The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts

Writer, Translator and Model, Anthony Rudolf discusses the process of working with mannequins when posing for Artist Paula Rego.

Caroline Evans, Professor of Fashion History and Theory at Central St Martins, discusses the historically ambiguous relationship between the fashion model and the mannequin.

Josh Nall, Assistant Curator at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science discusses the work of Dr. Louis Auzoux and his innovative papier-mâché, anatomical models.

In the second part of Episode 4, Simon Schaffer focuses on the work of Jean-Martin Charcot in relation to the idea of mannequins and the development of the shop window mannequin. This is the second of two parts.

In the first part of Episode 4 in the Silent Partners podcast series, Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science in Cambridge University discusses automata and the uncanny nature of artificial figures. This podcast is the first of two parts.

As part of our ongoing series of podcasts around the themes of Silent Partners, Steven Connor, Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse discusses the relationship we have with dolls, ranging from the ventriloquist's dummy to the sex doll. This podcast is the second of two parts. Steven Connor's essay on the subject "Guys and Dolls" can be found here: http://www.stevenconnor.com/guysanddolls/guysanddolls.pdf

As part of our ongoing series of podcasts around the themes of Silent Partners, Steven Connor, Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse discusses the relationship we have with dolls, ranging from the ventriloquist's dummy to the sex doll. This podcast is the first of two parts.

Sculptor Andrew Lacey and Artist Siân Lewis discuss the process of recreating Nicolas Poussin's "Great Machine". Poussin used his machine to "stage" or accurately rehearse the perspectival setting of an imagined space. Andrew and Siân recreated his machine to replicate Poussin's masterpiece Extreme Unction, this reconstruction is part of the installation pathway in Silent Partners.

Alistair O'Neill, Pathway Leader of Fashion History and Theory at Central St Martins discusses the work of fashion photographer Guy Bourdin and his use of mannequin legs in photography in the 1970's.

Time lapse video of a recreation of Millais' Black Brunswicker (on show in the Fitzwilliam Museum's Silent Partners' exhibition) in John Lewis, Cambridge.