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Whom Can We Require to Look Normal?
By İlker Ortaç When we look at a body, we cannot see beyond the idea of normality imposed on us by society. When looking at that body, we keep looking for such things as proportion, symmetry, physical soundness, youth and productivity. As a disabled artist, I can do this too. But this is a reality…
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When Are We Going to Stop Deintellectualising Fashion?
Nicole M. Mayer argues that fashion is too often reduced to shopping and excess, and reads three collections by Rahul Mishra, Iris van Herpen and Matthieu Blazy for Chanel as intellectual work.
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Ryan Blackwell: Lost & Found – Transforming London's Discarded Objects at The Koppel Project
Ahead of the opening of Lost & Found at ANNEX, The Koppel Project, photographer Ryan Blackwell speaks with Maria Bregman about mudlarking on the Thames, an archive of 100 discarded mattresses, and redirecting the visual language of luxury still life.
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Kimi Zoet: What Is Wild? Opens at Silian Gallery, London
Dutch artist Kimi Zoet presents What Is Wild? at Silian Gallery on King's Road, bringing together large-scale paintings created outdoors in rewilding landscapes with experimental studio works.
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How to Understand Film Colour Grading – What the Grade Does and How to Read It
Film colour grading is the stage of post-production where a colourist and the cinematographer adjust the colour, brightness and contrast of every shot, first so that shots match and then so that the whole film carries a deliberate look. To understand it as a viewer, watch four things: which colours dominate the frame, how deep…
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The $500 Million Question: What India's Ramayana Blockbuster Is Really Testing
"Ramayana: Rise of a Legend" opened in cinemas on Thursday, days before Diwali, and took more than $55 million worldwide over its opening weekend, including $12.2 million in the United States. Part on
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How to Review an Album – A Critic's Working Method
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Literature by Letter - How Verse & Sip Revived Epistolary Publishing in the Digital Age
There is an unmistakable quiet that accompanies the breaking of a wax seal. Before the paper unfolds, before the first line of prose or verse meets the eye, the reader is required to pause, to feel the weight of hand-creased parchment, and to enter an intimate space that modern digital feeds have spent two decades…
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Whom Can We Require to Look Normal?
By İlker Ortaç When we look at a body, we cannot see beyond the idea of normality imposed on us by society. When looking at that body, we keep looking for such things as proportion, symmetry, physical soundness, youth and productivity. As a disabled artist, I can do this too. But this is a reality imposed on us by society. Starting from this reality does not mean we can conclude that it is right. Even while writing this piece, I find myself facing contradictions within myself. I am writing these words to you today because I believe art can help…
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See all: Whom Can We Require to Look Normal?-
Whom Can We Require to Look Normal?
By İlker Ortaç When we look at a body, we cannot see beyond the idea of normality imposed on us by society. When looking at that body, we keep looking for such things as proportion, symmetry, physical soundness, youth and productivity. As a disabled artist, I can do this too. But this is a reality imposed on us by society. Starting from this reality does not mean we can conclude…
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When Are We Going to Stop Deintellectualising Fashion?
Nicole M. Mayer argues that fashion is too often reduced to shopping and excess, and reads three collections by Rahul Mishra, Iris van Herpen and Matthieu Blazy for Chanel as intellectual work.
-
Ryan Blackwell: Lost & Found – Transforming London's Discarded Objects at The Koppel Project
Ahead of the opening of Lost & Found at ANNEX, The Koppel Project, photographer Ryan Blackwell speaks with Maria Bregman about mudlarking on the Thames, an archive of 100 discarded mattresses, and redirecting the visual language of luxury still life.
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Kimi Zoet: What Is Wild? Opens at Silian Gallery, London
Dutch artist Kimi Zoet presents What Is Wild? at Silian Gallery on King's Road, bringing together large-scale paintings created outdoors in rewilding landscapes with experimental studio works.