Architecture, Media, Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Pric

Description: Architecture, Media, Archives by Dr Ana Bonet Miró Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination. Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his drawings. The critical role that Littlewood played, however, remains largely unrecognized by architectural scholarship, and a whole area of the projects cultural agenda remains overlooked.Architecture, Media, Archives is the first serious study of the complex relations between Littlewood and Price, reframing the Fun Palace as an extended media project and positioning Littlewood more clearly as co-designer.Drawing on extensive archival material, the book considers how, due to a lack of institutional support, the aims of the Fun Palace – to transform the passive mass-audiences of post-war consumer society into active citizens, through forms of self-directed, pleasure-led and open exchange – were realized through different sites of information throughout the 1960s. From broadsheets, pamphlets and journals to films and press news, the book addresses the conditions of production, circulation, storage and reception of these sites and reveals how they not only recorded the transformation of the project, but also fundamentally enhanced and informed its meaning in specific ways.The book also raises important questions about the agency of the Fun Palace archive in shaping the reception of the project in the decades since its inception, presenting its analysis through a novel Fun Palace Reception Index and Chart, fundamentally altering our view of the project itself and transforming the way in which we understand the technological and cultural production of the 1960s. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ana Bonet Miró is Lecturer in Architectural Design and Architectural Technology the University of Edinburgh and is a chartered architect in both the UK and Spain. Table of Contents Introduction: What is the Fun Palace?1. Sigma Portfolio and Bubble City: Ludic Sites for a Mobile Fun Palace Project2. From Filmed Pleasure to Fun Palace3. Grids: Self-Organisation and Excess4. Press Cuttings: News from the British Sixties5. Intimate Lines: Joan Littlewoods Memos to Cedric Price6. Journals: An Archive for Stratford Fair7. The Reception of the Fun Palace8. Conclusion: Media as Cultural Production Promotional A critical investigation of the 1960s Fun Palace that focuses on its ambitious cultural agenda and emphasises the crucial role that Joan Littlewood played as co-designer. Details ISBN1350345369 Author Dr Ana Bonet Miró Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781350345362 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts Subtitle The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 1350345369 Publication Date 2024-09-19 UK Release Date 2024-09-19 AU Release Date 2024-10-16 Illustrations 67 bw illus Pages 240 DEWEY 727 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161567839;

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