Rob Stone Livres

In 'Auditions', Rob Stone proposes a new and transformative view of architecture and sound. He offers a radical rethinking of the inhabitation of architectural space in terms of its acoustic dimensions, presenting a concept of aurality as an active, speculative, yet conditional understanding of the complexity of social spaces. The aural architectures he discusses are assembled from elements of architecture and music -- including works by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and John Cage -- but also from imagined spaces and other kinds of less obviously musical sounds. Stone presents a series of aural-architecture moments, each of which brings architectural space into conversational relationships with extra-architectural concepts and perceptions, often suggested by other art forms and social practices. He considers, for example, the acoustic themes of a silent movie; Greg Louganis's failed dive at the Seoul Olympics and the moral values attached to water in architecture; the custodianship of high culture at a second-hand classical record shop in London; and hair (as in the conductor's hairstyle) as a mediating form between music and architectural space.0In 'Auditions', Stone brings together and revises the canonical instances of sound's relationships with architectural spaces, and he does so by granting new kinds of spatial agency to sound. Sound is not only a portal into otherwise imperceptible aspects of architecture but also a reflection on the concepts that produce our expectations of architecture

Stone explores the theoretical, practical, contextual, and metaphysical elements in Linklater's filmography, especially his experimentation with cinematic representations of time and growth. He demonstrates that fanciful lives and lucid dreams are as central as alternative notions of America and time to Linklater's films. Stone also considers Linklater's collaborative working practices, his deployment of such techniques as rotoscoping, and his innovative distribution strategies. Thoroughly revised, updated, and extended, the book includes analysis of all of Linklater's films, including Dazed and Confused (1993), Waking Life (2011), and A Scanner Darkly (2006) as well as his documentaries, short films, and side projects.

The extraordinary Billie Piper plays Her, a woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Simon Stone creates a radical new production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece.

Exploring the evolution of Spanish cinema, this book highlights influential filmmakers from Luis Buñuel's surrealism to Pedro Almodóvar's vibrant melodramas. It examines how these directors reflect and critique Spanish history and culture through their unique artistic lenses, showcasing the diverse narratives and styles that have emerged from Spain's cinematic landscape.

The book offers a thorough analysis of the ideas, philosophies, and beliefs portrayed in Greta Gerwig's acclaimed film. It delves into the underlying fears and themes that resonate throughout the narrative, providing readers with an insightful perspective on the film's impact and significance in contemporary cinema.

The catalogue explores the use of different forms of drawing to create models for alternative ways of living in or viewing the modern world. It includes essays, excerpts of conversations between the artists, documentation of commissioned works, and interventions by the artists. The artists in the exhibition use different forms of drawing to create models for alternative ways of living in or viewing the modern world. Strategic planning is associated with 'objective' graphic forms such as maps, diagrams, graphs, charts and sketches. Turning such a notion on its head, the works in the exhibition explore fantastical scenarios, impossible geographies, new beings and habitats and subtle subversions of life as we know it. The international artists in Best Laid Plans exploit the positive potential of human fallibility and explore it as a force for imagining new forms of organisation and existence. The simplicity and directness of drawing means that it comes readily to the service of the telling of myths and fables, perfect allegorical means to convey ideas and messages. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Best Laid Plans at Drawing Room, London, November 2010 - January 2011.