Playlist #10: Record Store Day
Marc Hall considers the virtues of the indie record shop, the past weekend’s Record Store Day serving to jump-start his memory… Saturday 21 April was the annual Record Store Day. There’s a certain...
Studio Series: Alan Williams
This week in Studio Series, we get to visit the workspace of artist and musician Alan Williams at Red Wire Studios… Please describe your space. This is Red Wire Artists Studios or Red Wire...
Record Store Day
Tomorrow is the one day of the year when we are all beyond reproach for going back for ‘just one more piece of vinyl.’ Let’s make the most of it… In an era...
Sea of Bees – Reviewed
Matt Longworth is all a-buzz about the recent Sea of Bees visit to Liverpool… Ivan Campo seem to go unnoticed as they set up, unpretentiously fumbling with wires in the low light and...
Field Trip #5: Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
Owen Evans, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Edge Hill University, makes a trip to the longest running US film festival… “Are you here for the film festival?” asks the barrista in Starbucks,...
The Sinking of the Titanic
José Carlos Diaz experiences first hand the immersive qualities of versatile virtuosos The a.P.A.t.T Orchestra… This past weekend marked the centenary of the fatefully quiet night when the Titanic struck an iceberg. Calm swiftly...
Exposed: The Camera Obscura Project
In an age where we all have a camera phone, we take a look at the latest developments of a project going back to basics… On August 18th 2010, a disposable camera was...
TiLT @ The Kazimier
Chris Fagan assesses the state of modern performance art in the intimate surrounds of The Kazimier… It’s a cold, damp Wednesday, but it’s also an evening of firsts; I’m finally going to break...
Plans Within Plans
Linda Pittwood looks at the latest exhibition at The Royal Standard, and finds an artist drawing on some lofty references… For Plans Within Plans, the second exhibition in the Royal Standard’s 2012 programme,...