Feminist Histories of the Future…

By Jane Topping | July 12, 2023

…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

By Jane Topping | December 21, 2022

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

By Jane Topping | October 3, 2022

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

By Jane Topping | September 16, 2022

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

By Jane Topping | September 15, 2022

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

By Jane Topping | September 11, 2022

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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Art-o-rama Marseille Aug. 25-28 – The Immaterial Salon 2022 is live…

By Jane Topping | August 20, 2022

That never-ending, ever-evolving and increasingly ouroborosian www.rabbiticottontoothcottonrabbit.com lies behind a great new piece of writing by curator Francesca Zappia. It’s part of The Immaterial Salon, one digital offshoot of Art-o-rama in Marseille which launched yesterday. Read The Hypnotised Machine here. The Immaterial Salon is to be found here. Blurb below…Salut! Art-o-rama  Marseille August 25 – 28 2022 Read Online  Lire en français   Launch…

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SALT 1-11 Sept. 2022 – Programme now live

By Jane Topping | August 16, 2022

Here’s the latest on SALT, ART WALK PORTY’s 2022 programme in which The Man Who Fell to Millom plays a wee part. All from Art Walk Project’s newsletter… ART WALK PORTY 2022 Programme Now Launched Our SALT programme of exhibitions, installations, participatory art, live art, open studios, art in shops, film, walks & talks is…

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