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Popcorn, Alcopops and Cake…pops
This small exhibition hosted in York’s Amnesty bookshop featured a variety of pieces ranging from video installations to wall mounted knitting inspired by the work of Bruce Nauman. The theme of the...
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The Days of Rot
The Norman Rea Galley’s current exhibition showcases the work of recent Edinburgh School of Art graduate Timothy Davey. Specializing in video installation, this stands as his first solo show. “The Days...
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Aesthetica Short Film Festival Day 1
(or: Dystopic Animations and Films about the World) Wandering the streets of York in search of venues, the city this weekend definitely seems set to be filled with film. Yesterday, posters and people...
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Aesthetica Short Film Festival Day 2
The second day out and about with the wonderous Aesthetica Short Film Festival was spent mostly watching artist films in the According To Mcgee Gallery. A small selection of chairs was set up in the...
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Aesthetica Short Film Festival Day 3
The third and final day of ASFF gave us one last opportunity to explore York’s beautiful buildings whilst filling our corneas with film. The day promised that the established range of genres would...
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The No/Gloss “no-frills” Film Festival
Tucked away in a post-industrial estate next to the highway, No/Gloss’ second festival had a venue as wonderfully unfettered as its ethos. With two screens and a loop of video art, much exposed...
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Diving into Damon Mohl’s Miniaturised Worlds
Damon Mohl is an award-winning filmmaker who combines painting, sculpture and drawing with digital technology to create some amazingly imaginative works. After seeing his celebrated film The Diver at...
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The Palace of Salla Tykkä
Salla Tykkä’s Palace is a dark circular room on the third floor of the Baltic Museum in Newcastle. What at first might seem a still, inanimate space, soon reveals its treasure when the first of three...
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Preview of YO1
York’s tradition of colourful festivals dates back to medieval times, and a tradition that has not been lost today; all year round York provides a rich programme of events to suit all ages and...
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Here and Perhaps Elsewhere by Lamia Joreige
Here and Perhaps Elsewhere (click to view link) When in 2005 the English playwright Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize in Literature, he gave a speech entitled “Art, Truth and Politics”. The speech is...
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