Category: News
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Death-Wish | Don’t Demonise Cho
The release of Cho’s video all over the media is just another example of technology being used without proper restraint, not unlike the shooting itself. It’s a horrific violation of those suffering. In a previous post, and in the comments that followed, I was trying to probe a link between these killings and the spate…
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Dangerous Representation ¦ Chocolate Jesus’ Penis ¦ Trickster Art
In news rather like that surrounding the furore over Andreas Serrano’s ‘Piss Christ‘, the BBC are reporting ‘outrage’ over a 6 foot chocolate Jesus being displayed in a gallery in Manhattan. The piece, entitled ‘My Sweet Lord’ is by the artist Cosimo Cavallaro has drawn huge fire from the Catholic League, who described the piece…
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Don’t Renew Trident | Eno/Albarn/Del Naja/Greenpeace
For today only you can catch a web-cast of the Anti-Trident performance of ‘5 minutes to Midnight’ on the decks of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise last night while moored off Westminster on the Thames. The piece was written by Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and Robert del Naja. “I would say that even if Trident was a…
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Comic Relief | It’s [not] All For Charity
Some time ago I wrote a piece on Art vs Justice, which threw about some arguments as to whether art is ethical when people are still dying of hunger. More recently some discussion around that issue came up over on Jonny’s blog as to whether art is ‘vital’ in itself or not. Tonight my niece…
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Welcome to the World…
Iris Frankie Brewin, born 27th Feb. 7lb 8oz. At home. All well. Could be quiet around this blog. It sure isn’t at home 😉
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The Truth Isn’t Sexy | Act Now
There’s been a lot of talk around the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, and rightly so. But, right now, there are more people caught up in the international trafficking of sex slaves than were ever involved in that slave trade. It’s happening right now. Young girls duped into thinking they’re getting a…