Field Trip #11: Indie Tracks Festival
Paul Forster reports from Indie Tracks Festival, and asks: ‘is this the last bastion of indie-pop?’ If indie-pop is the last bastion, then Indie Tracks, the festival located in the Derbyshire countryside, is...
Field Trip #10: dOCUMENTA (13)
Linda Pittwood takes a trip to the exhibition of modern and contemporary art in Kassel, Germany… On a bright sunny afternoon we followed the map to a shabby building, went round the back,...
Fieldtrip #9: Milan
José Carlos Diaz reports back from the historic northern Italian centre of art, fashion and culture: Milan An artist friend recently invited me to attend her solo exhibition at the up-and-coming Brand New...
Field Trip #8: No Direction Home
Marc Hall reports back from the latest festival to be added to the summer roster, No Direction Home… Friday 8 June My car is weighed down with camping gear and I’m struggling to...
Field Trip #7: Vienna
José Carlos Diaz on a city boasting more than beer, cake, and Klimt… Just as the Beatles are a part of Liverpool’s heritage, one cannot escape the influence and legacy of Gustav Klimt...
Field Trip #6: Birmingham
Painter Andrew Foulds visits Birmingham, a city with an art scene punching above its weight… It is 10:04am, I am one in a gang of seven dishevelled Liverpool artists standing on a platform...
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,...
Field Trip #4: ATP Part Two
We thought one field trip wasn’t enough to do justice to the weekend’s Jeff Mangum curated ATP, so we went ahead and made it a two-parter… On balance, we reckon you’ll agree with...
Field Trip #4: ATP Part One
For those who’ve never been to ATP, last Wednesday’s playlist will have provided a perfect overview to what it means to All Tomorrow’s Parties die-hards and us alike. The joy of the first...