Spark launched the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) this year with an immersive display of “sustainable fireworks”. Developed by Studio Roosegaarde, a social design lab headed by Daan Roosegaarde, Spark was inspired by the movement of fireflies and a desire to transform the usual fireworks or even confetti of traditional celebrations. It is such […]
Spark at the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
Earth Photo 2022 at the Royal Geographical Society
This photographic exhibition, organised by Forestry England as well as the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers- IBG) is “a collection of films and photographs stimulating conversations about our world”. It is an open call submission open to photographers at any stage of their career. Themes this year include People, Nature, Changing Forests, […]
Alienarium 5 at the Serpentine Gallery
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster is an artist whose work evokes atmosphere over object and her multi-facetted installation, Alienarium 5 at the Serpentine Gallery is created around a simple yet surprising and unusual premise: “What if aliens were in love with us?” . So many sci-fi narratives explore the aggressive and frightening side of alien life; in this […]
Black Chapel, the Serpentine Pavilion 2022
Black Chapel by artist Theaster Gates is this year’s Serpentine pavilion which I visited on a scorchingly hot day, one of too many in London this summer. The dark interior was a welcome respite from the intense glare and heat. A simple circular structure, the main space is for congregation and reflection, exactly like a […]
Georg Baselitz at the Pompidou Centre, Paris
Whist not a fan of Georg Baselitz in the past, this huge retrospective at the Pompidou Centre in Paris back in February gave me much more insight into his practice. I’ve now been converted to admirer. Being able to see his creative journey, not only in time but also in different media really helped put […]
Les Archives de France, Paris. Post 2 of 2
Still at Les Archives de France but on to the museum itself. Seeing the originals of so many incredibly significant documents made my head spin. The only drawing of Joan of Arc? (photo above). It’s perhaps just the idea of her – we will never know. The Edict of Nantes below; Marie Antoinette’s last letter […]