Will Visconti
Biographic Data
| ID | 6551267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Will Visconti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Will |
| FAMILY NAME | Visconti |
| SIGNATURE | VISCONTI W |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5963-947X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Joker stages
Clown, performer, entertainer. The Joker’s stage identities and innate theatricality have many facets. This article explores the violent clown’s theatrical sensibilities across a range of Joker comics and films with the aim of opening up a conversation between the present and the past – between contemporary Joker ‘stage performances’ unfolding in comics and a powerful mix of historical contexts and cultural continuities that, we argue, continue t…
The language(s) of contemporary cabaret
Gabrielle Chanel
The Marchesa Casati as Fashion Plate and Fashion Muse
The Marchesa Luisa Casati has become a perennial muse of fashion designers in recent decades, from haute couture to High Street brands. Collections inspired by the Marchesa link to her background and the history of the spaces that she inhabited. Casati was born in Italy but lived and traveled between France, Italy and Britain, among other countries, where the cachet of her name has been combined with that of the fashion houses citing her as an in…
Scott Balcerzak
Too far West (dangerous curves ahead)
In a career that lasted over eighty years, the performances of Mae West were famous, or infamous, for their power to shock, their transgression of boundaries of class, gender, sexuality and propriety, and for the frequent opprobrium that West seemed to attract. Moreover, there was no subject matter considered "off-limits" within Mae West's work, and her plays and films were marked by her fearless approach to topics that even today are often seen …
Too far West (dangerous curves ahead)
In a career that lasted over eighty years, the performances of Mae West were famous, or infamous, for their power to shock, their transgression of boundaries of class, gender, sexuality and propriety, and for the frequent opprobrium that West seemed to attract. Moreover, there was no subject matter considered "off-limits" within Mae West's work, and her plays and films were marked by her fearless approach to topics that even today are often seen …
Scott Balcerzak
The Marchesa Casati as Fashion Plate and Fashion Muse
The Marchesa Luisa Casati has become a perennial muse of fashion designers in recent decades, from haute couture to High Street brands. Collections inspired by the Marchesa link to her background and the history of the spaces that she inhabited. Casati was born in Italy but lived and traveled between France, Italy and Britain, among other countries, where the cachet of her name has been combined with that of the fashion houses citing her as an in…
Gabrielle Chanel
Joker stages
Clown, performer, entertainer. The Joker’s stage identities and innate theatricality have many facets. This article explores the violent clown’s theatrical sensibilities across a range of Joker comics and films with the aim of opening up a conversation between the present and the past – between contemporary Joker ‘stage performances’ unfolding in comics and a powerful mix of historical contexts and cultural continuities that, we argue, continue t…
The language(s) of contemporary cabaret
Art (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Comics (2 works) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)