Leigh Bowery John Holmwood

Leigh Bowery John HolmwoodA deep dive into the practice of performance artist Leigh Bowery that reveals the fullness of his extravagant range. Explores how his performative costuming and live art have influenced visual culture and the expanded field of performance studies as well as fashion. With a foreword from Boy George. 50 illus. Read the foreword and introduction here Read an interview with Sofia Vranou

The book gives an original and accessible discussion of an era of educational expansion

and it celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first publication of that intriguing

beginning with an original story to the collection

This book enterprises a quest to crack open the secrets of diplomatic knowledge production by building and applying the tools to map

Veganism is so much more than what we eat

spiritual writings

Their hybrid filmmaking practices bridge industry and the academy

Each case adjudicated the presence of outsiders in London – from Jews and Gypsies to Africans and Catholics

and unpublished interviews with friends and collaborators

using new research to reveal surprising collaborations between craftspeople

extreme forms of bodily transformation and violence

where necessary