the continuing conversation between art and life
Paul Duke documented the decline of the fishing industry in the Moray Firth, with a series of life-size photos. He tells the story of how he took those and made them into a whole exhibition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3fu2tRtIbc Paul's Black and White photos are stunning, and have been put into a book by the same title as …
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Colour at work - 2 brief videos of artists making abstract art in huge canvases, in closeup, watching the colours react and interact.
https://vimeo.com/119945422 Beneath The Boughs was a poetry installation created in the grounds of ruined Lowther Castle in 2013. Featuring contemporary poetry by writers from Cumbria to Singapore, the installation was funded by Arts Council England. An [insert text here] project. Concept by Katie Hale. More about [insert text here] and Beneath The Boughs here: https://guerrillapoem.wordpress.com/
Sculptor Richard Serra answers this question in under 3 minutes. His answers are personal, but apply wider, it makes sense. A big question and an intelligent answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWoiAf_qMA4
So - you like writing poetry - but how can you make it into more like a paying job? Here's a short article by Anthony Anaxagorou. It describes how he gradually moved from a shy 27 year old writer who printed his poems and made Youtube clips of himself reading his poems..... gradual interest led …
Just watched a BBC documentary on the making of the album "No Secrets" - which includes the song "You're so vain". Absorbing. We get to hear from the producer, bassist, sound engineer, drummer, lead guitarist, her manager and most of all Carly herself. What were her inspirations for her songs? What was it like …
The museum setting includes the Assembly Rooms in Bath - which often occur in scenes of Jane Austen novels. At the same time, you can view the typical outfits which would have been worn at that time, in the museum. Bonuses also include: First Saturday of each month 10-30-12.30 Sketching morning (free with museum …
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Real to Reel craft film festival. 3 days, 44 films. 2-4th May at Playhouse Cinema, London then 5-7th May to The Bureau in Blackburn. https://vimeo.com/213681374 includes films on getting more people to knit through MC, painting roadmarkings, dropping pottery from a great height, basket weaving, far Eastern women's traditional crafting.... In Lancashire 6th/7th it is part …
Seattle-based Oh Honey Bakes made this enticing recipe to celebrate St Valentine's Day this year, on her visually sumptuous blog. At the same time, the blog post (link below) speaks to the deeper movement in society at that time, the unsettledness of international relations. And also to the baker's personal anxieties, with her beautiful remedy …
"The Hush Tradition" are the words which sprang to my mind the morning after listening to the poet, Kenneth Steven, at a reading recently. He generously explained a little about how he writes. For him, it is like being struck by lightning - all of a sudden, a small phrase will pop into his mind, and …
