Has Socially Engaged Art Run Out of Feeling?
There is a fatigue that settles in when every artwork is introduced by its social purpose before anyone has had the chance to look, listen, […]
Art
Distraction Therapy 077 – Inspiration Beyond the Merch
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Distraction-Therapy-077-2022-11-20-Mixdown.mp3For the first time in ages, Ryan and I met up to chat and discuss what we’ve been up to for the Distraction Therapy podcast. […]
Leicester Space Centre – Shock or Inspire?
Yesterday I visited the Leicester Space Centre for the first time. The outing was arranged as part of the Y-Heritage project, where a group of […]
Distraction Therapy 075 – Emergent Arts and Media
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Distraction-Therapy-075-2022-08-20-Mixdown.mp3Ryan and I caught up for a coffee again this morning, to find out what films and books we’ve been reading. We chatted about how […]
What is Emergence?
What does it mean to be emergent? What are the characteristics properties of something that is in the process of emerging? What is emergence and […]
Metamodernity in Capitals
On Sunday I visited Nottingham Contemporary to have another look at Life on the CAPS, an audiovisual exhibition by Meriem Bennani. The premise of the […]
Distraction Therapy 058 – Lucy Stevens Sound and Visual Artist
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Distraction-Therapy-058-2022-01-18-Mixdown.mp3It was lovely to have an early morning walk in the frost with sound and visual artists Lucy Stevens. We walked through Leicester’s Aylestone Meadows […]
Bauhaus Beyond in Nottingham
Yesterday I visited Nottingham Contemporary to have a look at the latest exhibition ‘Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus.’ The exhibition “explores […]