{"product_id":"the-visual-laboratory-of-robert-lepage-9780889227743","title":"The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage","description":"\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 \u003ci\u003eK \u003c\/i\u003e in Las Vegas, a dramatic staging of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Lorin Maazel's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e at London's Royal Opera House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite Lepage's prolificacy and his status as one of the pioneers of new media performance, little critical writing has been published about his work, particularly in English. Ludovic Fouquet's \u003ci\u003eThe Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage\u003c\/i\u003e, translated for the first time into English, thus presents much-needed in-depth analysis of Lepage's strategies and practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's title references the experimentation so integral to Lepage's creative process and the ways in which Lepage has always been attuned to the synergistic possibilities when art encounters science and technology. Whether as a playwright, actor, film director, or stage director, he 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis illustrated volume will be of keen interest for theater practitioners of all kinds, from set designers to directors, from academics to fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudovic Fouquet\u003c\/b\u003e is a visual artist, actor, teacher, director, and founder of the company Songes m caniques (Mechanical Dreams) in Blois, France. Fouquet earned his PhD studying Robert Lepage's work and its relationship with technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e is a Governor General's Award-winning French-to-English translator, writer, and editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889227743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Ludovic Fouquet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520574197941,"sku":"9780889227743","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_818d6d76-6e6b-43f3-8a81-c09b33358f72.jpg?v=1669129805","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-visual-laboratory-of-robert-lepage-9780889227743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}