It would be interesting to take Hedige's 'Subculture: the theory of style' and apply his ideas about punk to contemporary drum n bass. (Possible dissertation topic?)
Jon Savage on Shy FX
Friday, 20 November 2009
Drum n Bass as the punk of the 90's?
It would be interesting to take Hedige's 'Subculture: the theory of style' and apply his ideas about punk to contemporary drum n bass. (Possible dissertation topic?)
Jon Savage on Shy FX
Monday, 19 October 2009
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Steve Bell on George Osborne: 'He's got a bum-nose'
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell on the joys and challenges of caricaturing Tory MP's. Brilliant stuff.
Objectification of Women in advertising
A controversial ad campaign by ulstertrader.com has brought this old chestnut back up for debate. What do you think?Guardian article
http://blog.ionom.com/2009/09/04/sexist-sells/
A wealth of theoretical and contextual information to frame this debate can be found on this excellent resource-
genderads.com
Exhibitions In Manchester
There are some excellent exhibitions in Manchester at the moment. It would be well worth taking a trip over to get valuable research for your various Contextual & Theoretical Studies / Studio briefs.Home Grown @ URBIS
Angels of Anarchy @ Manchester Art Gallery
Richard Miles will be running a trip on Fri 23rd Oct (details here) predominantly for Graphics & Vis Comm level 2 but all are welcome to attend.
'Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it' Lisa Jaye Young (Meret Oppenheim review)
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Maxim Of The Day
Paul de Man, (1986) 'The Resistance To Theory', Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, p.4
Turner Prize Shortlist Announced
The dust from an atomised passenger-jet engine; freeze-dried cow brain; the skull of a sperm whale; the face of Kenneth Williams – there is no shortage of curious sources for the artists on this year's Turner prize shortlist, work by whom goes on display at Tate Britain tomorrow.
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