Art & Design

Focas #4 aims to interrogate the larger socio-political reverberations of art projects, to interrogate what is Beyond the Event. This process involves looking at process oriented arts projects that aim to situate themselves in a given social context, among a given group of people over a longer period of time.Paperback: 416 PagesProduct Dimensions: 178 x 215 mm Published by The Substation

This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans, one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans's life (the personal tragedies and commercial successes), his musicmaking (technique, compositional methods, and approach to group playing), and his legacy. The book also includes a full discography and dozens of photographs.Paperback: 366 PagesProduct Dimensions: 129 x 198 mmISBN: 9780300097276Published by Yale Un...

In 1966 when Bob Dylan, age twenty-five, disappeared from public view, he closed a chapter on one of the most fascinating stories in post-war cultural history. In just five years Dylan had become a spokesman for the counterculture; Greenwich Village the epicentre of youth style; and folk music - once played by earnest throwbacks - had been crossed with rock 'n' roll to form a thoughtful, literate, new musical style. Positively 4th Street relates just how folk became rock by looking at four yo...