A series of works from award-winning Canadian artist Stephanie Mackenzie’s ‘Eve meets Alice’ series were on show for the first time in the UK last week. The four vivid pieces of surrealist photographic art were part of the ‘Insight’ exhibition on show for eleven days at The Brick Lane Art Gallery. The ‘Insight’ exhibition contained a collection of art from six different artists, and was run as part of the on-going ‘Art in Mind’ campaign which is organised by the gallery around the very purpose of promoting and providing a platform for some of the world’s most talented emerging artists to what is a growing audience of curious Londoners.
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Conversation Chamber Thought Tank Observation Deck About
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Conversation Chamber Thought Tank Observation Deck About
May 28, 2012
Observations: [Art] Stephanie Mackenzie- Eve Meets Alice, The Brick Lane Art Gallery
March 22, 2012
Conversations: Tako Tomago
You know what they say, there isn’t a single thing in this world that hasn’t been damaged by the global financial crisis, except for maybe Robert Peston’s journalism career. The truth is, the recession has hit a lot of us really hard, some people have found themselves out of work, some can’t keep up with their mortgage re-payments, the entertainment industry is buckling, bankers have lost their proud reputation and pristine ethical image, and there have even been some, largely unsubstantiated, rumours that David Cameron may soon struggle to find the money to replace the spokes on his cherished fixi-bike. Here at GIITTV towers, we can no longer afford to fly people business class to all tropical corners of the earth to have little chit chats over mojitos with interesting music folk. Fortunately, we have yet to lose access to our Conference Call facilities (Skype), so were able to catch up with Florida based musician, Tako Tomago, to talk about his recent debut release and his ongoing musical adventures.
February 29, 2012
Thoughts: Perfume Genius- Put Your Back N 2 It
Perfume Genius, or Mike Hadreas to others, and Mike to his mates, I would assume, earned his place on the vast landscape of modern music with debut album ‘Learning’ in 2010. His appeal was based around a very typified sound, constructed from a bed of melancholic piano, accompanied by tender vocals and a collection of lyrical subject matters that were starkly honest and gripped its audience with shades of perturbing detail. His songs used a sense of minimalist purity to resonate with its listener, it would shock you that someone could put out something so blunt, but yet so vulnerable and delicate. In many ways, his music represents absolute honesty, with the sort of fearlessness that many of us can barely even muster when in complete solitary confinement to ourselves. Placed in more simplistic and tangible terms, his trademark sound could be reduced down to something more minimalist, and less electronic than Xiu Xiu.
February 23, 2012
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Okay, so here’s the second half of the audio of the Brand New interview. You can find the first half, as well as the full transcript here. Enjoy.
February 22, 2012
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On Friday 10th February, I was given the chance to sit down with Jesse Lacey from Brand New, before the band played at the Southampton Guildhall, part of a string of UK dates that marked their first return to our shores since their sold-out headline show at Wembley Arena in January 2010. Having the hard-earned and I’m sure highly cherished position of being in my own, personal ‘top five’ list of inspiring musicians in existence, and someone who has, over the course of the band’s unique twelve year journey, attracted one of the largest cult followings in modern music, it wasn’t an opportunity I took lightly. I certainly didn’t expect the man to give me forty-five minutes of his day, and the chance to have such an honest and frank discussion about a wide range of subject matters varying from the position the band now find themselves in, to dealing with fame, the state of modern culture, and life ethics, was for me personally, a great privilege, and the sort of opportunity that I know, even at the humble age of twenty, I may never get to experience again.
February 21, 2012
Conversations: Ash Gardner [Emperor Yes], 04/02/2012
I visit the independent and East London based studio, ‘House of Strange’, to sit down with Ash Gardner and discuss his previous endeavours and new project, Emperor Yes.
The studio itself makes for an interesting visit, and I am glad to take the opportunity to take a quick mosey about the place. It’s situated in the basement of the large open flat that Gardner lives in. Besides the vast array of instrumentation at hand here, not to mention an entire cupboard filled with a ridiculous amount of pedals, just so many pedals, the place is surrounded by a large amount of work done by various different artists in London and elsewhere, from street to antique. For a first time visitor it is quite mesmerising to see what seems like such a vibrant and engaging, yet strangely calming place to dedicate a period of intense creation to. It certainly has warmed the atmosphere of what used to be a large, old East London, Victorian dog biscuit factory. But all of that aside, there was still a purpose to my visit, and some questions that needed asking.
February 20, 2012
Thoughts: Islet- Illuminated People
Illuminated People brings together the many diverse licks, tones and shades of sound that Islet have crafted and familiarised themselves with in their first two years of active existence and distributes it across a much more stable and uniform, debut full-length record. The extra room and space means that the ‘secondary’ tracks on the album, far from being filler, reveal glimmers of a more tender and mellowed ambience; it is an altogether more considered record, and a valuable extension to the band’s vibrant repertoire.
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