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
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: ‘Birthday Party 80’
Oil on board, 40 x 23.5cm My Mum, several years after the apocalyptic Flixborough Disaster, throws a birthday party. I treat the family photo album with a Northern sense of humour and folkloric outlook. The beauty of local legend emerges between the industrial fallout and historically preserv
BEFORE THE CLOCK STRIKES TWENTY
o ambition! o hand of fate! here’s a deal: my girlhood for the rest of my life. pat me on the head, lead me into the woods, then either shoot me or shake my hand. i’ve made it this far––i’ve tricked you this far–– i’ve sat and stayed and obeyed this far–– i’ve not asked [&hel
Princess Vira’s Palace
It is often said that there is a مصر (Masr) and there is an Egypt, the same place but not. Of the Mediterranean, the same is true. There is a Mediterranean of pale Greek islands, of chateaus on Roman rivieras and LSD by Spanish vineyards, one of parties on the corniche, and olive groves by [&hell