Andy Field
Andy Field
Social Sciences | The Arts
Andy Field is a performance artist who specialises in human interactions. His work has manifested itself in a variety of places – from theatres and galleries, to warehouses, multistorey carparks, and the streets of towns and cities around the world. Field has played a leading role in the UK’s experimental performance scene over the last fifteen years as co-director of the award-winning artist-led project Forest Fringe, described by the Guardian as ‘an Edinburgh institution [that] spread its wings around the globe and [has] been hailed as the future of theatre’. andytfield.co.uk
‘Andy Field’s book reawakens us to the neglected majesty, charm and beauty of the everyday. His book returns us to a childlike state of wonder. It’s profoundly charming – and, in the best sense, lovely.’
ALAIN DE BOTTON AUTHOR OF THE SCHOOL OF LIFE AND THE COURSE OF LOVE
‘Andy Field is the freshest, most down-to-earth, most constantly surprising (and endearing) explorer of urban life I’ve read in a while … And whether he’s guiding us into mass snowball fights on the streets of London or the meaning of holding hands, this unmet stranger cheerfully reminds us all of the value of touch and the virtue of trying to see the world anew.’
PICO IYER, AUTHOR OF THE HALF KNOWN LIFE AND AUTUMN LIGHT
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‘Modern-day transcendentalist Andy Field weaves reflections on cultural touchstones in celebration of the person-to-person encounter – whether that’s a phone call with a lover, a snowball fight with strangers or a sweaty nightclub dancefloor.’
ADA CALHOUN, AUTHOR OF ALSO A POET AND WHY WE CAN’T SLEEP
‘I loved this beguiling, uplifting debut.’
CAROLINE SANDERSON, THE BOOKSELLER EDITOR’S CHOICE
‘It is easy to forget: life is a delicate matter of meetings and partings. Andy Field provides a gentle, beautiful reminder.’
JOHN KAAG, AUTHOR OF HIKING WITH NIETZSCHE
‘A deeply felt, optimistic take on culture and contemporary life, and the small possibilities for change and transforming human interaction that it can contain if we’re open to its offers.’
TIM ETCHELLS, ARTIST
‘A spirited celebration of the everyday.’
