This is next level frustrating
1 - apply for DYCP funding from Arts Council
2 - get email that a decision letter awaits but you have to log in to Grantium
3 - try to log in to Grantium and it's not available and hasn't been all afternoon
I'm unlikely to get the money but I'd like to know!
After the in conversation event with Irene Fubara-Manuel and Kinnari Saraiya accompanying her exhibition In the Eye of a Dream - the three of us came up with a reading list on the reading of colonial archives, race and technology, video games and a lot more - lots to dig into!
RIP Dara Birnbaum - you'll always be Wonder Woman
youtu.be/wJhEgbz9piI?...
Last few days to catch Home to My Teenage Bedroom by Grant Foster in the Main Gallery at Phoenix Art Space
My first show as curator here and can't quite believe it's nearly over
Open every day now, 12-5 until 13 April
Photo: Bernard G Mills
What are you doing this sunny Sunday if you aren’t running the Brighton Marathon? Bet you’re not doing experiments on the best way to age paper with tea… #process #exhibitionplanning
I love a studio visit and I had a great one last week with Laura White, ahead of an exhibition at Phoenix Art Space in autumn
We talked about the process of making, the joy of pushing materials to their limits and how enjoy and utilise what happens when they fail
Image: Terminal Flare No 4
The second part of RH Lossin's writing on AI art and hegemony is so good - if AI and art and in particular how it's being applied to anti-racist, anti-colonialist endeavours is a subject that interests you then it is well worth your time
www.e-flux.com/criticism/65...
Looking to find and add people to this UK Arts starter pack go.bsky.app/BZ8Tmob
My media art digital thinkers #StarterPack is full! This is a joy, because it means Bluesky is now bursting with the kind of people I want to share a community with. But it's also sad, because there are plenty more people I would love to add. We need 150+++ starterpacks please @bsky.app
Two posters for exhibitions side by side. On the left is a poster for Home to My Teenage Bedroom by Grant Foster, it shows a painting of two characters, a black man and a woman who are off to one side against an abstract background of yellows, greens and white. On the right is a poster for an exhibition by David Harkins called Crosswinds and Elemental Dubs. It features a black outline of the head of what seems to be a cat. Inside the outline and around it the painting is predominantly blue in may shades
Great posters (with annoying reflections) for two really strong shows at Phoenix Art Space opening this Friday 28 Feb, 6-8pm: Home to My Teenage Bedroom by @foster_grant
+ Crosswinds and Elemental Dubs by David Harkins, a studio member will be in the Window Gallery
Come along - all are welcome
Enjoying some quiet moments in the gallery ahead of installing my first show as curator here at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton - I’ve always loved these quiet moments
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
Yes - make this!
Interesting read and it's hard to disagree with the basics of his argument
h/t to whoever posted this yesterday
Bit embarrassing though that the New Socialist are still encouraging people to Tweet - not a good look
newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
Artwork for the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 with the title theme 'Wild'. Deadline for entry 18 May 2025.
Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for Underrepresented Writers is officially open! ✍️
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £20k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Wild'.
Find out more, including how to enter: shorturl.at/70n8V
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writing #diversevoices
I came here to say this but couldn't remember what they are called so thanks! Had an epic one at the Scandinavian Embassy cafe in Amsterdam
This is such critical work happening in archiving these queer histories
Good to be at the launch of Brighton Festival last night, catching up with a lot of folk I haven’t seen in a while - also great to get a festival highlight nod for the show I’m curating at Phoenix Art Space with the work of the amazing Kinnari Saraiya
A grey winter’s day visit to Hastings Contemporary for the Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs exhibition exploring the practice of still life. Work pictured is a section of Cathie Pilkington’s funny, sad and uncanny Singerie. The show is definitely worth a visit if you’re able to
Event flyer with same info as post.
Very much looking forward to being in conversation with Seeta Peña Gangadharan about ideas of refusal and resistance. "Time for Refusal? The politics of resistance against AI".
All welcome!
- Thursday 27th Feb at Goldsmiths, room RHB 2014, www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/, www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/r...
Another in an occasional series of books I almost definitely didn’t buy just for their cover
I was so pleased to see this guide from @weareunlimited.bsky.social appear recently. Ive spent 20 years of my life explaining and re-explaining (often badly!) how my illness affects me, so this is a big help that can be shared to orgs and workplaces: weareunlimited.org.uk/resource/how...
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The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut + In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
They just popped into my head!
Started a starter pack - it's a little sparse right now so I'm hoping to add to it as this community grows
go.bsky.app/26iijBA
Did you know we have a podcast?
My Queer Museum is a collection of stories and objects that won't end up in a traditional museum, told through interviews with some of our favourite queer people in Brighton & Hove.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1725250
A series of paintings of faces done in a loose style - some of them are fantastical and all use bright colours - the paintings are laid out in a grid pattern
A framed painted sketch of two people in profile. They are loosely sketched in black and swathes of light pink paint have been splashed over them
Enjoyable visit to London Art Fair today. Enjoyed talking to a few people and seeing A LOT of work - highlights from Abigail Norris not pictured because I was too busy chatting and Antonio Sergio Moreira on the Ricardo Fernandes stand.
This is worth your time if you're interested in thinking through issues around AI and art - maybe skip it if you're a big Refik Anadol fan though ;)
www.e-flux.com/criticism/65...
