tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379235592024-03-14T14:57:05.961+00:00XX2P.COMmusic, art, poetry & moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-24160060596536836002024-03-14T14:56:00.001+00:002024-03-14T14:56:34.164+00:00Stories from the archive – Evelyn Dunbar | TateWith over 1 million items, Tate's archive is an incredible place of discovery. We sat down with Tate's Library & Archive Coordinator, Federica Beretta to hear more about her role and the stories behind artist and illustrator, Evelyn Dunbar's archive pieces. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-71549409564585370252024-02-27T19:44:00.001+00:002024-02-27T19:44:07.469+00:00How Tumblr raised a generation of feministsBriony Hannell, University of SheffieldLike so many millennials, my teenage years on the multimedia microblogging platform, Tumblr, introduced me to feminist politics, which inspired my burgeoning interest in gender and feminism at university. My experiences as a Tumblr teen at the height of its popularity inspired my book, Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-40436344670139553452024-02-23T16:57:00.001+00:002024-02-23T16:57:11.839+00:00Explore the history of The Tanks | TateTate Modern's Director of Programme Catherine Wood explores the industrial history of Tate's underground art space, The Tanks. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-5577225268705571692024-02-19T19:02:00.001+00:002024-02-26T17:07:42.593+00:00Keeping the spirit of punk aliveKeeping the spirit of punk alive in British culture embodies a commitment to the DIY ethos, a philosophy rooted in independence, rebellion, and self-expression. At its core, punk challenges conformity and empowers individuals to create, innovate, and resist mainstream norms.One of the hallmarks of punk's enduring legacy is its embrace of the DIY spirit. This ethos encourages people to do it Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-3765331901828787452024-02-15T20:06:00.001+00:002024-02-15T20:06:10.270+00:00How to write a love songHow to write a love song – three tips for beginners from a songwriting expert
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Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester
Love and romance are unquestionably the dominant lyrical themes of popular music. In fact, research in 2017 found that “love” has been the most common theme for pop song lyrics in every decade since the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-67007647820990335792024-02-11T15:11:00.001+00:002024-02-11T15:11:42.314+00:00Graham McTavish and The Sailing of the Emigrant Ship | PerspectivesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-4849220859764926322024-02-04T08:00:00.004+00:002024-02-26T17:08:22.018+00:00Paul Garrard - artistPaul Garrard is a contemporary British artist whose work spans various mediums, including collage, painting, drawing, printmaking, and digital technologies. His art is characterised by a unique fusion of traditional techniques and modern sensibilities, creating a distinctive visual language that captivates viewers.Garrard's drawings, particularly from his early work, are equally compelling, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-71216546750431061602024-01-30T20:20:00.001+00:002024-02-03T15:34:41.596+00:00Through Cable Street Beat, music became a potent antifascist weapon against the far right
The Cable Street Mural by Dave Binnington Savage, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort (1979 – 1983).
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Alexander Carter, University of BirminghamIn the 1980s, Britain’s far right was on the rise. Fascist parties fielded over 100 candidates in the 1983 general election. And culturally, the far right was also making ground.
“Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-45203769946219508532024-01-28T14:42:00.003+00:002024-01-28T14:42:33.717+00:00AI is supposed to make us more efficient – but...AI is supposed to make us more efficient – but it could mean we waste more energy
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Felippa Amanta, University of OxfordThe European Union is negotiating an Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive law that aims to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) based on the risk it poses to individuals, society and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-904917492327411422024-01-25T18:16:00.003+00:002024-02-07T18:40:33.937+00:00G.P.ThomsonAI definitely has its uses. I find it useful to sometimes incorporate it into my art. I think of it as a pseudo ekphrasis. Offering inspiration in a serendipitous form. It's also useful for writing stuff. As those who've read this blog on previous occasions will know I'm not really an accomplished writer. I struggle to get across what I want to say. But I want to say stuff, and sometimes I'm put Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-64638992333751948642024-01-18T13:56:00.001+00:002024-01-18T13:56:52.203+00:00Can art save the world from environmental catastrophe? | TateWhat role can art play in tackling the climate emergency? In this film, we take a look at artworks by L.S. Lowry, Simryn Gill, Abbas Akhavan, Otobong Nkanga and Nicolás García Uriburu, to explore how these artists raise issues connected to the environment and inspire us to take action. Research supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor Subscribe Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-11944713887492714422024-01-14T12:10:00.004+00:002024-01-15T20:33:54.309+00:00"The Ancient of Days""The Ancient of Days" is a striking and enigmatic artwork created by the visionary English artist and poet William Blake. Crafted as a frontispiece for his prophetic book "Europe, a Prophecy" in 1794, the image showcases Blake's unique blend of artistic skill and spiritual insight.The central figure in "The Ancient of Days" is Urizen, a complex character in Blake's mythology representing reason Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-21642229461832326332024-01-11T17:24:00.002+00:002024-01-11T17:24:55.762+00:00Poor Things: meet the radical Scottish visionary behind the new hit filmJoe Jackson, University of NottinghamDirector Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things tells the story of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), an irrepressibly free woman who seems to have the mind of an innocent child. She embarks on an exuberant voyage of discovery, travelling around 19th-century Europe and reaching Egypt, experiencing many new things as her intellect rapidly develops, before returning home to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-72342103488122693732024-01-01T10:56:00.001+00:002024-01-01T10:56:43.896+00:00Julianknxx – 'I listen with openness and find poetry' | TateWe sat down with artist, filmmaker and poet, Julianknxx to explore new ways of looking to the past through performing memories, gathering stories and re-creating family fictions. See the work as part of our A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography exhibition at Tate Modern, 6 July 2023 – 14 January 2024 Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
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Jonathan Hodgers, Trinity College DublinThe world lost three great Irish musicians in 2023: Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor and Christy Dignam. While their music reflected their individual struggles and resilience, it also grappled with the evolving essence of Irish identity. Their work stands as a reminder of Ireland’s complex history.
In their absence, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-40779747100405440162023-12-11T16:57:00.001+00:002023-12-11T16:57:41.111+00:00El Anatsui – When you unite things, their power keeps growing' | TateWe travel to Ghana to meet El Anatsui and see the construction of his monumental installation for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Made of thousands of metal bottle tops and fragments, Behind the Red Moon builds on Anatsui’s interest in histories of encounter and the migration of goods and people during the transatlantic slave trade. Sourced in Nigeria, the liquor bottle tops used in this commission Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-81589402911905061052023-11-30T17:57:00.001+00:002023-11-30T17:57:15.840+00:00How to create a photoshoot on a budget | Tate CollectiveWatch as we challenge young photographer Ejatu Shaw to create professionally shot images inspired by the Tate Modern exhibition ‘A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography’. Will she be able to use her budget of £50 to gather everything from props and camera equipment to models and editing software and deliver this task in under 48 hours? Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-71111480366288091712023-11-22T16:56:00.001+00:002023-11-22T16:56:39.298+00:00Philip Guston: the restless artist painting everyday evil | TateNote: This film includes reference to racism and imagery of racist violence and the Ku Klux Klan. Philip Guston thought hard about the artist's responsibility to bear witness to ‘the brutality of the world‘. Consistently changing and reinventing, he sought to make work that embodies life’s complexities, its beauty, absurdity, humour and suffering. In this short film, curators Michael Wellen and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-57277880857675779352023-11-02T12:58:00.001+00:002023-11-02T12:58:07.557+00:00Zohra Opoku – 'Time is the best friend for an artist' | TateArtist Zohra Opoku trained as a fashion and textiles designer, and her works combine fabric with photography to interrogate identity. In pieces like Queens and Kings (2017), she explores the ways that tradition and globalisation intersect in modern day Ghana. In this short film, Opoku invites us into her studio in Accra, Ghana, to witness her collaborative approach to art-making. Subscribe for Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-26396518185926571312023-10-23T12:56:00.001+01:002023-10-23T12:56:15.249+01:00A Brief Guide to the Casablanca Art School | TateIn this film, Anne Barlow, Director, Tate St Ives, gives us a tour of The Casablanca Art School exhibition and introduces us to some of the school's key artists; Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chabâa and Mohamed Melehi. See The Casablanca Art School exhibition at Tate St Ives 27 May 2023 – 14 January 2024 Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-31584803358801026912023-10-18T12:56:00.001+01:002023-10-18T12:56:55.522+01:00Barbara Walker – ‘It’s like life itself, like the air I breathe’ | TateIn this film visual artist Barbara Walker MBE, RA shows us around her studio in Birmingham and talks about the themes present in her practice, including temporality, power and body politics. We also see her creating a free-hand wall drawing in Towner Gallery as part of her series Burden of Proof, whereby she creates large-scale in-situ portraits of individuals affected by the Windrush Scandal Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-83003212734800425052023-10-11T09:56:00.001+01:002023-10-11T09:56:10.579+01:00Rory Pilgrim – ‘Activism can come from a space of joy’ | TateWhat keeps us afloat in uncertain times? In this film, artist and composer Rory Pilgrim meets with the eight members of Green Shoes Arts who collaborated on RAFTS, a film and later live performance created over three years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Exploring the process of connection in different ways, from digital to embodied, verbal to musical, Rory's practice is underpinning by a concern Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-57443086978389236222023-10-04T15:57:00.001+01:002023-10-04T15:57:29.112+01:00Ghislaine Leung – ‘We are always holding and being held’ | TateArtist Ghislaine Leung takes a critical look at the ways in which art is produced, presented and circulated. She has developed a process of art-making that is based on ‘scores’. These are text-based instructions or descriptions that are realised by institutions in close conversation with the artist. In this film, narrated by Leung, we follow the installation of her work Violets 2 at Towner Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-84147938637279094272023-09-29T11:57:00.001+01:002023-09-29T11:57:06.936+01:00Jesse Darling's Site Visit – A Road Trip Movie | TateWhere are we, Jesse? The answer is not clear. In this video, artist Jesse Darling and a small film crew go on a road trip across the UK. Passing through seaside towns, container ports, service stations, retail parts and an abandoned airport, this is a journey that encounters at every turn the barriers and borders (both physical and invisible) of modern Britain. It’s a journey without a final Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923559.post-84432135647934337282023-09-14T16:57:00.001+01:002023-09-14T16:57:24.683+01:00A Day in the Life of a Tate Security Officer | TateSecurity officer and budding artist Marcia Henderson takes us behind the scenes at Tate Britain and shares her artistic talents. Subscribe for weekly films: http://goo.gl/X1ZnEl
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