How Did It Feel? Bodies Of Knowledge
How are bodies addressed in a gallery setting? Well, that depends entirely on whose body it is, says Laura Harris… It is a Friday evening in early September, and the London art scene...
Reviewed: Room 103 – A Tribute To George Orwell
In this group exhibition inspired by George Orwell’s always-relevant novel of dystopia, Joe Fenn finds artworks that prick our greatest fears, while warning against complacency… Given the extensive liberties and luxuries likely available...
Culture Diary w/c 05-11-2018
Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK… Monday – Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert 8pm @ Leaf...
“It’s probably an exorcism…” The Big Interview: Ladytron’s Daniel Hunt
On a most amicable hiatus since 2011, Ladytron return to Liverpool tonight ahead of the release of next year’s eponymous sixth album. Mike Pinnington caught up with the band’s Daniel Hunt on the...
“Fear helps to keep people in their place”: Class IS A Big Deal
Perma-skint, exhausted, disenfranchised… We need to talk about why working class people aren’t getting ahead in the arts. And as we rarely hear directly from working class people themselves about the obstacles they...
“I dedicated my throw to those whose dissenting voices remain unheard” – Chou Yu-Cheng’s Chemical Gilding… Reviewed // Liverpool Biennial 2018
Search and destroy: invited to throw rocks at a Liverpool Biennial sculpture by Chou Yu-Cheng, Claireabella finds herself considering the art of protest… Consider the surface of this sculpture. With its 18 gold-plated, fence-like...
“The prospect of a permanent job being withdrawn hit me hard”: Class IS A Big Deal
Perma-skint, exhausted, disenfranchised… We need to talk about why working class people aren’t getting ahead in the arts. And as we rarely hear directly from working class people themselves about the obstacles they...
“Skin and flesh and people desiring each other…” The Big Interview: Jenny Hval
Musician Jenny Hval talks sensuality, criticism, and the porous quality of ideas with Mike Pinnington as her debut novel, Paradise Rot, is released in English for the first time… Jenny Hval’s debut novel...
“Something-as-yet unseen festers at sea…” In Profile: The Fog (1980)
Never have John Carpenter’s revenant killers loomed quite so handsomely out of the fog as in this new 4K restoration from STUDIOCANAL, finds fanboy Mike Pinnington… “That celebration tonight is a travesty –...