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Little baby nothing by Manic Street preachers https://www.youtube.com/embed/wM3N54avEQc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparentLittle baby nothing- Manic street Preachers Today I am going to talk about the fantastic single by Manic Street Preachers Little baby nothing that was released in November 1992 off their debut album. Little baby nothing features vocals by Traci lords a former pornographic actress who lied on her birthContinue reading “Little baby nothing”

A B-Side from the double A-Side “Faster/P.C.P.” single taken from The Holy Bible released in 1994.I remember owning this way back in 1994.Here’s the front cover for that single: Lyrics:War censored, no blood on TVCheap entertainment sold like a new deodorantWorld War Three, a Sega dreamlandI’d take a whore to the funeral Sculpture of manSculptureContinue reading “Sculpture of man”

The Holy Bible I have always been a Manics fan especially of the Richey Edwards era which culminated in their finest piece of work The Holy Bible.Released in 1994 The Holy Bible is a scabrous, nihilistic monument to the decline of civilisation in regards to religion specifically the ten commandments.I decided to focus on thisContinue reading “Research on Manic Street preachers”

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/lynette-yiadom-boakye Second lecture was talking about exactly what our criteria is and examples of critical thinking and writing. some references given: Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, trans. Betsy Wing, (University of Michigan Press, 1997)https://shifter-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Glissant_For_Opacity.pdfLaura Mulvey, ‘Visual Pleasure in Narrative Cinema’, in Lux Online,https://www.luxonline.org.uk/articles/visual_pleasure_and_narrative_cinema(printversion).htmlSoviet Montage, in Movements in Film https://www.movementsinfilm.com/soviet-montageIsabelle Graw et al, Thinking Through Painting:Continue reading “Lecture 2”

The word metaphor is made up from two parts: meta (over, across), and pherein (to carry, or to bear). Metaphor, ‘a transfer, especially of the sense of the transfer of meaning from one word to a different word, literally a carrying over’. ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul /Continue reading “Lecture 1 Introduction”

Art Practice 3, BA Fine Art, Level 6 Introduction The Fine Art course supports an exceptionally wide range of art practices and encourages individual development and creativity. The Manual for Practice task reflects this and gives you the opportunity to choose and develop a line of inquiry that is relevant to your studio work (practically,Continue reading “Manual for practice”

Nihkil Vettukattil is an artist and writer based in Oslo. His practice concerns the role of representation and image-making processes in framing and remaking lived experience. Through a range of mediums, his work often explores the ways cultural forms can mediate everyday life and historical time. https://www.nikhilvettukattil.com/ Nihkil Vettukattil introduced us to one of his worksContinue reading “Transmission October 19th Nihkil Vettukattil”

This video was shared by Gary Simmonds.Devised from an algorithm it introduces some really key painters of today/recent history. It is geared towards male painters somewhat and my favourite painter jenny Savile is sadly omitted.

Maybe one of the most glorious sounds ever for a child of the eighties.

Attended screenprinitng induction and these were the samples we used and they came out really well hopefully return to this.