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    ZEST Collective: Reviving Southampton's Creative Quarter
    • Jan 16
    • 3 min

    ZEST Collective: Reviving Southampton's Creative Quarter

    by Charlotte Russell "By forming collectives, artists are kind of creating their own autonomy." Formed from a mixture of art school...
    Artists Against the Apartheid: the Struggle for Palestine
    • Dec 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Artists Against the Apartheid: the Struggle for Palestine

    Danielle Krikorian examines how art and culture are being used to give voice to the fight for Palestinian liberation
    Meet Array Collective: Behind Northern Ireland's Parties and Protests
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Meet Array Collective: Behind Northern Ireland's Parties and Protests

    Existing in the ‘naughty corner’ of the art world, the Array Collective are the Turner prize nominees challenging the way we consume art
    Invisible Bodies: Can Mourning Be Intersectional?
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Invisible Bodies: Can Mourning Be Intersectional?

    The death of Sarah Everard in March triggered a wave of vigils and protests across the UK. But can mourning ever be truly intersectional?
    Racism and Xenophobia in the Icelandic Art Scene
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    Racism and Xenophobia in the Icelandic Art Scene

    Iceland is portrayed as a liberal utopia. But for immigrants and artists, the land of fire and ice can be a difficult place to live.
    Borderlands Disability Culture & Identity: A Manifesto
    • May 5, 2021
    • 7 min

    Borderlands Disability Culture & Identity: A Manifesto

    Rosa Sierra bears witness to the intersectional, complex lived experiences of BIPOC disability.
    A Portrait of Prisons: the Justice Arts Coalition
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Portrait of Prisons: the Justice Arts Coalition

    by Niall Walker "This is about communities and healing and finding new ways of addressing harm that are not punitive" A selection of the...
    The Assassination of Lokman Slim: Why Are Cultural Producers Being Targeted in Lebanon?
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Assassination of Lokman Slim: Why Are Cultural Producers Being Targeted in Lebanon?

    “War is sparring. We are in a war against dictatorship and against the monopoly of one opinion. We only have our voices. They are armed.”
    Tackling Women’s Representation in Zurich’s Art World via an Anonymous Instagram Account
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Tackling Women’s Representation in Zurich’s Art World via an Anonymous Instagram Account

    Noemi Ehrat looks at the Zurich bases feminist activist collective: Hulda Zwingli. Interrogating gender inequality in the Swiss art world.
    How Poetry Stayed Afloat During Lockdown
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 7 min

    How Poetry Stayed Afloat During Lockdown

    Where do the poets go when the pubs are shut? Georgia Preece explores how poetry has thrived online during the COVID pandemic.
    A Lifetime Of Lockdown: Art From Behind Kashmir's Information Blackout
    • May 5, 2020
    • 7 min

    A Lifetime Of Lockdown: Art From Behind Kashmir's Information Blackout

    India has turned Jammu and Kashmir into the largest open air prison on earth. Niall Walker spoke to Kashmiri about life under lockdown.
    “Add Oil!”: Street Art On The Hong Kong Frontlines
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 9 min

    “Add Oil!”: Street Art On The Hong Kong Frontlines

    Six months on and there's no end in sight for the Hong Kong protests. We investigate the art fuelling the revolt - and transforming the city
    Ways of Belonging: In Conversation
    • Nov 10, 2019
    • 9 min

    Ways of Belonging: In Conversation

    WAYS OF BELONGING brings together young female artists from Birmingham: Anisa Fazal, Farwa Moledina, and Sabiheh Awanzai Mahmoud.
    Europe Will Crumble: The Rise Of Hatari
    • Oct 9, 2019
    • 6 min

    Europe Will Crumble: The Rise Of Hatari

    This summer, Iceland made waves at Eurovision with the band, Hatari. We caught up with them during their Europe Will Crumble tour.
    That Which We Can Never Be: Joy Buolamwini and the Racialisation of AI
    • Jul 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    That Which We Can Never Be: Joy Buolamwini and the Racialisation of AI

    If we are to secure an AI future, as Joy Buolamwini concludes: ‘we must increase transparency in our approach to coding’.
    Ain’t It A Shame To Be Gay On A Sunday
    • Jul 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    Ain’t It A Shame To Be Gay On A Sunday

    "Jesus died on the cross for our sins and Freddy Mercury died of AIDS so Dove could sell us soap." Frances Reece writes.
    Doomed to Deferral - A Case Against Tomorrow
    • Jul 18, 2019
    • 6 min

    Doomed to Deferral - A Case Against Tomorrow

    "If I am going to write about tomorrow, maybe I should start writing this tomorrow." Ecologist and author Julian Langer's latest thinkpiece.
    Gaining Momentum: How Art Has Driven The Labour Party's Transformation
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Gaining Momentum: How Art Has Driven The Labour Party's Transformation

    Politics is about storytelling. We sat down with Sasha Josette of Momentum to explore how art and storytelling has helped transform Labour.
    Tricksters and Mystics: Undermining the Age of Progress
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Tricksters and Mystics: Undermining the Age of Progress

    "My imagination is drawn towards tales of rebellion and ruin, to the revenge of primordial gods against Leviathan." Julian Langer writes.
    Tarot Reading For A Magazine
    • Mar 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Tarot Reading For A Magazine

    We got our fortunes read. Tarot by John Rogers and Angela Rawlings
    Welcome to the Factory: Interview with Extinction Rebellion
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Welcome to the Factory: Interview with Extinction Rebellion

    “The best thing about the factory is this: you can organise yourself. We have done everything we first set out to do and more here.”
    What Happened After 'Virunga'?
    • Dec 24, 2018
    • 4 min

    What Happened After 'Virunga'?

    Four years after the release of Orlando Von Einsiedel’s landmark documentary, the future of Virunga National Park hangs in the balance.

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