2000. “Barging into the big time” - about Couper’s Thames barge Couper Art Collection site and his various Millennium projects.
2000. “The men who make water music” - feature on Couper’s Fleeting Opera for the River Thames with The Royal Opera House & Judi Dench.
2011. Big Lottery report on its £364,000 5-year work experience grant for young people to The Couper Collection.
2002. Couper’s Thames Shrinking Beach project with Amnesty International described as “bizarre, symbolic and uplifting”.
2000. Couper Collection promoted as a tourist destination alongside London Eye & Dome. Couper’s Fleeting Opera chosen as a Critic’s Choice of the Week.
2000. Couper Collection promoted alongside Somerset House and The Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
2000. Report that “the water-borne opera delighted because it was so improbable” and that “everyone had a grin on their face”.
2000. Judi Dench says “Any opportunity to be part of Max Couper’s waterborne artwork of opera, ballet & the spoken word, I find irresistible”.
1997. German feature story about Couper’s Tug Print installation for the Sprengel Museum Hannover.
1996. Couper’s project “aims to explore the cultural forces which unite Europe - ideas of trade, technology, cultural exchange and history”.
1989. Describes Couper’s Petroleum installation as “terrifying in its calmness, its resignation, its uncosiness”, “visually superb” and “double-trouble”.
1988. Describes Couper’s “sophisticated, computer-run slide-projector” installation The Heavyweight and his composed “beautiful, Debussy-ish piece of music”.
In the Time of Covid Antwerp 2021. Exhibition of Couper’s outfits, charts & models. Galerie Verbeeck Van Dyck Antwerp. 6mins.
Fluid Inspiration London 2010. The Couper Art Collection barges interior & exterior film, with commentary by Max Couper. 12mins.
Fleeting Opera 2000. Royal Ballet, Royal Opera & Judi Dench perform Couper’s opera to Thameside audiences & Parliament. Interview with Judi Dench. 2mins.
Shrinking Beach 2000. Thames artwork with the Amnesty International Secretary General, Bishop of Southwark, UK Army General & HM Queen’s Chaplain. 14mins.
Tug Print Hannover 1997. Courtyard installation, Sprengel Museum Hannover. Imprint of Couper’s 20 ton tug Pablo from London. 6mins.
Performance by Max Couper Antwerp 1996. River Scheldt quayside; Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), with Antwerp University (RUCA). 1.5mins.
Rudder, The Performance Antwerp 1996. River Scheldt quayside; Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), with Antwerp University (RUCA). 7mins.
The Plot Exhibition Antwerp 1996. Curating of Max Couper’s solo exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA). 7mins.
Sky Frame London 1979. Battersea Park London. 38-ton variable steel framework. Courtesy of London Mayor Ken Livingstone. 6mins.
Fleeting Opera 2000. Royal Ballet, Royal Opera & Judi Dench perform Couper’s opera to Thameside audiences & Parliament. Video 4min
Widely reported 2002 First Art children’s art Couper Collection collaboration with The National Portrait Gallery London.
1999. MEP’s support the “internationally recognised” Couper Collection as a “unique public & tourist attraction” & “cultural asset” with its “non-profit education programme”.
2000, The Royal Opera House reports on its “ambitious”, “unusual” and “challenging” Fleeting Opera project with Max Couper – “the unique ambiance of movement, light and sound transmitted over water”.
2000 photo story announcing Couper’s live floating Fleeting Opera for the Thames riverside public and the UK Parliament.
2000, Deborah Bull reports that she will be dancing with Judi Dench on a barge on the Thames in Couper’s floating opera.
1989 article describes Couper’s “skirmish with a multinational” and his installation Petroleum questioning their power in a “Romantic vein”.
1997, two photo stories about The Plot exhibition and Drop Steel performance by Couper at the Lehmbruck Museum.
1997 feature story about Couper’s Tug Print installation for the Sprengel Museum Hannover.
1996 radio broadcast on Couper’s upcoming Tug Print installation for the Sprengel Museum Hannover.
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