The Arts of England

With apologies to Ralph McTell http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/view.cfm?id=5232&issue=227 The Arts of England Have you seen that old curator In the closed-down gallery Kicking up the feedback forms, generic with his worn out …

After the comet…nothing but empty skies?

Response to Adrian Searle’s review of Brit Art Show 7 in Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/oct/25/british-art-7-sarah-lucas? Other painters in the British Art Show don’t fare so well. Painting here is the weakest link …

Convergence and the notion of the avant-garde.

I honestly believe the partitions between genres are collapsing…read Henry Jenkins Convergence Culture but the problem is that it occurring below the ‘established’ avant-garde radar in midst of ‘popular culture’ …

M.A. RPT Multimedia 2010 -12

I am commencing a M.A. in multimedia through my own University. It open-ended and research based and will bring traditional practice and internet together. The project is centred on a …

Community Arts? Saving the Titanic?

Reply to Mark Ravenhill piece on Guardian forum here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/25/arts-funding-cuts-theatre-galleries As someone with good and bad experience of work-shopping and the community arts ‘sector’ the point Rozainaziara makes i.e. If …