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Uwe Schmidt / Atom TM : Interview

I never touched the topic of "harmonies" or "musical notes"… everything was just "rhythmical sound", that either "worked" or "did not work"....

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Hanging Offence: Parallax Art Fair

Art objects do not have “magical healing” properties either. They cannot make people feel better or worse; informed or misinformed. That is wishful thinking. ...

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Lettuce : Ronnie Scott’s

Replacing the jazz paunch with the funk punch their heavy grooves are less about flow than tight stacked combinations of counterpoint, attack and accent, all leading to a 16th bar finishing move...

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Lorenzo Rudolph / Art Stage Singapore : Interview

People are now paying more attention to the region and more institutions are now working with and supporting Southeast Asian artists. Lorenzo Rudolph talks to Nicola Anthony about Art Stage Singapore...

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Hanging Offence : Erarta Zurich

Without controversy there would be no discussion. Without discussion there would be no mental growth, no change. Therefore it is crucial. Erarta, Zurich. Interview...

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Dum Dum Girls : Too True

'decadently nihilistic, appealingly rebellious and alluringly savage' Dum Dum Girls....

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Arts Catalyst : Republic of the Moon

An exhibition about the moon that proposes a Manifesto should by rights fall apart in great steaming chunks of hubris, but it doesn’t, it has value and holds interest by raising lasting questions. ...

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Maria Kempinska, Jongleurs : Interview

Can a woman be beautiful and funny? I have heard many intelligent men say no, but I totally disagree. But the road to comedy fame is decidedly harder....

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Hanging Offence : David Roberts Art Foundation

The market attracts more and more accessory and opportunist professions that blur the definition of what art is....

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Business Interview : Colin Leslie Eyewear

People need to appreciate that we are all responsible for our environment. If we wish to maintain certain standards and ways of living, we need to....

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Drawing Inspiration

Symbols don't mean anything; rather they are fecund triggers to the imagination that allow meaning to arise through their contemplation....

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Now the Party’s Over. 2013

What happens if something good happens at the close of year? How can we definitively say what were the highlights of 2013 until it has actually finished? ...

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Slip Discs : Servants Jazz Quarters

A very varied night presented by the avowedly playful Slip Discs, committed to breaking down what they see as strict divisions between afficionados of contemporary composition and wider audiences...

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Alan De Niro : Tyrannia

The value of De Niro's writing is not in what is depicted but in tone, theme, and the disconcerting mood of the short pieces as they seed doubts and second-guesses in the reader. ...

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Hanging Offence : Hay Hill Gallery

'We don’t exhibit artworks - we showcase artists.' Hay Hill Gallery's Sarah Jones talks to Trebuchet...

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Hanging Offence : Large Glass

What do you dislike most about art? That it can get away with it…!...

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Getting Blind on Jailhouse Wine

Went to a party in the county jail, threw my spleen up in a rusty pail....

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NOISE & whispers : GV Art

Produced partly in response to open call for sound works dealing with the interface between art and science, the show gives an overview of some of the main tendencies in contemporary sound art...

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Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

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Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

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Novelty : Asylum Chapel

Is an artwork good just because it exhibits newness?...

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Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

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Painting Now : Tate Britain

“The state of painting now” is a tired topic. The premise – that painting has lost its lure because of new media, which in their very newness enable their users to conquer new territory in the...

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The Princely Treasures of Liechtenstein

My senses did register the location as a slightly jarring combination of old and new, however my impressions were still that of awe and gilded opulence. ...

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Aesthetics and the Art of Audio Field Recording

'What is the artistic element of so seemingly ‘passive’ an activity as pointing a mic and pushing the record button?' Steven Miller teaches us how to record, and how to listen....

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Burton Morris : Poptastic

When I paint a coffee cup it is because it represents the coffee shop culture as a whole. Something that is very much a part of my daily life....

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Brighton Dome : earsthetic

Meshing together visual art, new electronic music and experimental soundscapes, the programme of events aims to celebrate artists who break new ground with their symbiosis of sound and visuals....

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Sean Molloy [Interview]

The area I live in, in a way, motivates me to work on ways to overcome its inherent ugliness. ...

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We’re masochists (Imperial Teen)

'We're not in a gay band, we're just in a band. On the other hand we're not NOT in a gay band, I just think 'who cares?'' Imperial Teen interview....

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Hanging Offence : Arebyte Gallery

'We intend to make Arebyte a space dedicated to research and the practice of New Media and Performance arts.' Nimrod Vardi talks to Trebuchet...

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