Culture

Maze are timeless. The music, the melodies, the lyrics, oh my word, I finally got to see them LIVE!

Last night on BBC3 I watched a harrowing documentary film about the plight of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). If you haven’t seen it, I urge you to take a look and take in the subject matter, then I urge you to tell everyone you know about it and get them to watch it as well. The programme ‘The world’s most dangerous place for women’ is available right now on BBC iPlayer (link). ...

Last night I took a work friend of mine from India to the Student final show at Byam Shore, which is a college of the University of the Arts London. This image was taken there and shows some of the highly creative work that was on display by this year’s graduating class. This particular body of work was by an artist that based his work around the homeless. The images are in black and white save the eyes of the subject which are vivid, bright and clear. ...

If you think that youth theatre is merely for parents hoping to see their offspring treading the boards, ready to pat them on the head and take them out for a celebratory meal after the performance, you may want to re-think that assumption, once you have seen the adaptation of Ali Smith’s Hotel World, presented by Kidbrooke School. Having no prior knowledge of the Ali Smith novel, this performance would be my first introduction to the five female characters. ...

Set in one of Rio De Janeiro’s 600 ghettos, Vigario Geral, Favela Rising charts the story of Anderson Sa, Jose Junior and AfroReggae on a journey from outlaws to social revolutionaries. In their debut feature, directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary allow us to see inside the notorious ghettos of one of the world’s most fascinating cities. In 1993, the killing of four police officers by a single druglord sparks the massacre or 21 residents of Vigario Geral by Rio’s military police. ...

September 14-17th 2006 saw the opening of the No Right Turn exhibition in London. Organised to showcase the work of the works of 26 artists and photographers emerging from the MA Photography & Urban Cultures programme at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The exhibition was well attended with an opening that saw approximately 500 people through its doors. This image ‘Art Show’ was one of four works from the ‘Black Englishmen’ project that I exhibited and was probably the strongest of the photos regarding its ability to stand alone with no explanation. ...