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
Independent and underground cinema is a dream palace for the rediscovery of the lost landscapes of London and New York City
"Even when worn by bandits and fools in old Japanese movies, they suggest ease and style"
Neil D.A. Stewart picks ten of the best, from escapism to studies in common humanity
"Kirill Gerstein has long fingers and I am sure he time-travels"
"I had friends who were dying, and I realised, 'I’m writing a soufflé'"
Neil D.A. Stewart picks out 2018’s greatest new books
"Sabrina is a book about a very twenty-first century tragedy. It’s about how death is reported, mediated, sensationalised, politicised"
"I have seen Thurston Moore wandering around looking for food, clutching a forlorn Spar. Now they’ve even shut the Spar. Laugharne does its own thing"
"Things reached a head in 2011 after police murdered 16-year-old Diego Felipe Becerra while he tagged his signature, Felix the Cat, on the walls of an underpass"
"These unnerving stories resonate in – or haunt – the mind long after reading"
