{"product_id":"the-visual-laboratory-of-robert-lepage-paperback","title":"The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLudovic Fouquet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than three decades, Robert Lepage's dynamic multimedia performance works have been produced on stages worldwide. Celebrated for his bold, visionary aesthetic, Lepage has received several high-profile commissions in recent years, including two Peter Gabriel world tours, Cirque du Soleil's \u003cem\u003eKÁ\u003c\/em\u003e in Las Vegas, a dramatic staging of Wagner's \u003cem\u003eRing Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Lorin Maazel's \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e at London's Royal Opera House.\u003cbr\u003eDespite Lepage's prolificacy, and his status as one of the pioneers of new media performance, little critical writing about his work has been published, particularly in English. Ludovic Fouquet's \u003cem\u003eThe Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage\u003c\/em\u003e, translated for the first time into English, thus presents much-needed in-depth analysis of Lepage's strategies and practices.\u003cbr\u003eThe book's title references the experimentation so integral to Lepage's creative process and the ways in which he and his creative arts company, Ex Machina, have always been attuned to the synergistic possibilities that emerge when art encounters science and technology. Whether as a playwright, actor, film director, or stage director, Lepage is forever in search of new mutations of form and expression, and his unexpected narratives often write themselves out of discoveries he makes when staging a piece - indeed stagecraft often guides story in Lepage's creative realm.\u003cbr\u003eThis full-colour volume will be of keen interest for theatre practitioners of all kinds, from set designers to directors, from academics to fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudovic Fouquet is a visual artist, actor, teacher, director, and founder of the multimedia theatre company songes mécaniques (Mechanical Dreams) in Blois, France. After\u003cbr\u003etraining as an actor and dancer, Fouquet earned his PhD studying Robert Lepage's artistic practice and its relationship to technology. Fouquet edited \u003cem\u003eLa trilogie des dragons\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Dragons' Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, L'instant meme, 2005), and developed a photographic monograph of this work. In addition to frequent speaking engagements at French universities, Fouquet contributes regularly to numerous theatre and contemporary art magazines, including \u003cem\u003eCahiers de Théâtre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJEU\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eETC Montréal\u003c\/em\u003e, and theatre-contemporain.net. Fouquet divides his time between France and Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772964241696,"sku":"9780889227743","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d3bc33731fb1b70bbaf4a5eed3c2ad2.webp?v=1780417373","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-visual-laboratory-of-robert-lepage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}