Dual Mirage is an independent publication in both Korean and English organised by Hyemin Son. It explores the identity of the Mirage that appears and disappears in urban spaces, with various participants: artists, architects, designers and theorists. Dual Mirage consists of three parts, and incorporates events spanning from Seoul to London, and in–between, that are [...]
Art | Artist | Awareness | Culture | Design | Designer | Designers | dreams | Events | Global | Identity | Independent | International | Life | Political | SocietyGlobalisation has been repeatedly staged, weakened and re-staged throughout history in different forms and so far one undeniable outcome: vast economic prosperity for certain nations or empires. Although its historical origins are still debatable, the Hellenistic period, the Age of discovery and the European colonization of America have all been regarded as eras of Globalisation. [...]
age of discovery | Art | Artist | colonization of america | Culture | depletion of natural resources | economic prosperity | Exhibition | Global | global prosperity | History | inequality | interdependence | International | Life | metropolis | Modern | peaceful coexistence | role of the media | territorial conquest | underdeveloped countries | War | world leadersInfrequently should I go out and do this, but I felt like sparking some discussion. Given his latest, and even tho, electrifying mixtape drop So Far Gone, Drake has already established himself under the wing of hip hop’s largest star, Weezy, and has received the co-sign from many legends and current hip hop studs. For [...]
Art | Artist | Legends | Music | Musical | RapFOLK BRITANNIA provides an idiosyncratic snapshot of British folk music in the 21st century. A year ago, the festival Jazz Britannia was such a success that the Barbican along with BBC Four are bringing to us this year, a 3 day festival which celebrates the evolution of British folk music from the end of the [...]
Artist | BBC | Concert | Events | Festival | Film | Modern | Music | Musician | Performance | Punk | Songwriter | War | WriterCurrently exhibiting at The National Gallery is an east London artist depicting real life stories taken from The Hackney Gazette. Tom Hunter tells these stories using carefully staged, large format photographs, restaging them in compositions that often directly refer to classic paintings of the past, many of the paintings to which Hunter has referred for [...]
Art | Artist | East London | Events | Gallery | Inspiration | Modern | National Gallery | Painting | WarHaving recently released “Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy’s Greatest Hits”, to document their immense and far-reaching legacy to the development of hip hop music, how did Public Enemy catalyse the transition of rap music from minority interest to establishment juggernaut? Public Enemy have released a ‘Best of’ compilation of their music [...]
Artist | Drama | Hollywood | Music | Nature | Political | Radical | Rap | Social | WarThe Private view of the ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA on the 16th of November was interesting… It was an exhibition about ‘Alien Art’ a direct homage to the 50-60′s early 70′s Alien movies which mostly reflected the anti-communist, xenophobic & anti-nuclear fears of the time. Few masterpieces came out of that strand but [...]
Artist | Comics | Exhibition | Film | Movie | PaintingOf 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 | TheatreFriday May 19th Meeting at the UK Pavilion. Dealing with passes and accreditations. Sorting out the usual mumbo-jumbo required to cruise through the festival. ‘Volver’ from eternal ‘enfant-terrible’ Pedro Almodovar is on show and has the usual red-carpet treatment. Penelope Cruz – gorgeous in a white Balanciagga dress, or is it? – and Carmen Maura, [...]
Actor | Art | Artist | Cinema | Director | Drama | Events | Festival | Film | Filmmaker | Modern | Movie | Museum | Music | Performance | Political | Social | Theatre | WarJohn 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; [...]
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