Cultural
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Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me – Contemplating the inward and outward journeys of the self
In Buddhism we awake to the dream and realise we are still within the dream – helping us be much more aware and open. In transcendental meditation effortless concentration is […]
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Through Discord and Harmony – Glasgow School of Art Fine Art and MFA Degree Shows – Part 2
(article continued from previous post) A vaguely familiar and catchy game type tune pulled me into an installation piece, ‘THE PURGE’, a joint work by three artists Chitra Sangtani, Lewis […]
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Through Discord and Harmony – Glasgow School of Art Fine Art and MFA Degree Shows – Part 1
Methodically I began the GSA Degree Show journey. Working my way through the gleaming open spaces of the Steven Holl designed Reid Building, an interior shimmering in neutrality and […]
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Exhibition Review – ‘JANUS’ – Stephanie Burt and Kirsty Palmer
Upper image: Janus (satellite) as imaged by Cassini, NASA, 2008. Lower image: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, 1975, Peter Weir. Screen shot. A refreshing breeze moved through the Saltmarket in Glasgow […]
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GSA Master of Fine Art 2014 Degree Show Highlights
This year’s MFA from Glasgow School of Art was a very strong showing of many mature and confident works that, after several years of mixed MFA degree shows, really lived […]
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Pier Arts Centre ‘Living Colour’ Exhibition, Stromness
Probably one of Scotland’s best art galleries although far from the cities in the beautiful Orkney Mainland, the artwork at The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness (which has a connection […]
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Back and forward through Gifu and Toyama Ken
Infrastructure out of the urbanscape.. From dinosaurs in Shiragawa to a Tanuki greeting customers in a Masunozushi shop on Route 41 in Toyama…
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Touchdown Tokyo 2013
I beamed down into Tokyo towards the end of last month, looking forward to unknown adventures… Halloween was close by and the megacity was dark early but brimming with energy […]