Artist of the Week: Miranda Conn
Miranda Conn is a dancer and the President of Oxford University Contemporary Dance, who have just won Varsity 2023. Tell us a bit about yourself. Hi! I’m Miranda, a 2nd Year Maths & Computer Science student at Somerville. My degree is about as far from artsy as you can get, but I am also c
Artist of the Week: Bora Rex
Bora Rex is, in his own words, a maker. Tell us a bit about yourself. I personally find it difficult to talk about myself as an artist, even though that’s probably close to true. Balancing a creative practice alongside work at Oxford really makes you weigh things up. It also makes you wary of
Artist of the Week: Joni Brown
Joni Brown is a visual artist. Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m a first-year student at LMH, studying Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art. Previously to university I took a foundation year in Art and Design, specialising in Fine Art, and spent a lot of my time walking the Coast Path of [&hel
fragments: a series
11.5.22 18:08 [the fear/the hope] to be good to be bad to be forgettable to be unforgettable social experiment 20.5.22 13:38 [part-hearted] unhinge me, move me i am already undone put me back together, but leave me alone! pull me up, down, turn me inside out you lift me up, can spin me roun
Tres Poemas de la Generación del 27
Words by Iona Blair. Art by Betsy McGrath.
The Halcyon Days
Summer opens like flesh giving way to a blade. The sky is as pale and quiet as bone. The golden tap of the sun sprays against my face and soaks into my skin: these are halcyon days. Summer rain descends like a dream, deeper than sleep. I open my mouth and water rushes in. A […]
The Isis 2022 Wrapped
2022. 3 magazines, 15 events, 97 pieces. In order to pay tribute to the bold writing, vibrant artwork, and exciting events which The Isis has produced in 2022, we asked our Editors-in-Chief, Deputy Editors, and Creative Leaders to each pick their favourite pieces. Below are some of the highlights fr
Temporalities
i. The Louvre, Paris and we are gilded spires opaque pearlescent rounds smooth skimmed surfaces you could hold under your tongue set into a crown and call jewels. a feeling of falling mid-breath, a hazy periphery and a spotlight. we are tilting, scintillating in light slowed in mind’s
Oxford, the Foundation Year, and the Possibility of Access
In the popular imagination, Oxford University remains the preserve of the elite – the ultimate ivory tower. The university prides itself on providing excellence in education. Such a claim demands a hierarchy of (less excellent) institutions, and (less excellent) resources. In other words, elit