Art is as much beauty as it is power. This year Syrian artist Tamman Azzan has gained critical acclaim for his piece ‘freedom graffiti’, the transposition of Gustav Klimt’s most popular piece ‘The Kiss’ onto a war-torn and derelict building in the midst of Syria’s conflict. The piece is part of a collection that documents [...]
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The festival comes to Bristol on the 24th March and will be hosted at the volunteer-run and ethical cinema, The Cube. Reel Iraq responds to the ten-year anniversary of the US and UK led military invasion of Iraq by demonstrating the way in which literary and performing arts have served to strengthen the country in times [...]
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‘Intimate Abstraction’ is an exhibition of paintings taking place between 7th March-5th April at The Searchers, a contemporary gallery found at 24 St Michaels Hill. The exciting exhibition of paintings will incorporate varying elements of collage, and derive from an intimate relationship with the material. They short circuit concept and fashion and encourage an engagement with the materiality [...]
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This is the first stanza of a simple poem by Stevenson that partly encapsulates why reading poetry is such an important, and enjoyable experience. Bright is the Ring of Words Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them, Fair the fall of songs When the singer sings them, Still [they are] [...]
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The aftermath of the Oscars is not the best time for the film world. We can already see the habitual way in which the number of ‘serious’ films are declining to an insubstantial trickle. For this reason meeting Umberto Perez- Blanco, a co-founder of Bristol Radical Film Festival and lecturer in film studies at Bristol [...]
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It was the first sunny day that we’ve had in a while, and so while keeping my fingers crossed for the start of Spring, I thought this was fairly appropriate. The poet takes a walk in the country The mist cleared for a moment And as if a dull curtain Had been lifted by unseen [...]
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Last Friday night Inter:Mission had the pleasure of lending a helping hand to the second Just for Kicks, a night of music, art and revelry at the Attic Bar in Stokes Croft. The pressure was on after the success of last term’s launch. With a busy weekend in Bristol’s cultural calendar, would Just for Kicks [...]
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The Chocolate! exhibition at M Shed offers a family-friendly exploration into the history, geography and various uses of chocolate. With the museum set on the beautiful Bristol harbourside and the promise of free chocolate, I couldn’t resist paying a visit. Historically, due to it’s medicinal uses, chocolate was often prepared by apothecaries. Samuel Pepys himself [...]
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FUZE has promised something a little bit special for 2013. England’s largest student-run Fashion, Dance and Music event returns to Bristol for the tenth year running at The Passenger Shed for tonight and tomorrow, the culmination of a creative process that stretches all the way back to the close of Summer last year. The dance directors [...]
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As we teeter on the edge of Valentine’s Day, I decided to share two poems. First, an excerpt from a poem that caught my eye when reading for a seminar this week. The seminar is to do with the connection between art and poetry, and yet this particular extract also has resonances that consider the [...]
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