The Man Who Fell to Millom Jellyfish

Here’s a link to a smashing wee reel showing my favourite bit of my film The Man Who Fell to Millom when it was part of Murky Waters, Art Walk Porty back in 2022… Cheers for posting. https://www.facebook.com/artwalkporty/posts/820835072257649/

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Drew Barrymore’s Island Hotel from Hell

A solo show of new work at Patricia Fleming Gallery 3 November – 16 December 2023. Private View: Thu, 2 Nov, 6-8pm Patricia Fleming GalleryOxford House, 4 Oxford Lane, GlasgowG5 9EP We are delighted to invite you to Drew Barrymore’s Island Hotel from Hell, a solo exhibition of new work by Jane Topping. Denim pillars frame…

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Fiction Machines IV

Excited to be contributing to Fiction Machines IV symposium in at Bath School of Art, Film & Media on 20th July! I’ll not be performing however – that task will be passed to the alien/human hybrid nouJane. It’s about time they started pulling their weight… Loads of great sessions to look forward to and tix…

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Feminist Histories of the Future…

…happened in the past. Clearly updating this site is not a priority. I’d like (?) to tell you that’s because I’m all about the socials these days but I’m really not, as you well know. But I should tell you about this symposium to which I contributed back in May. I shared some gossipy gems…

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Nope

Meant to mention how much I loved Jordan Peele’s Nope. A dusty Jaws with a gorgeous alien and a hilarious Keke Palmer. That’s all.

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The Hypnotised Machine by Francesca Zappia

The Hypnotised Machine Francesca Zappia When I was a child, I was hypnotised by my dentist. The hypnosis went like this: “Dentist George W. Fairfull Smith attached 4 balls of cotton wool onto the length of rotary dental drill. These, he said, were three little rabbits, being chased by a hungry fox. Needing a place…

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A Letter from Francesca Zappia

So perfectly designed I post it here as it dropped into my inbox… Last news: 🐇 Follow the rabbit in the virtual world – Jane Topping + SIX YEARS Dear friends and colleagues, Hope you had a nice summer! I am sharing some details of my recent collaboration with the art fair ART-O-RAMA in Marseille,…

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Murky Waters & Endless/Belly Film Programmes are now online

SALT (Art Walk Porty) has finished, but the two curated film programmes are now online. Watch them here. Murky Waters A programme of 7 short films curated by Rosy Naylor:Water Work (Tony Hill, 1987), Longshore Drift (Jane Watt and SE Barnet, 2022), Change Direction (Greta McMillan, 2021), B-scope (Martina O’Brien, 2019), Precarious Edge (Tamsin Grainger,…

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red gym in Berlin

Wish I was getting along to see this show, crammed with favs… You should go. The exhibition ‘red gym’ brings together artists from Berlin and Glasgow and features work from the Haubrok Collection. The exhibited work, including painting, photography, video, sculpture, collage, and poetic writing, responds to the theme of ‘resistance’. The exhibition utilises the…

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