EAN: 9781908970473

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME ALONE - CLAIRE DOHERTY GAVI...

Artists Heather and Ivan Morison and their studio have established an ambitious collaborative
practice that transcends traditional divisions between art  architecture  theatre and activism.
Their work is often performance-based and site-specific  existing as one-off events  social
projects or large-scale installations and buildings in public spaces. In particular  they are
known for their architectural structures that relate to ideas of escape  play  shelter and
refuge  the transformation of the modern city  and the function of civic communities. Their
central preoccupation has always been how we navigate catastrophe and the violence of change.
More recent works have moved from a wider collective view to how individuals deal with moments
of personal calamity. Frequently working with governments  business and community groups  the
Morisons see their role as making art that enables others to see the world and themselves
afresh  to lift themselves out of the everyday  and to transform the places in which they live.
Love Me or Leave Me Alone presents a journey through the past decade of Studio Morison's
practice  with an emphasis on their pavilions  escape vehicles and public art works. It shows
how the artists engage with materials  histories  sites and processes  as well as other areas
of creativity  thought and commerce  to directly address the major societal questions of our
time. Texts by curators Claire Doherty and Gavin Wade  detailed project descriptions  and
contributions by some of the commissioners  architects  sci-fi writers and others with whom the
Morisons have collaborated are accompanied by the duo's own reflections on each work. Beautiful
and inspiring  this stunning and timely volume shows some of the ways that artists can be
active agents of change  bringing meaning  beauty and purpose to everyday life and creating a
blueprint for happiness.

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