Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience.
The first publication devoted to David Shrigley's taxidermy practice, Animals comprises photographs, preparatory drawings, a pull-out poster and an interview between Shrigley and Katrina Schwarz (Curator of Visual Arts, British Council).Best known for his crudely composed and mordantly humorous drawings, Shrigley is a wry observer of everyday life. Funny, odd and worldly wise, his art encompass a broad range of media including drawing, photography, sculpture, animation, painting, unsettling intervention, spoken word recordings and pop-music videos.Among other well-known works this book features, Ostrich (2009) which is a new acquisition for the British Council Collection and an exhibition highlight - the taxidermied bird has lost his head and gained a droll menace.Published on the occasion of a British Council international touring exhibition David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, opening at Hospico Cabanas in Guadalajara, Mexico (26 November 2015 - 28 February 2016), before touring on to Chile, Korea, and New Zealand.