The Mechanicanon: AI and Literary Value
this new canon shall – by learning to load and fire itself – exile us from even counting as its projectile or target
Who’s who: Ai Weiwei
But the deserted building in Chaoyang was no criminal lair—it was an art studio. And the man arrested at the airport, far from being a hardened felon, was Ai Weiwei: filmmaker, visual artist, and one of the most outspoken political dissidents in China.
Eat, Sleep, Create, Repeat: An Artistic Odyssey
"As an emotional writer of poetry, I’ll only ever put pen to paper in fits of extreme feeling, using it as an outlet when I feel that I cannot turn to anyone. It seems to be the closest I’ll get to the divine inspiration, with the Muse replaced by anger or loneliness." Maebh Howell takes us on an artistic Odyssey around the pressures of constant creativity.
Experiencing museums and galleries in a COVID-19 age
"Even if there were a sense of restriction, it would feel a little tone-deaf to mourn the old, ‘normal’ gallery visit." Josie Moir ponders our experience of galleries and museums in a COVID-19 Age
Hard Pressed
Why do I need to pick
those flowers that are screaming, “I am alive!” to kill
between
the pages of a heavy book?
Movement
The energy in the trees was palpable-
at once pulsating and swirling
The Sheldonian
That is the beauty of the concert. Music threading its way in and out of the thoughts of a hundred vague spirits in the audience.
CulCher’s Choice: Andy Warhol at the Tate Modern
Almost twenty years after his first retrospective Warhol in 2002, Andy Warhol is now showing at the Tate Modern. The prolific artist is best...
BP or not BP? Art Washing and the British Museum
“Like smoke
blown to heaven on the wings of the wind, our country, our conquered country,
perishes. Its palaces are overrun by the fierce flames and...
Student art: only for the privileged few?
Whether you love it, hate it, or love to hate it, it is undeniable that the student art scene remains a fundamental space for...
Decadence, eroticism and indecent beauty: Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain
Aubrey Beardsley was an intensely talented, risqué artist who stunned
his late-Victorian audience. Loved by many for his depiction of the underside
of London life, Beardsley...
Love and doubt: ‘Looking back’ at Orpheus and Eurydice retellings
Just as Helen possessed the face that launched a thousand ships, Orpheus, the legendary musician and poet, charmed a thousand hearts with his music....
SIMONE, WHOSE HAIR IS THE WORLD
Her golden plumage shivered to a mane
That grew the stalks and limbs of flowers and trees
The scope for creativity in quarantine
One thing I am
glad of, in returning home, is that there is no need to feel trapped. My
father’s house looks from one hill to...
