FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN - 21st Century Folk Music

By unnamed ⋅ December 14, 2006 ⋅

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FOLK 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 Second […]

TOM HUNTER - Living in Hell and Other Stories

By unnamed ⋅ December 12, 2006 ⋅

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Currently 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 his […]

LOIN DU VIETNAM - Far From Vietnam

By unnamed ⋅ August 4, 2006 ⋅

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Loin du Vietnam (Far From Vietnam) is made up of seven short films made in the ‘60s at the time of the occupation of Vietnam by celebrated political directors including Jean-luc Godard and Alain Resnais.
Paulo Gerbaudo looks at the parralels between film and war then and now Loin du Vietnam is both a failure and […]

LEADING LIGHT OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE - David Adjaye

By unnamed ⋅ June 12, 2006 ⋅

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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 forefront […]

FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

By Hermann Djoumessi ⋅ May 25, 2006 ⋅

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Friday 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, the co-stars […]

YAZID FENTAZI - North African Music Fusion

By unnamed ⋅ May 11, 2006 ⋅

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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’ compositions […]

SAYLES TECHNIQUE - A Social, Political & Emotional Travelogue

By unnamed ⋅ May 9, 2006 ⋅

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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 Coppola,Martin […]

VISIONS OF UTOPIA - Utopianism & Post-Ideological Art

By unnamed ⋅ May 9, 2006 ⋅

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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. A […]

JAZZ IN THE CITY - Exploration of Jazz & Art

By unnamed ⋅ May 9, 2006 ⋅

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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 Nina’s […]

TURNER PRIZE 2005 - Shortlist

By unnamed ⋅ May 9, 2006 ⋅

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Tate has announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2005. The artists are Darren Almond, Gillian Carnegie, Jim Lambie and Simon Starling.
Darren Almond’s work addresses the themes of time, geography and memory. He uses a wide range of media including film, photography and sculpture to explore the passing of time […]