Why Do Galleries Exist?
C. James Fagan wants to be stimulated by the things he sees in the gallery. But is that what the gallery is for? Here, he ponders the broader purposes and concerns of our contemporary...
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Dunst, Dreamers And Drones: The Double Negative Awards 2015
We have asked our critics to name their cultural winners of 2015: who will make the cut? What to say about a year where The Double Negative discussed shame with Jon Ronson? Watched...
We Called Shia LaBeouf’s New Hotline And This Is What Happened
What happens when Hollywood superstar turned contemporary artist Shia LaBeouf runs a telephone hotline? C. James Fagan called to find out… There’s something strange going on… well, strange is the wrong word. Unusual...
You Should Be Honoured: Frustrations Of A Modern Day Arts Graduate
Would you pay $25,000 to do an internship at a top entertainment company? No, neither would Hannah McHaffie; here she looks at graduate expectations and asks: should it be an honour to work in the arts in...
Goodbye Syndrome? The Happy Jug Interview
As they prepare their last experimental arts show of 2015 — a play entitled The Happy Jug — Syndrome talk to C. James Fagan about Proust, the human condition, and replacing actors with concrete...
Chemical Recall: Or, What Is Memory Without Photography?
At the Walker’s latest exhibition, C. James Fagan ponders how images serve as a stimulus for individual recollections of memory and history, and asks: are photography and film actually replacing our real memories? One of...
Listening — Reviewed
Dying stars, siren song and call centre voices: C. James Fagan gives himself over to experiencing sound in all kinds of unusual ways, thanks to the latest Hayward Touring exhibition… There was a...
“He purposely erased a lot of his own humanity”: Transmitting Andy Warhol
A robotic persona who painted by numbers, anticipated the Internet and annoyed Rauschenberg: Tate Liverpool assistant curator Stephanie Straine gets to grips with Andy Warhol through a major exhibition of his work, and finds that...
Hear Here: The Act Of Listening
As Sam Belinfante’s Hayward Touring exhibition Listening travels to The Bluecoat, C. James Fagan ponders the differences between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’ in the context of our contemporary lifestyles… Since the human race emerged,...