LEADING LIGHT OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE – David Adjaye
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Of the many aspiring architects that are part of the renaissance of a new young British Architecture, one name has in recent years begun to appear ever more frequently – David Adjaye. His name has made the crossover to mainstream media and begun to symbolise a new breed of architect, one whom is at the [...]
Architect | Art | Artist | Communities | Exhibition | Gallery | Iconic | Modern | TheatreJOHN MCLAUGHLIN – Johnny’s Language of Music
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John McLaughlin, quite simply, is an eloquent. A guitarist whose musical vocabulary is both fluent and succinct; a musician who has proved he can work on equal terms with players from around the world and in any context. The language of music has rarely been expressed better. He is also the guitar hero’s guitar hero; [...]
Art | Artist | Classical | Culture | Drama | Music | Musician | Nature | Opera | Political | SpiritualSLAVERY – 500 YEARS LATER
The film is a compelling compilation of testimonies, voices and opinions gathered around five continents. The Live8 concert in July this year, in London’s Hyde Park was set up to raise awareness about the Black continent issues, but before the first guitar riffs, the gig highlighted one single home truth: Africans should do it for [...]
Art | Awareness | Communities | Concert | Culture | Director | East London | Festival | Film | Human rights | Performer | Photography | War | WriterYAZID FENTAZI – North African Music Fusion
Born in Algiers, Algeria, Yazid Fentazi composes in his own words “a blend of traditional with modern music.” It is a uniquely clever and contemporary style of North African fusion, coming from a long tradition of absorbing influences, be they Algerian, Kurdish, Berber, Arabic, Egyptian, Spanish, Indian and many more. The Guardian has described Fentazis’ [...]
Modern | Music | Musician | Performance | TraditionalTHE PLANETARIUM – The Artvaults Project
Below the post war redevelopment that characterises Southampton’s city centre lies a labyrinth of over 100 underground vaults dating back to the twelfth century. For the second year seven of these spaces are being opened every weekend through the summer as exhibition venues. Last year the project, organised by ‘a’ space, attracted 15,000 visitors. Three [...]
Art | Artist | East London | Exhibition | History | Installation | Nature | Painting | Science | WarOPTRONICA – A Hybrid Festival
A hybrid of film festival and music festival, Optronica is a brand new five-day event focusing on the convergence of visuals and music. The exquisite alchemy which takes place when music and visuals fuse has long been an underground phenomenon, inspired by early experimental film and developed through the nightclub and alternative art worlds.From acts [...]
Art | Cinema | Culture | DJ | Festival | Film | Music | TheatreTHE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME – A Timeless Story
Currently playing at the Arcola Theatre as part of the Africa ’05 celebrations this is the second time the UK has seen this remarkable performance. Previously staged at Riverside Studios in 1978 to exceptional reviews, it is now restaged by Tiata Fahodzi ( Theatre of the Emancipated ), Britains’ leading African theatre company, under the [...]
Director | Drama | Horror | Performance | Theatre | WarSAYLES TECHNIQUE – A Social, Political & Emotional Travelogue
John Sayles’ work tends to act as a social, political and emotional travelogue rather than a straight-line narrative. The films are all about the compromises that exist between individuals and the society in which they live. Roger Corman’s B-movie factory of the sixties and seventies produced a number of leading film talents like Francis Ford [...]
Actor | Director | Editor | Film | Filmmaker | Gallery | Hollywood | Humanist | Iconic | Modern | Movie | Nature | Performance | Political | Psychology | Social | War | WriterVISIONS OF UTOPIA – Utopianism & Post-Ideological Art
Ambitious beyond its means, an international line up of some 150 artists, designers, musicians, writers, thinkers and performers wrestle with the theme of utopia in and around the birthplace of William Morris through exhibitions and installations. News From Nowhere: Visions Of Utopia promises to be one of the largest art events in London this year. [...]
Activity | Architect | Art | Artist | Audio visual | Designer | East London | Events | Exhibition | Gallery | Installation | Modern | Museum | Music | Musician | Performance | Performer | Radical | Social | Theatre | WriterJAZZ IN THE CITY – Exploration of Jazz & Art
Nina considers the musical language of jazz to be one of her greatest inspirations. Her exhibition, Jazz in the City is the culmination of a life’s work for this innovative and unique artist. It also begins a tour featuring Nina as an artist in residence, to include The International Jazz Festival in Moscow, during which [...]
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