The Art of Touch
Music
Matteo Fargion, Domenico Scarlatti
Design
David Buckland »
Costume design
Antony McDonald »
Lighting design
Ian Beswick »
Biographies
Since 2001 David Buckland has created and now directs Cape Farewell, bringing together artists, scientists and educators on expeditions to the High Arctic to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. It is on their journey to the world's tipping points that our artists and scientists begin their conversations, which leads to further research and production of pioneering new work that provokes and evokes a cultural response to the true scale of how the earth's environment and climate are changing. From the expeditions has sprung an extraordinary body of artwork, educational projects and collaborations.
David is a designer, artist and film-maker whose lens-based works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in London, Paris and New York and collected by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Getty Collection, Los Angeles amongst others.
Antony was part of the British team of designers who won the Golden Triga at the 2003 Prague Quadrennial for Un Ballo in Maschera, Bregenz Festival; and in 1991 for the 1989 Royal Shakespeare Production of Hamlet.
Previously for Rambert A Tragedy of Fashion and Mercure.
Current and previous design for dance includes Carmen, by Richard Alston; Pennies from Heaven, Sleeping Beauty, Fearful Symmetries , Cinderella, Nutcracker, and Hidden Variables all by Ashley Page, for Scottish Ballet; Of Oil and Water and Eighty Eight for Siobhan Davies.
As director/designer Antony recently premièred Das Rheingold for the Nationale Reisopera, Holland, the first part of Wagner's Ring Cycle concluding in 2012. He will direct Queen of Spades for Grange Park Opera in 2012 and his Rusalka will be revived in 2011.
Recent designs: Prima Donna by Rufus Wainwright (world première, MIF). The Gambler, Royal Opera House, Billy Budd, Frankfurt, Cunning Little Vixen, Amsterdam, all directed by Richard Jones.
Ian has been a freelance lighting designer and electrician since 1980. His work has involved lighting for conferences, concerts, theatre and exhibitions and has taken him around the world. His early days saw him light for over 40 dance companies. He became Technical Director for Siobhan Davies Dance Company from its inception in 1988, where he lit productions of Bank (1997) and The Art of Touch (1995), the latter winning the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Production in 1996. In the nineties Ian moved north of the border and now resides in Scotland. He was Head of Lighting for the Edinburgh International Festival for a number of years. At present he now focuses much of his work in designing for conference and exhibition work and tours with P J Harvey. He is a member of the Association of Lighting Designers.