Posts by Jane Topping
Gothic Nature Journal: New Directions in Ecohorror and the EcoGothic
The Man Who Fell to Millom (2018) is part of Gothic Nature Journal Issue III. Download it here. Huge thanks to Editors-in-Chief Dr Elizabeth Parker, Dr Michelle Poland and Dr Harriet Stilley for the inclusion. Read all Gothic Nature editions at https://gothicnaturejournal.com/
Read MoreDetective Chief Inspector Jane Topping
Always interested in the interests of other Jane Toppings…
Read MoreKinky Kats – 70s leather porn in the studio
Inspired and encouraged by Cosey, I’ve dug out my copy of Kinky Kats, a leather and PVC fetish magazine published in Soho in the 70s. Looks like such good, clean fun, though the book is pretty well-thumbed, and not only by me.
Read MoreLeather in the Studio
This week I’m faffing around with some leather…
Read MoreRock-themed readin’
I’m loving Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Art Sex Music (thank you CS) & Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Michael Hann. The first is an inspiration (and Gen does not emerge unscathed) and the second is absolutely hilarious (and an excuse to post a quite early…
Read MoreSeen and Not Seen at the CCA
Loved this two-hander by Alex Hetherington and Scott Caruth at the CCA last week. Here’s the blurb pinched from the CCA website: An exhibition of new work by two artists, Scott Caruth and Alex Hetherington. Both work primarily with the moving image in this exhibition, reflecting in different ways on what remains unseen, invisible or…
Read MoreScience Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Reviews of Vintage Science Fiction (1950s to mid-1980s) – a blog by ‘Joachim Boaz’. Books reviewed from (often) the trashier edges of sci-fi, with lots of great covers. Take a look here.
Read MoreDirty Screens, still filthy
These may not be recent, but they are great. They’re all unique C-type prints at 32 inch TV dimensions (47 × 77 cm) and available on Artsy here. ‘Screenshot’ tags not included!
Read MoreMichael Clark, Cosmic Dancer
‘Are you a fucking dancer or a fucking chancer, son?‘ (Factory foreman to a young engineer & Ziggy lookalike, Weir Pumps circa 1973, nothing to do with MC really). In the fine company of MLitt Fine Art Practice, I caught up with the reality of a catalogue which had kept me company through lockdown and…
Read MoreHouse of Embers – Michelle Hannah @ GoMA
Michelle Hannah’s brilliant installation was on for 2 days only at GoMA last week. Filling the oval and galleries 2 & 4 with gothic futures, dusty particles of no more art. Booming and humming and throbbing and whispering near v. covetable post-apoxy bags for life and BR-ish boots on static, disembodied manoeuvres. It should’ve been…
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