Against the Crowd: Europe — Art, Music and Culture as Resistance
What happens to art when public life becomes an argument about who belongs, who is right, and who is permitted to disagree? This edition of […]
Art
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, […]
Distraction Therapy 077 – Inspiration Beyond the Merch
For 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
Ryan 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
It 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 […]