Category: About
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A Look At This Years Turner Prize Nominees
By Estelle Simpson The Turner prize makes more progress towards gender parity as three out of four of its 2024 nominees are women artists. The artists may be a sign of progress in diversity, however they all present talented, rich practices in their own right. Whilst it took over a decade for a woman artist…
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In Conversation with Kairo Atelier- A Fashion Designer and Business Owner
What Drew you to fashion? I’ve always loved clothes. My mum would dress me and my sister in vintage hand-me-downs and we’d be dragged along to boot-fairs and sample sales with my mum and aunties. I didn’t appreciate these things when I was younger but they really informed my style and love for fashion as…
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Be My Lover!
By Giselle Eliza —————————Josef29StraightMale “Why did you start online dating ?” “I started online dating at university as most of us were having our first foray into relationships and sex as tinder blew up really so we were all having a go at testing it out. I didn’t ever go on a tinder date so…
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What It’s like in Bellas world
An interview by Giselle Francis 3 words to describe your style Vibrant, imaginative and experimental What was the inspiration for your newest publication? Initially, I was interested in exploring how the body inhabits spaces in relation to performance and self-portraiture. I wanted to use the photograph as an object, as that was something I had…
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Cata Rivera- Artist Spotlight
By Jess Woodward in collaboration with Burgess Sports founded in 2011, Cata has created a photographic series called ‘Beyond The Game’ documenting Aylesbury’s youth. ‘Beyond The Game looks towards the community within Burgess Sports and the Aylesbury Estate. The Aylesbury Estate is notorious in the media as one of Europe’s largest housing complexes and in…
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They Could Never Make Me Hate You Damita Jo
By Joelle B “Sexy, quiet. Shy, but down for a good time”. Lest you think I am describing myself, these are the opening lines of Janet Jackson’s ‘Damita Jo’. The track is introspective, self-reflective and confessional, strategically blending elements of hip-hop, pop and R&B (making it a quintessential product of 2004). With lyrics like “I…
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Artist spotlight: Celia Mora
By Estelle Simpson On the canvas you can create a world of your own, and Celia’s compositions give her a sense of control, especially against the patriarchal and societal norms which persist. Utilising the medium of painting to demonstrate a mischievous vision, these pieces transgress traditional gender dynamics through a radical redefinition of the muse.…
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Artist Spotlight: Charlie Russell
By Estelle Simpson In an art market where the odds are stacked against many emerging artists trying to break into the industry, Charlie Russell’s paintings are a shining light on show at ‘Buffer’, included in a group exhibition which stands to antagonise these boundaries. I also had the opportunity to ask Charlie more about her…
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Interview with Sarah Aka Silly Hands- A knitter and crocheter
I chatted on the phone to Sarah who runs the instagram account and youtube channel, Silly Hands. She grew up in switzerland in the italian speaking part, in Lugano and she has now been studying History Of Art and fine art at Goldsmiths university. Her knitting and crocheting work ties in nicely with what she’s…
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Summer Exhibition Highlights
By Estelle Simpson