{"product_id":"the-invisible-city-kyle-gillette-9780367134006","title":"The Invisible City: Travel, Attention, and Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Invisible City\u003c\/em\u003e explores urban spaces from the perspective of a traveller, writer, and creator of theatre to illuminate how cities offer travellers and residents theatrical visions while also remaining mostly invisible, beyond the limits of attention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores the city as both stage and content in three parts. Firstly, it follows in pattern Italo Calvino's novel \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, wherein Marco Polo describes cities to the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, to produce a constellation of vignettes recalling individual cities through travel writing and engagement with artworks. Secondly, Gillette traces the Teatro Potlach group and its ongoing immersive, site-specific performance project Invisible Cities, which has staged performances in dozens of cities across Europe and the Americas. The final part of the book offers useful exercises for artists and travellers interested in researching their own invisible cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for practitioners, travellers, students, and thinkers interested in the city as site and source of performance, \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible City\u003c\/i\u003e mixes travelogue with criticism and cleverly combines philosophical meditations with theatrical pedagogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyle Gillette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367134004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367134006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d","brand":"Kyle Gillette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983110963455,"sku":"9780367134006","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b08abdda-db49-4810-ac06-015227ba254b.jpg?v=1683264730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-invisible-city-kyle-gillette-9780367134006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}