So I finally got myself together and headed out to our lovely Gallery of Modern Art to finally check out the famed Surrealism: Poetry of Dreams display that was trouncing past my sub-conscious for the past few weeks. I’ve been desperately wanting to check it out for a while now, and I finally snagged the chance last Wednesday. I assumed that you had to be in the right state of mind to go to one of these exhibitions – and it was best to go by your … Read More

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By Sam Rkaina – exclusive A DRAB street in Bristol city centre is set to be transformed into one of the largest outdoor art exhibitions in the world next month, the Evening Post can reveal. More than 20 of the world’s most successful street artists will be painting almost every building in Nelson Street with huge murals in a bid to create Bristol’s next major tourist attraction. Organisers say it will be the biggest permanent street art project i … Read More

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The last in a four part series about music in New York spanning a decade, the entire documentary highlights three genres of music Punk, Disco, and Hip Hop (downtown, midtown and uptown). It chronicles the development of the different scenes that gave rises to such establishments as CBGB, STUDIO 54 AND THE GALLERY AS WELL AS THE HIP HOP PARK PARTY. Additionally it sho … Read More

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The art of cartography is about as extinct as the art of the written letter. What need is there for a hand-drawn community renderings in the age of instant information, when most people have GPS maps on their cellphones? No need at all. But Los Angeles based writer Eric Brightwell doesn’t care. Hence this blog … Read More

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During the winter of 1979, I moved to New York City and was crashing in a loft below Tribeca with a friend of a friend while I looked for a cheap apartment and job. After a late dinner, my host took me to an after hours club on Houston street to show me my first taste of New York City nightlife. There was a bebop jazz combo performing and it was around midnight when we walked in. While I was standing at the bar, a young black man approached and a … Read More

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Yes, I am absolutely writing a post when I should be writing my paper. Whatever. At least it's related! I'm hoping that by making a post about this it will get the wheels turning about writing four pages on it. I'm writing a paper on this film from a film from 1928/9, by Dziga Vertov. The main concept of this film is the montage. Apparently, this film was made when production of films were highly censored and controlled by Soviet authorities. Fil … Read More

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Widow Basquiat by Jennifer Clement is one of those books that once you pick it up you dont want to put it down. Written in conjunction with Basquiats muse Suzanne Mallouk its a sometimes distressing read into life and love with the artist. It doesnt hold back about their various drug addictions as well as opening the door on the 80s New York scene – the galleries and the parties. The author attempts, and manages, to open the door on Basquia … Read More

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Today, the balancing act that is life, highlighted by poignant examples of the strength, and resilience of the human spirit, is happening on opposite ends of our earth. The people of North Africa and the Middle East continue to mass, and protest for basic democratic reforms that I take for granted. Beginning w … Read More

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Pound stated, it [Imagism] should ‘use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something…it does not use images as ornaments.  The image itself is the speech’.

(‘Imagist Poetry’, Penguin Classics,2001)