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Exhibition Testimony #9: The Hari Art Prize 2025
The second of my yearly appointments at The Hari to read the art world's pulse.
Nov 1727 min read


Y Live at Third Man Records, 2025
South London genre-demolition-experts put on a show in a room too small for their deafening sound.
Nov 138 min read


Sideways at SXSE (again)
Some five months later, we return to the scene of the crime and listen to the weird noise emanating from both sides of the street.
Oct 2628 min read


Exhibition Testimony #8: Sapiens at Copeland Gallery
A show for whoever has a bad taste in their mouth from reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.
Oct 2411 min read


Exhibition Testimony #7: Wake at Fitzrovia Gallery
I get schooled at my own culture while visiting this group show comprised of South-Asian artists.
Oct 2010 min read


Home is where the hatred is
A vampire can't enter someone's home without their permission.
Oct 119 min read


Domestic Partners: Live at The Shacklewell Arms
Migraine-inducing experimental jazz with strangely curative powers.
Sep 205 min read


What the hell is Gonzo Poetry?
Thrust in the midst of another niche scene, I'm trying to figure out what this new batch of poetry is...
Sep 1611 min read


Portrait of Emma Windsor Liscombe
Paint melting off a canvas like sweat, I visited the liminal studio of Emma Windsor Liscombe.
Jul 1621 min read


Gang of Four (Live in London, 2025)
Here's a show from Gang of Four's farewell tour told from two different perspectives.
Jul 713 min read


Exhibition Testimony #5: Bitter Lucky Dinner Party - Claire Makhlouf Carter
This review has been gathering dust on my desktop for months for some reason. It’s basically useless as the show is long gone. I’m...
Jun 288 min read


Exhibition Testimony #4: Ubiquity II - Leonardo Drew
South London Gallery turns into an apocalyptic pit teeming with strange junk.
Jun 154 min read


Sideways at SXSE: Part II
We return to the crime scene from the night before, under an unforgiving and indifferent sky.
Jun 1121 min read


Sideways at SXSE: Part I
The first unholy day of South x Southeast (SXSE) saw us enter the epicentre of the scene.
May 2930 min read


Exhibition Testimony #3: Sleight of the Canopy
Transportation elsewhere to a world overrun by nature's unfettered growth.
Apr 114 min read


Mdou Moctar - Tears of Injustice
A soulful acoustic accompaniment to an electric scream.
Apr 13 min read


Obituary: Skype (2003 - 2025)
Skype vegetates on life support until its euthanisation in May.
Mar 23 min read


Round the Bend in Paris
Sleep is the enemy when you foolishly don't get accommodation on a trip.
Feb 834 min read


Exhibition Testimony #2: Fragments of a Landscape
An out-of-control animal gets dropped into a respectable private view.
Jan 1915 min read


2025
January 1st 2025. Â Rain lashed the streets outside, the wet surface acting as a distorted amplifier to every car driving past....
Jan 28 min read


Exhibition Testimony #1: Slade Interim Degree Show 2024
My sleepless and twisted wanderings around the Slade School Interm Degree Show of 2024.
Dec 26, 202420 min read


Misha Panfilov - Days as Echoes
Weightless psychedelic jazz to watch nature unfold to.
Dec 17, 20242 min read


Wrapped up in Ourselves: How Spotify hypnotises culture for a week
An examination of why Spotify Wrapped is one of the first things on the tongues of people every year at the beginning of December.
Dec 5, 202417 min read


The Kids are Alright: An incomplete portrait of a small sliver of the current artistic generation
November 5th, 2024. Â Fireworks are booming across the sky, splattering the firmament with all manner of wild and fiery pigments. I see...
Nov 18, 202427 min read
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