Mark Fisher (architect)
Mark Fisher | |
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Born |
20 April 1947 Warwickshire, England |
Died |
25 June 2013 66) Hampstead, England | (aged
Alma mater | Architectural Association School of Architecture |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Stufish |
Buildings | U2 360° 'The Claw' |
Projects |
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Mark Fisher, OBE, MVO, RDI (20 April 1947 – 25 June 2013) was a British architect best known for his rock music stage sets. He was born in Warwickshire, England.
Fisher graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA School) in London in 1971.[1][2] He was a Unit Master at the AA School from 1973 to 1977.[3] In 1984 he set up the Fisher Park Partnership with Jonathan Park.[4] The partnership was dissolved in 1994 when he established Stufish, the Mark Fisher Studio.[5]
Stage sets
Fisher designed stage sets for Pink Floyd (including ‘The Wall Tour’ performed live 1980–81 (with Roger Waters and Gerald Scarfe)[6][7] and 'The Division Bell Tour' 1994),[8] for The Rolling Stones (including Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour 1989,[9] Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994,[10] Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997,[11][12] A Bigger Bang Tour 2005, and 50 & Counting... Tour 2012),[13] Mylène Farmer (Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy in 2006,[14] 2009 Tour[15] and Timeless in 2013[16]), Tina Turner[17] and U2 (including the Zoo TV Tour in 1992,[18] PopMart Tour 1997[19] and the U2 360° Tour in 2009[20]), and for the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Concert,[21] Madonna's 2012 MDNA Tour.[22] and Lady Gaga's 2012 Born This Way Ball Tour. In 2000, he created the Millennium Dome Show[23][24] with Peter Gabriel. He has designed opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics (Torino 2006[25] and Beijing 2008[26]),"The Million Dollar Piano" for Elton John and the Asian Games (2010 Asian Games[27]), and stage sets for theatrical shows including We Will Rock You[28] and both KÀ[29][30] and Viva Elvis[31] by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. He designed the stage sets for Laura Pausini's Inedito World Tour. Fisher also designed Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour stage. The stage consisted of a large medieval castle that moves throughout the concert.
Fisher died in his sleep on 25 June 2013 at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead, UK,[32] leaving an estate, before taxes, of more than £7 million.[33] His design for Elton John's Diving Board Tour debuted posthumously.[34]
References
- ↑ Experimental Architecture / Peter Cook. pp 63–64, Studio Vista, 1970
- ↑ Pneumatic Architecture / Thomas Herzog. pp 56,134, Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1977, Translated from 'Pneumatische Architektur' 1976 by Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart
- ↑ AA Projects Reviews 1973–1977
- ↑ Rock Sets: the astonishing art of rock concert design: the works of Fisher Park / Sutherland Lyall. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992
- ↑ "Mark Fisher – Total Production". Tpimagazine.com. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ British Architecture / Andreas Papadakis. pp. 94–107, Architectural Design Publications, 1982
- ↑ Comfortably Numb: A History of ‘The Wall’, Pink Floyd 1978–1981 / Vernon Fitch & Richard Mahon, PFA Publishing, 2006
- ↑ Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp. 108–113, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 ISBN 3-929638-24-X
- ↑ Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture/ Jennifer Seigal. pp. 78–89, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002
- ↑ Techno Textiles / Braddock & Mahoney. pp. 151–152, Thames & Hudson, 1998
- ↑ Mark Fisher: Staged Architecture / Eric Holding. Chichester: Wiley-Academy, 2000
- ↑ Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp. 118–125, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 ISBN 3-929638-24-X
- ↑ Portable Architecture, Design and Technology, Robert Kronenburg, 2008, Birkhäuser
- ↑ http://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer_concerts_avant-que-l-ombre-a-bercy_equipe.php
- ↑ http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer_concerts_en-tournee-2009_equipe.php
- ↑ http://www.mylene.net/modules/index.php?r=734
- ↑ "Tina Turner: North American Tour – Total Production". Tpimagazine.com. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Houses in Motion / Robert Kronenburg. pp. 91–93, Academy Editions, 1995, ISBN 1-85490-395-0
- ↑ U2 Show / Diana Scrimgeour. Orion, 2004
- ↑ "First Night: U2, Camp Nou, Barcelona – Reviews, Music". The Independent. UK. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Sir Paul McCartney to play Queen Diamond Jubilee gig". BBC News. BBC. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ "Mad-Eyes – MDNA Tour Details". Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ↑ New Architecture 4 – British Architecture into the Millennium (January 2000), pp. 88–103, Papadakis ISBN 978-1-901092-28-8
- ↑ "Gabion: Mark Fisher and the Dome : Activating the Rogers Big Top 1/2". Hughpearman.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Piemonte Pressway, e-news 14". Regione.piemonte.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Behind the 29th Olympic Opening Ceremony". china.org.cn. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Official Program, Key Members of Core Creative Team, Chief Designer
- ↑ "Home – Welcome to the Official Website". We Will Rock You. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ fisher.aspx
- ↑ "Gabion: The remarkable Mark Fisher and his $180m Las Vegas theatre for Cirque du Soleil". Hughpearman.com. 23 January 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Meet the creators of Viva Elvis | Viva ELVIS". Cirque du Soleil. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "We are sad to announce" (Press release). Stufish. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ World Entertainment News Network (23 January 2014). "Late Pink Floyd set designer leaves $11 million fortune". StarPulse Online. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ↑ http://www.eltonjohn.com/news/news_details.aspx?postid=c7c2d5b8-5521-4429-8808-5e62e4a63847&yr=2013
External links
- International Movie Data Base entry
- Stufish
- http://www.arcspace.com/architects/fisher_mark/mark_fisher_features.html
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989304575504293302648522.html
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