“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” – Brene Brown Intimacy is everywhere. Where is yours? This is the invitation you receive as you take your first steps inside the Museum of intimacy – a collection of vulnerable memories and thoughts on intimacy curated…
Year: 2019
Art As A Way Of Centering Oneself – Interview With Artist Ioana Lupașcu
Short profile Ioana Lupașcu is a multi disciplinary artist with a background in architecture. She moved to London after finishing university and she’s been working with various mediums and formats ever since. Among her projects I want to mention her beautiful contribution to Walala x Play, a labyrinthine network of corridors and enclosed spaces built…
Shoujaa the strange, episode 4
Fourth episode from Shoujaa the strange. Ideally to be read chronologically. Shoujaa the strange, episode 1 Shoujaa the strange, episode 2 Shoujaa the strange, episode 3 Days came and days passed as they used to before bringing nothing but silence to Shoujaa’s love call. And then, one night, Fred came at his feet purring and…
Shoujaa the strange, episode 3
Third episode from Shoujaa the strange. Ideally to be read chronologically. Shoujaa the strange, episode 1 Shoujaa the strange, episode 2 Trisk, trisk sang Olivia’s feet as she travelled the planet they now know as Stith. Once vibrant and green, trees kissing the sky, now gloomy and weak like a woeful goodbye. But for the…
Shoujaa the strange, Episode 2
Second episode from Shoujaa the strange. Read the first episode. Tossing and turning, Shoujaa could not rest an eye for thoughts of the past day kept picking his mind. Capsules or rockets with words up in the sky, none of the options that he had outlined felt right to express what he felt inside. Along…
Shoujaa the strange, episode 1
First episode from a little project that didn’t get a chance to take the shape I wished for. There once was a place hidden somewhere in space, where things were a bit different than you would expect. Picture a sky at the end of July, with shades of dark blue and raspberry pie And fields…
Bringing games back to play and imagination
An interview with game developers James Wood & Claire Morley Claire and James are two game developers based in Bristol. Claire is a self-taught programmer, artist and game designer currently working on Before I forget, a game about a woman who suffers from dementia and James is a developer passionate about learning and collaboration, currently working…
WEAVING DISRUPTION INTO CREATIVE THREADS. A CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER STURROCK
Jennifer Sturrock is one of those people that leave a good, positive impression on you right from the start. Her appearance is elegant and pleasant, and her approach to work abounds with passion and dedication. With a background in fashion & textile design, Jennifer specialises in design process, creative direction and workshop facilitation among others. Presently…
Spies
A while ago I wrote this poem about two spies. One of them falls for the other. She wore a knee-high cherry dress hair up, like in the movies. long heels, sharp eyes and lips, that shone like rubies. and for a moment I confess, I knew she looked like trouble and me, right there,…