Floods, riots, and pirate radio: Exploring Lewisham's forgotten corners
'Wildcornerz' tells the story of South East London through forgotten waterways, treasures, and swamps
art - culture - activism
since 2017
- May 20
- 4 min
Fora Bolsonaro: The Death of the Amazon
Matthew Magill exams Bolsonaro's PL 191 proposal and the threat it poses to the Amazon - and the Indigenous activists seeking to block it
- 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...
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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.
- May 5, 2021
- 7 min
Borderlands Disability Culture & Identity: A Manifesto
Rosa Sierra bears witness to the intersectional, complex lived experiences of BIPOC disability.
- 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...
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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’.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Tarot Reading For A Magazine
We got our fortunes read. Tarot by John Rogers and Angela Rawlings
- 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.”
- 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.