by Tom Goulding
The sky was a violent crimson; the clouds burst dark, ominous shapes against the massacre, clashing and hurtling with an epic ferocity, dramatised in the classical literature of celestial immortality.
Below, the cinematic pomposity was stripped by savagery and shredded by the grim realisation of human suffering. Mud choked the strained Earth and fissures heaved with asthmatic hysteria, pained by the sickening prospect of cold, clinical ignorance in those who trudged solemnly through the remains of an era; eyes wired shut.
“Company, forward!” the command scarred his fractured mind, terrifying in its hypnotic objectivity, settling in its hyperbolic surrealism. He grasped the first rung of the ladder with white knuckles; a wavering grip which remained firm, despite the appalling uncertainties that lay over the top. The wood was grizzled, splintered and worn but it was concrete, an undeniable truth that could be depended upon in its basic principles of vertical assertion. Under the tattered remains of waterlogged boots, the outcome of this last stand seemed far less entrenched. His future was opaque; the continuation of existence as dependable as the marshy sieve of shrapnel, faecal vomit and scattered corpses that sluiced through channels created by his curling toes.
Whatever did… read more
by Tom Goulding
When Lang, Roberts, Rosenman and Kornfeld sorted to bring what would become the world’s greatest music festival to 600 acres in Bethel New York, it was to be an “interesting business venture”; a mediocre celebratory affair that would produce a reasonable profit.
But when 500,000 young idealists descended on the field, any notion of a fledgling capitalist endeavour was scrapped in favour of peace, love and music. The hysterical residents of Bethel filed eighty lawsuits, a “state of emergency” was declared and National Guard “enforcement” narrowly averted. What remains unique about Woodstock ’69 however is that the human spirit overcame the hurdles of pig-headed ignorance, epitomizing the best of an entire decade in three drug-addled days. There was no merchandise, no time allotments (see The Who’s epic 25-song set list that kicked off at 4AM or Hendrix’s apologetic era-defining performance as the weekend drew to a close) and most importantly, no sense of hostility.
The same cannot be said for Woodstock ’99. The concept of “free love” which had come to symbolize the original festival was patented and packaged by conglomerates determined to cash-in on the previous success. Where Jefferson Airplane had preached unity as the sun rose… read more
by Jonny
Well being me I just lost the whole of what I wrote when I clicked publish! Haha. Lets start again.
Ok so Toddington Manor was quite an exciting discovery. I'd always seen the pinnacles of the tower from the road over the tops of trees when we took the road to Oxford sometimes. I thought it was a church spire or something but as we drove down church lane and and discovered this impressive gothic church I could tell it wasn't what I had seen from the road. We got out the car and had a look around the graveyard and the outside of the eerie church. It was then looking over the knee height wall we suddenly saw the massive, impressive, decaying gothic hulk of Toddington Manor.
It seriously was a big surprise to find such a huge Manor practically on my doorstep after having lived here all my life. It was dilapidated and run down and obviously empty and shut up. A sad spooky place. It is so impressive because it has so many things going on at once. A huge tower which was what I had seen over the tree tops, not unlike those of Oxford Colleges, and there is a… read more
Introduction
Contemporary artists today are familiar with the new cultural developments, and new technology, which most adopt in order to produce work that can relate to the times we live in. Some might describe it as a new spin to historic struggles using up to date science and technology. However, one must ask what is the role of Art Historians in this age? The aim can be seen as to produce a critical view of the new trend developing in Art using art history disciplines. An interdisciplinary take linking ideas and concepts drawn from other areas will help produce viable argument for the positive aspects of new media art which is somewhat neglected by some historians. Inclusion of new media art within the context of art history will help establish roots for evolving contemporary art. However, one aspect of Contemporary art which has been largely overlooked by most Art Historians until recently is indeed the impact of the Science and Technology. Today we take into consideration texts like Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, and Jack Burnham’s “Beyond Modern Sculpture”, however this might not have been the case for some traditionally trained Historian’s who… read more
by Jonny
Croome Court Ok guys I am going to tell you about my favourite place in the world and explain to you why, hopefully. I hope you find it interesting and don’t get lost in my rambling. As many of you know if you have a glance through my photos, lots are taken at Croome Court.Croome Landsape Park is a landscaped country park surrounding Croome Court in Worcestershire, England. It was Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape design, begun in 1751 for George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. It is said that the landscape held so many species it was second to Kew. The mansion house was also designed by Brown and is a rare example of his architectural work. It is of a Palladian style.I discovered it properly when going on a bike ride with my best friend. We came up to the London Arch which sure is impressive. From there on I was hooked. I started taking the dog walkies there, coming in from every entrance the park provided, exploring every bit I could, discovering the hidden gems, because Croome Court is hidden. Thousands of people pass through the park without even knowing each day. The M5 was SLAMMED right… read more
In 2005, at the MTV Europe Music Awards a band which had climbed the charts to number one that year appeared on stage as they had appeared in their videos, in Animation. Gorillaz is a virtual animated band created in 1998 by the lead singer of the 90s British band “Blur” Damon Albarn. The four members of the new band were presented as cartoon characters created by the Artist and co-creator of the comic books “Tank Girl” Jamie Hewlett, and that is how they performed in 2005’s MTV awards. It was their first live performance and they used a Musion Eyeliner System to project the four cartoon characters on stage in 3D in a form of a hologram. It was the world’s first 3D hologram performance and it did attract much deserved music and technology news coverage. The two artists Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett managed to bring together Music, Painting and Poetry (lyrics) in one performance and present them as one entity to countless spectators. In 2007 they worked together again in adaptation of the classic Chinese literature from the Ming Dynasty “Journey to the West”. Monkey: Journey to the West achieved critical acclaims at its world premiere in… read more
by golden
My name is Salam. I am 12 years old and I live in Gaza City, at the north end of the strip. On most weekdays, I go to school. At the moment our school is open, although there is talk of the teachers going on strike. Other government workers have already gone on strike, mostly over lack of food and living conditions. Dad says that when he voted for Hamas, he thought life would be better; but it isn’t. It’s worse now than it ever was.
There’s always something going on in our house. Aunt Aya and mum are always cooking in the kitchen; dad is usually locked in heated discussion with uncle Abbas; he does not think Hamas have lived up to their promises. They were meant to improve our lives, help our schools and provide work for people. None of that has happened, dad says. And now we are living off stale bread and water. Recently not even the bread is as good as it used to be. Uncle Abbas says that it’s not Hamas’ fault; it’s the Israelis. They block in our land and will not allow any trade or communication with the outside world. We… read more
Photography became quite important to surrealist publication and photographs were often used to illustrate their major publications. Man Ray and Brassai were featured regularly. Pierre Naville had a hostile view of painting famously writing “everyone knows there is no surrealist painting”, however he accepted cinema and photography. Rossalind Krauss in her essay “The Photographic Condition of Surrealism” writes about this importance quoting Walter Benjamin’s “The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction” hinting at a new art trend developing which was essentially text and photographs, and in France this was being carried out by surrealists and their publications. For Krauss the surrealist photography was a way of representation of reality of the time perceived and worked with by the artists. Issues like gender identity, sexuality and the unconscious were major components of surrealism movement and they pursued it as creatively as possible, moving away from the conscious and what was deemed proper in society and diving deep into psychological, unconscious elements. Rossalind Krauss writes in L’amour fou: surrealism “explored the possibility of sexuality that is not grounded in an idea of human nature or the natural, but instead, woven of fantasy and representation, is fabricated.”
Claude Cahun was… read more
by golden
My name is Jopie. I’m a volunteer in the IDF, the Israel Defence Force. My birthday was last week. Now I am twenty. My family live in West Jerusalem, which is where I went to school. I joined the IDF when I was eighteen. I have twelve months of service remaining. Our basic training was difficult and lasted 4 months. We had to get used to tough routines, living rough and obeying orders. I’ve marched 50 km in one go and have the blisters to prove it. But we also have fun in the IDF. Both men and women can join. Recently, we spent a week on field exercises with tanks up in the Golan Heights, north of Israel. That was exhausting and it hasn’t got any easier since then. Over the last year, I’ve lost over one stone and become much fitter. I’m also stronger emotionally. Since completing basic training, I’ve served in the West Bank, in the Galilee area and outside Jerusalem. At the moment, I’m stationed near the Nahal Oz fuel terminal close to the perimeter of the Gaza strip. The terminal is used to pump oil delivered by tankers into Gaza. The Gaza strip is cordoned off to protect Israel… read more
by Jonny
I can see Bredon Hill from my bedroom window and it's so full of folk lore but one of the things i love the most about it, is its name. Its unusual in that it combines the name for hill in three different languages. The word "bre" is of celtic origin, and "don" is an old English usage. So really its hill hill hill :D read more
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the first Surrealist manifesto. To achieve this, first the conditions after the First World War have to be examined, and how these events had an effect on the intellectuals and the avant-garde. Andre Breton will be investigated in order show the inspirations and ideas behind the surrealist movement. And indeed the first manifesto of 1924 will be examined to get a clear picture of the meaning behind the movement. A conservative trend took place in Europe after the First World War, which exemplified the need of return to core values, like returning to past ideologies. It was not just a move away from modernism; it was a way of finding national identity. This move toward classicism can be observed by the works of art being produced in Europe. In Paris, Derain and Picasso moved away from what can be labelled as modern and produced works that can only be described as Neo-Classicism. Derain’s “L’italienne” (1921-22) clearly shows this move, and he was to carry on with this classic style until and during the German invasion of Paris, causing the Fascists to declare his work acceptable by the Third… read more
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The sky was a violent crimson; the clouds burst dark, ominous shapes against the massacre, clashing and hurtling with an epic ferocity, dramatised in…
When Lang, Roberts, Rosenman and Kornfeld sorted to bring what would become the world’s greatest music festival to 600 acres in Bethel New York, it w…
Well being me I just lost the whole of what I wrote when I clicked publish! Haha. Lets start again. Ok so Toddington Manor was quite an exciting di…
Introduction Contemporary artists today are familiar with the new cultural developments, and new technology, which most adopt in order to produce wor…
Croome Court Ok guys I am going to tell you about my favourite place in the world and explain to you why, hopefully. I hope you find it interesti…
In 2005, at the MTV Europe Music Awards a band which had climbed the charts to number one that year appeared on stage as they had appeared in their vi…
My name is Salam. I am 12 years old and I live in Gaza City, at the north end of the strip. On most weekdays, I go to school. At the moment our school…
Photography became quite important to surrealist publication and photographs were often used to illustrate their major publications. Man Ray and Brass…
My name is Jopie. I’m a volunteer in the IDF, the Israel Defence Force. My birthday was last week. Now I am twenty. My family live in West Jerusa…
I can see Bredon Hill from my bedroom window and it's so full of folk lore but one of the things i love the most about it, is its name. Its…
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the first Surrealist manifesto. To achieve this, first the conditions after t…
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