The art of social change

Wouldnt that be lovely, if there was space to let others dance, to let people sit in the park and draw, paint or sing, not just in public but in peoples minds. Is it social medias fault? has it killed authentic altruistic self expression? Yeah we've heard it all before, kids don't play outside anymore, no one does anything but sit on their phones, community's gone, and everyone locks their front doors. But have people abandoned community, or has it been taken form them? Do we

In the last part of this writing we focused on how and why the collective known as “Guerrilla girls” formed, and the importance of not...

I saw a mural being painted on one of my feeds today. It was by no means bad, and i do not write this to disparage the artist, but it...

We've all done it; just a quick scroll, just 5 more minutes, one more image, post, video... and hours pass in that swipe, that tap, that...

One of the great pains many of us experience is that of internal conflict bought about by societal pressure and expectations ingrained in...

To paraphrase Predator “If it moves we can buy it” This in essence is an idea I’ve seen other artists & collectors comment on, that the...

Their is an interesting dichotomy between the acceptance many have for the impact and proliferation of modern internet memes, and a...

Lately much has been made by the British press about the musicians Kneecap and Bob Vylan. Both bands willingness to use their art and the...

"We used to build cathedrals" I hate that phrase. Often espoused in art reaction videos or threads by people who think art began and...

Depending on your definition we'll be rather fast and loose with the term "Art" in this piece. At times it may be more accurate to say...

No one can truly know how that nebulous group we call “the audience” will respond to an artwork. And many would say that you shouldn’t...

A ‘Heliostat’ array is an array of mirrors that, whilst rotating to track the sun, all focus their reflections on to a shared single...

Art will forever be tied to social challenge and change. It simultaneously captures the current collective mind of a society, and works...

Never underestimate the amount of resources those clinging to profit and power will direct in to the manipulation of a message. Afterall...

From star wars to star trek, politics and social issues have permeated sci-fi since its inception. It has not only inspired us to think...

Across my 7 years of working in schools as a specialised teaching assistant I saw one type of lesson drive more engagement than any...

Broadly speaking I don't look for controversy for controversy's sake. Shock value for shock alone is a jump-scare in a horror movie, it...

You have a deluge of "jobs" as an artist. Marketing, accounting, event planning, logistics, and more before you even get in to the work...

This surmises the prevailing sentiment I notice from artists at the moment. But why now? I remember being told in design school, there...

It is 1977, over a hundred women walk the streets of Leeds, their voices raised; “Women unite, reclaim the night” The cry of a movement,...