• How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    To analyse sound design in film, split the soundtrack into its layers (dialogue, music, effects and ambience), decide whether each sound belongs to the story world or sits outside it, and then ask what each choice makes you notice, feel or imagine that the picture alone would not. The most reliable method is to watch…

  • 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…

  • Iris van Herpen stands beside a mannequin wearing her transparent water dress, its clear forms splashing around the body

    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.

  • Portraits (2026) by Ryan Blackwell showing recovered objects from the River Thames foreshore

    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.

  • Kimi Zoet: What Is Wild? at Silian Gallery

    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.

  • How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    To analyse sound design in film, split the soundtrack into its layers (dialogue, music, effects and ambience), decide whether each sound belongs to the story world or sits outside it, and then ask what each choice makes you notice, feel or imagine that the picture alone would not. The most reliable method is to watch…

  • 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…

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  • When Are We Going to Stop Deintellectualising Fashion?

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • The $500 Million Question: What India's Ramayana Blockbuster Is Really Testing

    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

  • How to Review an Album – A Critic's Working Method

    How to Review an Album – A Critic's Working Method

    To review an album, listen to the whole record several times in the order the artist chose, take notes tied to specific tracks and moments, then write a judgement that a reader can test against the music. The best reviews describe what the record sounds like, explain what it is trying to do, and say…

  • We All Begin. Why Don’t We All Continue?

    We All Begin. Why Don’t We All Continue?

    On the first thing we see, the pleasure of recognition, and the decision to keep going.

  • How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    To analyse sound design in film, split the soundtrack into its layers (dialogue, music, effects and ambience), decide whether each sound belongs to the story world or sits outside it, and then ask what each choice makes you notice, feel or imagine that the picture alone would not. The most reliable method is to watch a short scene several times: once normally, once listening with your eyes closed, and once concentrating on the edges of the mix, where off-screen sound and silence often do the real work. Then test your reading against what the filmmakers actually did, using credits, interviews…

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  • How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    How to Analyze Sound Design in Film

    To analyse sound design in film, split the soundtrack into its layers (dialogue, music, effects and ambience), decide whether each sound belongs to the story world or sits outside it, and then ask what each choice makes you notice, feel or imagine that the picture alone would not. The most reliable method is to watch a short scene several times: once normally, once listening with your eyes closed, and once…

  • 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?

    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

    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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