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5%OFFSteve Beard - Voodoo Science Park - 9781846945274 - V9781846945274
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Voodoo Science Park

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Description for Voodoo Science Park Paperback. A filmic essay which cross-cuts between Thomas Hobbes, William Blake, the science of accident investigation and the psychogeography of the Peak District. Num Pages: 115 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Voodoo Science Park started life as a poetic film about the science of accident investigation practised by the Health and Safety Laboratory in the Peak District of England. In the book of the film, Victoria Halford and Steve Beard reveal the thinking that went into the preparation of the script. The Health and Safety Lab is the place where large-scale accidents such as tunnel collapses, fires and rail crashes are recreated to examine their destructive pathways. Halford and Beard explore the connections with imitative magic, drawing on the secret histories of dissident religious sects, miners and shamans as well ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846945274
SKU
V9781846945274
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Ref
99-1

About Steve Beard
Halford and Beard make art about accidents. Halford is a visual artist and film-maker, Beard is an essayist, screen-writer and novelist.

Reviews for Voodoo Science Park
Voodoo Science Park convincingly demonstrates that history is only ever rewritten and that there can consequently be little room for 'accidents' in any of our accepted historical accounts. If this text overturns all orthodox readings of the documented past, it does so simply in the name of prophecy, the authors being bold enough to let the existing state of affairs ... Read more

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