ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: William Schwabach
‘Film from Sarajevo’ Ilford 100 ISO B&W 35mm film The result of a trip to Sarajevo. I really enjoyed simply wandering around the city. The architecture was fascinating, and although one might get a desolate impression from my photos, the town
American Decadence
Every time I open the fridge at my grandmother’s house, two Country Crock margarine tubs occupy the middle shelf. One of the familiar taupe containers holds margarine, while the other no longer does; instead, it is filled with chicken curry, a staple in my grandmother’s household. Within
Musings on Charles Bukowski from a giant salamander farm in Japan
I discovered Charles Bukowski by chance when I was 19 in London last summer. I was peering through the front display books at Word on the Water, a charming little bookshop in a canal boat right by King’s Cross when I discovered Bukowski’s poem ‘that’s why f
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Carys Barclay Young
‘High Tea’ Experimental film, 7680 x 4608px ‘High Tea’ is a surrealist short film with an edited soundtrack titled ‘Flying Teapot’ by the band Gong. In this nonsensical reality, an innominate pink individual places an offering to a zoetic antique c
Three Movements
I: Allegro Scherzando in the stalls i was sitting with her (not she) while she (not her) sat high in the gods with a fairly mid-looking boy, despite which she kept looking at me through movements iv and v and though i saw her see me, never did i see her see me see her, […]
100 Pitch Prompts: MT24
1. What do you think about when you brush your teeth? 2. What do you see when you look out of your bedroom window? 3. Write something you’d be embarrassed for your parents to read. 4. Write something your parents ought to read. 5. Write something that you can only write anonymously. 6. Write about
Unsettling the dust
My first post-university summer has been subdued. If I imagine my footprints drawn on a large map, they would be mostly concentrated in an inky blot. Uninspiring though they may seem, my small pilgrimages to coffee shops and friends’ houses have left room for new observations. For ex
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Lillian Tagg
‘Untitled’ Pointillism illustration, 6″x6″ This piece is a study of traditions of female connection in folklore. I’m interested in rituals which centre the female experience (without essentialising physical traits) in the earth and nature. This im
In Conversation with Charles Huettner, Co-Creator of MAX’s Scavengers Reign
I met with Charles Huettner, co-creator of the MAX twelve-episode series, Scavengers Reign which follows four crew members who are left to survive on a wild alien world. Light-years away from earth, their sole hope of salvation lies in their crashed ship The Demeter. The series explores how our grea