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Hardcore
The Cinematic World of Pulp
Paul Burgess, Louise Colbourne
£40.00
A lush visual celebration of Pulp’s sixth album, This Is Hardcore, featuring unseen photography, behind-the-scenes interviews and revealing visuals
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From the mid- to late 1990s, Paul Burgess was invited by Jarvis Cocker to document the British band Pulp, taking photographs during video shoots, live gigs and other events for what has become one of the landmark albums of the period, This Is Hardcore. Written and designed by Burgess and Louise Colbourne, Hardcore contains a candid selection of previously unseen images of the band, behind the scenes and on set, of the four main video shoots made to promote the album. Twenty-five years have passed since Pulp released this extraordinary album, and this book holds up a mirror to the ingenious creative processes and characters behind the seminal record.
With carefully curated images from Burgess’s archive, Hardcore also includes quotations and interviews from then and now by the video directors, band members and other artists involved with the album, including Candida Doyle, Pulp's keyboard player. The book contains contributions from Doug Nichol, John Currin, Stephen Mallinder, Sergei Sviatchenko, John Stezaker and Florian Habicht, all of whom have a connection to the album, the band or the era. There are also visual responses from a selection of younger artists and designers, such as Alexa Vieira, who have been inspired by Burgess’s photographs and the band’s legacy.
Reviews
'Twenty-five years on from the release of This is Hardcore, the material stowed away in Burgess’s archive all this time offers a unique glimpse into the band’s creative processes and, through previously unseen images and behind-the-scenes interviews, invites readers on a cinematic journey into the world of Pulp'
Independent
'Colbourne’s design work – and Burgess’s eye for a heeled loafer – lands somewhere between coffee-table luxe and pop-culture annual, capturing the Pulp aesthetic and reflecting the band’s mission to rescue and recontextualise overlooked artefacts worthy of reappraisal'
Record Collector
'Twenty-five years have passed since Pulp released this extraordinary album [This Is Hardcore], and this book holds up a mirror to the ingenious creative processes and characters behing the seminal record. With careful curated images… Hardcore also includes quotations and interviews from then and now by the video directors, band members, and other artists involved with the album'
Tinnitus
Product Information
Book Details
Format: Hardback
Size: 27.0 x 22.0 cm
Extent: 256 pp
Illustrations: 214
Publication date: 2 November 2023
ISBN: 9780500026984
About the Author
Paul Burgess is a freelance designer, photographer and author. He was course leader for the Illustration programme at the University of Brighton from 2010 to 2015. Burgess is also a collage artist and his work has been featured in many UK and international publications and exhibitions. Louise Colbourne is course leader for MA Graphic Design at the University of Brighton. She also works as an independent creative director, working on collaborative ventures which often re-present archival material in new art forms.
