new and used bookshop in the world
From Hitler salutes to Aleister Crowley, Neil Stewart looks at the singer's darkest period
Could any book live up to two years’ worth of buildup as “the possibly final book by the writer widely acknowledged as the greatest teller of short stories in the world”?
Silvia Gallini splits her time between Italy and L.A, her choice of medium between the brush and the camera and loves "Anna Piaggi, garlic, fairy godmothers and marrons-glacés"
"Everybody is dying, by the way. The difference is that I know it, and you don’t"
Performed live and reissued a decade after it was first recorded, The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski remains a remarkable, peerless and haunting elegy to 9/11
