How could we not mention the Ladbury family Glastonbury experience?… What a festival. This year was Mr. Ladbury Jr’s first Glastonbury. At the grand old age of 10, the festival was like nothing he’d witnessed or been part of before. Whilst the Ladbury team are seasoned Glasto-goers, occasionally it’s easy to miss the point of…
I am still not sure how to pronounce ‘Chineke’, an exclamation word in the Igbo language, roughly equivalent to ‘wonderful’ in English. However, that hardly matters. What is important is that on the evening of Tuesday 6 June, the Salisbury Festival audience was treated to a ‘wonderful’ concert in Salisbury Cathedral from The Chineke Orchestra,…
Watershed have teamed up with virtual reality pioneer Catherine Allen to produce a season of immersive experiences in VR this June (Wed 14 – Sat 17 June) – the first of its kind for a UK independent cinema and arts venue. Virtual reality is no longer a science fiction dream: it is increasingly an accessible…
Artistic Director of Mean Feet Dance, Viv Gordon, debunks the “the irritating assumption” that art relating to mental health is for therapy of self and not entertainment of other The Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival this year comes with the added oomph of the new MouthPieces programme. MouthPieces has been developed to showcase the creativity…
every thing every time Tuesday 30 May 2017, Manchester: FutureEverything is unveiling a new art commission by emerging artist Naho Matsuda for CityVerve, titled every thing every time. Naho Matsuda, is one of seven artists selected as part of FutureEverything’s talent development and commissioning scheme FAULT LINES. The first piece of artwork unveiled for…
CARBON CAPTURE | DANIEL GOSLING Bring a strong bag, take away as much anthracite coal as you want, bury it somewhere WHO | Artist DANIEL GOSLING has previously created work around a 34 day padyatra (protest walk) from Bhopal to Delhi organised by a group of Bhopal gas disaster survivors and activists. He has made use of protracted journeys to…
2 Degrees Festival celebrates art inspired by the most urgent issue of our time What does climate change taste like and how does it sound? What can school children teach us about the future of the planet? Bury coal taken from several tonnes piled high at The Old Truman Brewery, and join Neoliberalism’s break-up…
Smart Oxford Playable City® Commission open for submissions The Smart Oxford Playable City Commission puts people and play at the heart of the City of Oxford, inviting creatives from around the world to respond to the theme of the Shared City. Applications open until 20 June. Smart Oxford and Watershed announce a new global call…
Beirut, Lebanon – A multi-country study in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – covering Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, and Palestine – reveals the reality of men’s lives behind the headlines. While a majority of men surveyed in the four countries support a wide array of inequitable, traditional attitudes; a sizable minority of men in…
Zak Ové Media Release Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness 8 April 2017–3 June 2018 Lower Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) welcomes an extraordinary assembly of 80 sculptures by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové. Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, a mass of identical two-metre-tall figures,…
Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie figures are the first major contemporary works by a Caribbean artist on display in the Sainsbury African Galleries. As part of the Celebrating Africa season at the British Museum in 2015 the UK-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové created two spectacular Moko Jumbie figures. One male and one female in striking black and…
International Women’s Day 2017 (IWD) is upon us #BeBoldForChange. How brilliant it is to see the media online and otherwise engaging so fully with the day and all that it represents. The buzz and excitement for IWD is palpable with so many wonderful projects taking place to mark the day. One I am looking forward to in…