Writings

Casier and Dies: Apples

May 15th, 2018 by

The relentless logic of everyday objects is a language deeply familiar to very small children. To fresh eyes and hands still discovering their own dexterity, household materials hold their own mystery and no more so than the instruments of the kitchen, in which so many intriguing transformations take place. This is the world into which […]

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Pocket Epics: Puppet King Richard II

May 15th, 2018 by

From the vocal virtuosity of the performers to the beguiling visual design, this eccentric and inventive retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy inspires confidence from the start – we are clearly in highly skilled hands. Cleverly staged in the covered courtyard of the ONCA gallery in Brighton, the production employs a bricolage aesthetic with wonderful details emerging […]

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David Shrigley: Life Model II / Problem in Brighton

May 12th, 2018 by

She’s nine-foot tall, with Barbie-doll legs, a severe bob and big, big eyes that sometimes blink with a satisfying mechanical clunk. Her ‘skin’ is alabaster white and shiny, and there is only a hint of a pubis. Hairless, of course. She stands in the middle of Fabrica gallery (a deconsecrated Regency church in central Brighton). […]

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Making Space, Leave No Trace

May 9th, 2018 by

Mandy Dike and Ben Rigby, who work together under the name And Now: are interviewed by Dorothy Max Prior about their latest outdoor arts collaboration, Wayfaring Here today, gone tomorrow. Everything in this world – its people and animals, its landscape, even the rocks themselves, are impermanent things. Sometimes the changes are slow, taking millennia, […]

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NoFit State Circus: Lexicon

May 8th, 2018 by

Lexicon takes place in NoFit State’s familiar silver and purple spaceship tent, but unlike previous shows staged in this space, such as Tabu and Bianco, it is not a promenade piece – we are seated in the round (a full 360 degrees round). There isn’t a sawdust ring, but the centre circle is sawdust coloured. […]

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