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Detective 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 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 MoreNeMLA 53rd Annual Convention 2022
Delighted to be given the opportunity to present remotely at the Northeast Modern Language Association 53rd Annual Convention this year – my second contribution to this friendly, interdisciplinary affair. I was discussing the flick book A 35mm 208-ish Frame Version of Blade Runner (2018) in the context of literary and film adaptation. Thank you Bill…
Read MoreCommunication Measures to Bridge 4.543 Billion Years – GeoWeek at the University of Cumbria Institute of Arts
Last week I met with many heartily missed friends at UoCIoA to deliver this brief introduction to The Man Who Fell to Millom… In 2018 I was commissioned by Irene Rogan, Director of the Moving Mountains Festival (in Millom, Cumbria) to make a film about the operational Ghyll Scaur Quarry. However, after visiting the quarry…
Read MoreAmsterdam 2007-08
In a clean up of an old hard drive I found these images of work I made when I was in Amsterdam on the SAC (as was) Residency back in 2007-08. Ancient history of course, but as I ease myself back into the studio after making some changes to my working practices (farewell UoCIoA, hello…
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