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AMIF 2016 – evening session…
Managed to get to Tramers in time for the last three events of the Sarah Tripp curated Saturday bit of the Artist Moving Image Festival yesterday. So annoyed to have missed favourite Kate Briggs‘ performance earlier. Aniara Omann‘s performance (by John Nicol) took us back to teenage bedrooms, plaintive singing along… Catalogue by Holly Antrum…
Read MoreAli Smith on Pauline Botty
This sharp wee piece on Botty is a good read (thank you Rodge). Plus a link to Adam Curtis’ blog post on her too. Though I’m in a bit of a mood with Curtis this week – I require some optimism in these dark days… Seeing Mark Cousins in the park today helped a bit.
Read MoreNot sure where I’m going with this dentist/Deckard thing…
Is it simply a trick of film vs video, both turned to digital image that connects these aesthetically, or maybe it’s the unexpected kipple…?
Read MoreVoigt-Kampff – Notes on PKD’s use of language
The naming of machines in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by James Reich here.
Read MoreThey Live
It had been years, and my excuse was the dissemination of Carpenter paranoia to the Fine Art students of the University of Cumbria Institute of Arts (in a rare mention here), so we watched They Live. It is virtually perfect. It’s not The Thing, but it’s close. More influential than you remember/was at the time you last…
Read MoreAccess Main Computer File
This Tumblr site posts screens from TV and film. That’s it. What else could you want it to do? Exactly. Access Main Computer File
Read MoreIf you like Easter Island’s Heads…
…then you’ll love Jane Topping’s T-shirt. Available on Culture Label. It’s following my Googlelife.
Read MoreTargeted Advertising becomes an Ouroboros
While footering around, asking the net yet more questions about Blade Runner, I was targeted by my own t-shirt. I’m strangely proud. If you like Blade Runner, then you’re bound to like… Click to make big…
Read MoreTransit Zines – Aye Aye Books – CCA
You can now grab any of the Transit publications for £5 at Aye- AyeBooks in CCA Glasgow, or online at transitarts.bigcartel.com Each limited-run zine contains experimental writing and image-based work in beautiful risograph print from the folks at Footprint Workers Co-op.
Read MoreThe Brontës, how are they doing?
With a Keeprese salad (thank you Darbyshire) and a bottle of red wine in the boot, it was off to the Parsonage, to catch up on the latest. Actually, the museum has had a shot of cash and there was a great wee temporary curation by Tracy Chevalier of some of Charlotte’s works and bits,…
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