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HOUMAN BAREKAT: The most instructive detail about Postmodernism: Style and
Subversion
is that it is held in a museum. It is a display of assorted relics - historical
artefacts that tell us something about the times in which they were conceived;
artistic merit is only tenuously relevant, an... |
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DAVE LAZER: I have such strong feelings of resentment for so many
things I am actually becoming increasingly worried that I will never be able to
love a band, book or person ever again; so much so that I made an appointment
with my GP to address the situation. My doctor asked if I “could... |
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Mix + Mash: Saatchi Online Collage Showdown (Launching Dec.12) in Association with The Saatchi Gallery Magazine Art & MusicWe are happy to announce that the next Saatchi Online Showdown will feature the art of collage, and that internationally renowned artist, Wangechi Mutu, will be judging the... |
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CEDAR LEWISOHN: Monday I’m at the airport on my way to Kyiv. It’s exciting, I’ve never been and have wanted to go for a while. I’m going as part of a press trip to an art fair. I’m the official Art & Music Magazine representative, lol. (Sorry, I promise no more text speak). Anywa... |
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DAVE LAZER: A few days ago, while I was going through files on my laptop, making sure there was no pornography or jpegs of swastikas (a childhood obsession reawakened when I learned how to use Photoshop), I found a film review I don’t remember writing (by the way, it’s not that I’m a rac... |
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DAVE LAZER: Through my work, I often have to ‘rep’ at gigs by bands which are unsigned – and often unsignable. Just last week it was my honour and privilege to attend an all day ‘screamo’ event. For those of you not familiar with the genre, it basically consists of one guy singing a Maro... |
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This year's final round is being judged by internationally acclaimed artist, Dexter Dalwood, whose work can be found in both the Tate and Saatchi Collections. In '10 he was a finalist for the prestigious Turner Prize. - Submissions open till October 2 (11:59 pm PDT) - Preliminary voting begin... |
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SIMON DUFF: Goran Kajfes is a composer, trumpet
player, performer and producer. Based in Sweden he grew up in a family of
musicians and artists. He has performed with José
Gonzales, Stina Nordenstam, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lester Bowie, The Soundrack of
our Lives and many others. Last year he... |
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SIMONE SCOTT WARREN: On the
November 3rd 1957, Russia's Sputnik 2, a shuttle the size of a small
washing machine, launched into space with a solitary passenger. Her name was
Kudryavka, although she became known as Laika, she had been plucked from the streets
of Moscow, and ca... |
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DAVE LAZER: “Dave, are you coming carnival this year? You’ve got to come; it’s gonna be so, so sick”.
No it’s not. It’s going to be a fucking nightmare.
Between the ages of 15 and 17, I smoked skunk pretty much every day. Me, a guy called Patrick and a guy called Mike. Patrick and... |
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PENNIE QUINTON: I had been out of London when the riots began, having a genteel Sunday afternoon in Stratford-on-Avon. My mobile rang as I was standing in a queue at the Royal Shakespeare company: the ringtone blared from my handset generating a severe frown from the one woman taking forever d... |
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GEMMA DE CRUZ: Martha and I are standing at the back of a group, listening to Patrick Barkham explain that in bad weather butterflies keep their wings closed and hide amongst nettles on the ground. Feeling a bit unsteady I say to Martha, “I wonder what those three pills were that guy in the tent g... |
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PETER WIX: I have always been a bit of a synesthete. Synesthesia is the condition - or gift - by which stimulation of one cognitive pathway switches on an involuntary secondary sensation or thought-image, a neurological mix and match process that can be fun, most definitely poetic, although occasi... |
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PENNIE QUINTON:
…And I was hurt and scared and shocked
when they sent a limousine from heaven to take her to God if there is one...1
Now that limousine has taken Gil Scott-Heron to heaven;
and he will see to it that God, if there is one, has a lot of explaining to do.
The revolu... |
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SIMON
DUFF: On January 24 this year celebrated cellist Sophie Harris performed at London’s Kings Place.
Bringing together an eclectic mix of concert and film music written for her.
Harris creates new territory for the solo cello, working with some of today's
most eminent composers and en... |
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SIMON DUFF: Gang Of Four, one of the most radically important, relevant and well informed groups of the last thirty years, released their first album of new songs for sixteen years earlier in January. Entitled Content, the record sees founding members Jon King and Andy Gill continue to deli... |
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