Blade Runner 2049

Here’s the trailer. Here’s an nme article. It looks like it’s a geekfest of refs – Officer K indeed! I’m excited though.

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Berlin Report

Ably assisted by the students of University of Cumbria Institute of the Arts, I saw some things in Berlin. A man walking a pig, for instance. I also saw a lot of art ‘n’ that. One post only, as you’ll be familiar with the itinerary… Along with the big work by big lads, the Hamburger…

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Hospitalfield Summer Residency 2017

I’m incredibly excited to be taking up the Hospitalfield Summer Residency 2017. Incredible artists to hang out with, in ludicrously glorious environs. There’s a fernery. There’s a chef. It’s possible to eat the greatest cheese toastie on earth on the dunes, visit a sinkhole close to a cock in a forest and lounge on a chaise…

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ANTIPHON – Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kerala, India

Delighted to be involved with this exciting event: Friday 3 March – Tuesday 7 March LUX Scotland presents ANTIPHON, a series of five screenings bringing together a selection of Scottish artists’ moving image work and titles from the LUX collection. Evolutionary Jerks & Gradualist Creeps Friday 3 March A screening of Duncan Marquiss’ recent documentary film…

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Spolia – Lorna Macintyre at Cample Line

What a beautiful day it was to be motoring through parts of the country I normally only glimpse from a hurtling train, with L and N, past distant lamb and dry stane dyke, towards Cample Line. Lorna’s excellent show, Spolia, manages to seamlessly meld geology, ancient mysterious objects and sculpting (both natural and intentional) with Irn…

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Roger Hiorns at the Ikon

Thanks to a University of Cumbria Institute of the Arts related trip South, I got to see the Hiorns show at the Ikon (Birmingham). He seems like an old chum, having seen his work at Transmission and installed it at the Collins Gallery (University of Strathclyde, and now long gone) back in the day (that’s…

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