Overview of articles
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The Groove Is Not Trivial
Midlife crisis or late vocation? Alasdair Fraser, a successful industrial engineer, changes course and chooses the violin. From California, he startsPublished on: -
Shadows
Past and future mingle at the harbour in Essaouira as children dive, fishermen work, women hang around, seagulls fly and construction worksPublished on: -
Toward Hands
In a vast, computer-generated world, characters are pursued and attacked one after the other. Who are they? And what are they protecting? (ImagePublished on: -
Habana Libre
A portrait of Havana and its inhabitants. There’s work and play, shopping and singing. Castro and the USA are miles away.Published on: -
Cold Heart
The latest generation of Tamil auteurs found its way into the film industry through short film competitions on TV. Cold Heart pays tribute to thiPublished on: -
The Cognitive Era
Our emotions are increasingly being turned into commodities, manipulated by global corporations. This hack of an IBM commercial suggests how. ScreensPublished on: -
Following Bauhaus
In search of a ‘new visual reality’, Żmijewski and the local art community in Liverpool re-implement Bauhaus ideals 80 years later.Published on: -
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Black Man
An alphabet of violence and freedom featuring rhythmic images provides a strong vocabulary for critiquing representations of black bodies.Published on: -
How They Got Over
Rock ‘n’ roll’s roots aren’t just rhythm and blues, but go much further back to 1930s gospel quartet music. A surfeit of musicalPublished on: -
Boardgame, or From the Ranks to Field Marshal
Recruits of the Union of South Africa board ships to the beat of S.E.K. Mqhayi’s sarcasm-laden poem The Dark Army. (Argos)Published on: