Robert Wilson - On the Edge

This lavishly illustrated book traces Robert Wilson's creative process, recounted by Wilson himself as a legacy shortly before his death. "I am a visual artist and this book should reflect my vision." (Robert Wilson). It is both homage and critical analysis, but above all, it is a reflection of his creative process as recounted by Wilson himself and his "creative family." Wilson personally selected and laid out each of the nearly 300 colour production images in the book, in one of the last projects he worked on before his death. The New York Times called Robert Wilson "a towering figure in the world of experimental theater and an explorer in the uses of time and space on stage." "I can't think of any body of work as large or as influential, " Susan Sontag wrote. His opera with Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, upended operatic conventions. He left his mark on masterworks of the classical and modern repertoires. Edited & Text by Margery Arent Safir