Review: The Humble Market: Trade Secrets at FACT
- By Jack
Abandon Normal Devices Festival – June 2012 The Humble Market: Trade Secrets at FACT is a production that fuses performance, theatre and media art as orchestrated by UK/Brazilian theatre network Zecora […]
Munich round-up
- By Jack
I spent the weekend in Munich, sampling Bavarian culture, architecture and, of course, the odd German beer. In the short time I was there, I visited the Pinakothek der Moderne. A […]
The Manchester Contemporary 2011
- By Jack
The Manchester Contemporary 2011 Now in its third year, The Manchester Contemporary has become an important fixture in the North West cultural calendar. Just a few weeks after the art […]
Report: Roy Stringer Lecture 2011
- By Jack
Roy Stringer Lecture: Democratising the Role of the Web Tuesday 1 November 2011 FACT Liverpool Chair: Herb Kim (Codeworks) Martha Lane Fox (Race Online) Peter Barron (Google) Andy Miah (University […]
Report: Cultural Value – creative industries in a digital world
- By Jack
Conservative Party Conference: Cultural Value – creative industries in a digital world. Tuesday 4 October 2011, Lecture Room, Manchester Art Gallery Chair: Geoff Mulgan, NESTA CEO The Hon Ed Vaizey MP, […]
Knots and Flats
- By Jack
The readymade can prove to be rather a poisoned chalice for an artist to drink from. With its associated and unmistakable framework of artistic connotations, the object in question is […]
Reviews: Mona Hatoum at White Cube Mason’s Yard/Nancy Spero at The Serpentine
- By Jack
Mona Hatoum @ White Cube Mason’s Yard 25.02.11-02.04.11 25.03.11 – 13.15pm A swing invokes memories of childhood and playground fun in the majority of us, but what about a room full […]
Review: osa/MERZEN at CUBE
- By Jack
osa/MERZEN @ CUBE, Manchester 18.02.2011 – 16.04.2011 Kurt Schwitters, the master of ‘Merz’ – a self coined phrase he coined that translates as creating collages and assemblages by rearranging collected […]
Review: Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool/FACT
- By Jack
Review: Nam June Paik // Tate Liverpool/FACT // 17 December 2010 – 13 April 2011 Tate Liverpool, in partnership with FACT, is currently hosting the first retrospective exhibition of South […]
The Rijksmuseum + Amsterdam Schiphol: The Museum within the AirportCity
- By Jack
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Schiphol: The Museum within the AirportCity The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Schiphol Schiphol Airport, the gargantuan site located on the outskirts of Amsterdam, is Europe’s fifth busiest airport and […]