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Ilana Halperin – Geologic Intimacy
A treat to catch Ilana’s work, especially since the show is officially down, and all the wonderful folk of PFP – thank you Patricia. Geologic Intimacy (Yu No Hana) “We are delighted to present a selection of Halperin’s new project Geologic Intimacy (Yu No Hana) in Glasgow, after being previously shown in Fujiya Gallery Hanayamomo,…
Read MoreSara Barker – The Faces of Older Images
Just caught the last of Sara’s show at the v. New Yorky new Mary Mary space. Thank you Hannah. “This exhibition brings together a group of four wall based relief sculptures, Barker’s most elaborate and monumental in the series of tray ‘trench-works’ she has been producing for a number of years. Blurring the lines between painting, drawing and…
Read MoreGoMA – umpteen things to see last week
The excuse was UoC Institute of the Arts education of the minds of others, the host was a possibly frazzled Will Cooper. Thank you to an exhausted GoMA for a terrifying, hilarious yet ultimately edifying insight into curatorial life. Starting from the top – hit it! Polygraphs is a group exhibition, centred around Abstract by Hito Steyerl, which…
Read More“The best Blade Runner sequel is Peter by Jane Topping.” Matt M. Lloyd
I thought I was done and dusted with Facebook, and then Matt, director of the Glasgow Short Film Festival, posts this smashing endorsement of Peter. I’m hoping my new video, working title Peter 2049 of course, will turn out to be the best Blade Runner sequel sequel. Thanks Matt! http://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-short-film-festival
Read MorePicnic at Tornado Sands, Arcade East, 23rd Sept. 2017
I’m chuffed to be showing John (2016) in great company as part of Picnic at Tornado Sands, Arcade East, London, opening a week today. Curated by Caroline Stevenson, I’m showing alongside Katy Dove, which is a particular honour. I even got to curate in a couple of tunes: Adagio un poco mosso from Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5…
Read MorePye Corner Audio: Stasis
I’m aye late to the audio party, but this is fantastic (and only a year old). Not sludgy or maudlin, Stasis is my current favourite to wiggle to. Less ‘creeping dread’ and more ‘dreamy disco with an otherworldly twist’ (thank you Holly Dicker). Buy it here. Listen to it here.
Read MoreOresteia: This Restless House @ the Citz
Now this is more like it. Four and a half hours of angst and bloody violence. Some of row B didn’t know where to look. Utterly jaw-dropping, kinda unbelievable was the energy of this thing. Actors must be off their trollies at times, it seems impossible to climb down from this level of commitment and…
Read MoreYerma
This Young Vic production, directed by Simon Stone, had been getting raves so I popped along to a local live screening. It’s impossible to not be wowed by Billie Piper’s Her, and the staging is impressive and yet… the contemporary dialogue is just too predictable. I wonder if Federico García Lorca’s original power is lost in…
Read MoreSex Symbols in Sandwich Signs – Stephen Sutcliffe
This is the Sutcliffe show you’ve been waiting for. Get to it… “Sex Symbols in Sandwich Signs takes its title from a damming review of David Storey’s novel ‘Radcliffe’, which was critical of all the qualities Sutcliffe admires, namely its bleak, alienating narrative and ‘garrulous’ characters. The exhibition pulls at the seams of identity, expanding…
Read MoreNudes Never Wear Glasses – Kate Davis
And still in Edinburgh, Stills are showing Kate’s new work, alongside her video Charity. Get along to see the show and read the accompanying text by Lauren Dyer Amazeen… more on it all here.
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