Insights

Teatro Garibaldi. Photo © Selina Oakes.

Manifesta 12, Palermo, Cultivating a Cultural Coexistence
ENGINE Micro Bursary Research

Palermo is a confluence of migratory flows. Positioned at Europe’s Southern tip and Northwest of the Middle East, the Mediterranean city’s identity has been shaped by a plethora of civilisations. In 2018, the Sicilian capital is placed under the gaze of Manifesta - a roaming, nomadic, contemporary, at times collaborative and explorative platform.

Published 2 October 2018 by New Art West Midlands.

Interview with BALTIC Curator of Exhibitions & Research, Alessandro Vincentelli on Jasmina Cibic, This Machine Builds Nations, BALTIC Gateshead.

Vincentelli speaks about the development of Jasmina Cibic's Nada project from artist film to immersive, theatrical and timely installation – one which queries the misuse of words, culture & the portrayal of women as agents for political triumph. Vincentelli was curatorial advisor for the Nada trilogy.

Published 15 May 2018 by Aesthetica Magazine.

Photo © Ineptgravity

Interview with NoFit State Artistic Director Tom Rack
Part of Circus 250, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nationwide.

In the year of Circus 250, NoFit State, premieres an immersive big-top show in the hometown of the inventor of the modern circus. In tribute, the circus troupe produces its first in-the-round performance, Lexicon, which juxtaposes an illusive misfit style with a nostalgia for the traditional Victorian circus.

Published 11 April by The Double Negative.

Interview Series: New Art West Midlands Artists Lily Wales, Sarah Walden, Jodie Wingham, Jessica Eburne, Bob Langridge.

NAWM celebrates the talent of 28 graduates from art schools across the region. Artists consider topics such as the culture of nuclear weaponry, the surface of the moving image and our voyeuristic impulses in shows at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and Airspace Gallery.

Published in March & April by New Art West Midlands.

Interview: Natasha Brzezicki, The Cartography of Nature & Place, AirSpace Gallery Graduate Residency

A series of scientific, geographical and musical translations of Natasha Brzezicki's encounters with the local, natural world are transported into the gallery in a bid to decipher man-made notions of place. In her studio, Brzezicki, surrounded by rock and water samples, chats about her time in the city..

Published 29 January by AirSpace Gallery.

Interview: Amy-Lou Matthews, Smoke and Mirrors,
AirSpace Gallery Graduate Residency

Beginning 2018 with her first solo show, Amy-Lou Matthews has proven her ability to choreograph both space and spectator. Following the recent completion of her BA in Fine Art, the Staffordshire University alumna transported her practice from art school to the artist-led studio..

Published 25 January by New Art West Midlands.

Scene Report: Stoke-on-Trent
for a-n News

Stoke-on-Trent has a long-standing identity as the Potteries but a lesser-known industrial consequence is the area’s polycentricity. It is one of the few conurbations in the UK to be made up of smaller towns, and while there are six in total, it is Stoke and Hanley that host the majority of arts activities..

Published in September 2017 by a-n News.

Interview: Sex Education, Bedfellows Residency
AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Our comprehension of sex begins through the plethora of imagery filtered into society by the media, the porn industry and education. Bedfellows is a platform forged from the personal, political and professional perspectives of three artists who are trying to build an inclusive future..

Published in August 2017 by New Art West Midlands.

Feature on Victoria Lucas, Conceptualised Topography
Mark Devereux Projects

The notion of a subversive or anti-conformist place provides a platform for change and the potential to establish dominion. Merging this scene with the cinematic tropes of theatre, Victoria Lucas interrogates the fabric of culture and gender representation in Lay of the Land (& other such myths)..

Published in June 2017 by Aesthetica Magazine.

Feature on Mishka Henner, In Search of New Materials
AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Collecting the signs and symbols of the 21st century, Mishka Henner is an expert appropriator who uses the tools of the digital age to reveal imagery concealed within a sea of data. Renowned for his Google Earth works, Henner’s oeuvre is more diverse than your average contemporary artist..

Published in April 2017 by LensCulture.

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