Culture Diary w/c 08-10-12
Monday – Sleepy Hollow 8.40pm @ FACT The final film in FACT’s The World of Tim Burton season, Sleepy Hollow is one of the macabre director’s quiet triumphs, sometimes forgotten amidst the likes...
Biennial 2012: Rhys Chatham & Andrew Ellis in conversation
Before the UK premier performance of A Crimson Grail back in September, we sat Samizdat’s Andrew Ellis down with legendary composer, Rhys Chatham… For the launch of Liverpool Biennial 2012, Rhys Chatham, legendary...
All We Have is Now
Two works at the Bluecoat move C James Fagan to contemplate time, its passage and how we cling to it… How do you capture a moment, or catch the passing of time? Which...
Studio Series: Mercy
Ahead of Mercy’s Electronic Voice Phenomena Biennial Weekend (kicking off tonight at Camp and Furnace), we talk ghosts, fanzines and Chicks on Speed with Creative Director Nathan Jones! Hi Nathan! Please describe your...
The Medium is the Medium
It’s a question that’s been asked since the dawn of time, well blogging, but just where are the standards in journalism set now? Getting on for a couple of weekends ago, I was...
Biennial 2012: Making Chinatown – Ming Wong in conversation
In the third of our special Biennial ‘in conversation’ series, we pair up cine-inspired artist Ming Wong with director and film critic DW Mault … Ming Wong, born in Singapore and based in...
Film Podcast #10: Guy Maddin’s Keyhole
Film Podcast #10: Guy Maddin’s Keyhole by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Guy Maddin’s abstract thriller Keyhole. In a house haunted with memories, gangster and deadbeat dad Ulysses Pick arrives...
Biennial 2012: The Cunard Building
C James Fagan on feeling very much like an unexpected guest at the Cunard building… This piece is the result of two visits to the Cunard Building; when faced with something as large...