Regenerative Artmaking in the Climate Crisis
Five years ago, as I turned 30, I began to understand the bouts of depression and anxiety that had ravaged my mental health for the preceding decade. It wasn’t only triggered by the unexpected…
Making Art In Cornwall’s Edgelands – practicing art in precarious times
Picture the Cornish art scene and you might imagine romantic splashy paintings of waves hung on walls of white washed galleries. That is one view, but there is…
A disabled artist in lockdown: Organise. Support. Create.
On The Island On the IslandWe experienceIsolation aloneTogether shieldedBy unwanted armsClashing aboutLike seas crashingSmashing againstExperienced isolationistsTogether aloneOn The Island During week two of the first lockdown, Boris Johnson promised to put his…
Dialogues
The latest in our Art World’s series is a video by Catherine Wynne Paton that details her journey learning about other artists practises and forming a peer mentoring group. Catherine Wynne Paton is a conceptual media artist concerned with…
Mexico: Swimming in the belly button moonlake – a path to creative enrichment
In Mexico’s ancient language ‘Nahuatl’ – The word ‘Mexico’ means ‘Bellybutton of the Moon lake’. Mexico City is a megalopolis crawling up the side of a prehistoric…
Bergen: Holding in the Gaps
EVA ROWSON (Bergen, Norway) is Curator of Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall – the live programme of music, clubnights, performance and more at Bergen’s largest gallery for contemporary art. Her work as an artist, producer and curator…
London: ‘A Year in Utopia’
Paradoxically, I think being a full time parent, despite taking up most of my time, actually allows me some stability and gives focus to my down time. Having the autonomy to operate more or less…
Iceland: recycle, rethink & redesign
Birta Rós Brynjólfsdóttir is a recent graduate of Iceland Academy of the Arts. Fresh faced, with an enthusiasm for designing a more environmentally conscious world, she and her collaborators have been making moves to reduce…