When looking at the various depictions of war that we’ve seen thus far – in art, literature, music and even sand -, there is a notable exception: the humble videogame. Ever since rising to prominence in the 1980s, videogames...
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When engaging with media the essential nature of context to conflicts becomes obvious as context...
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“New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements…the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the...
Read MoreI love documentaries. Simple, narrated story-lines which require minimal attention from the viewer. They provide a fantastic (and frankly much needed) escape from everyday life. It’s so easy to chill in bed with a laptop...
Read More‘All visions and stories and narratives come from bias.’ – Marcus Winter What are we as a culture if not a collection of widely understood images and narratives? After Marcus Winter’s lecture on his artistic practise of...
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It is September in the year of our Lord 2020, and the world is ending once again. In the midst of...
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Read MoreA lot of people think the war on drugs is an example of structural racism. They’re not wrong. Crack and cocaine are, chemically, virtually the same substance. However, crack is, due to its low price, used predominantly...
Read MoreI believe it was Deborah who said, “history is thrust upon us and we’re expected to know it.” We learn in baby steps. We weren’t taught calculus at 13, we were taught linear algebra first. I wasn’t an immigrant six-year-old in...
Read MoreOn our museum trip, the exhibition that had the most impact on me was also the smallest: that between the Pou Kanohi gallery and the Spitfire, focusing on the lives of three men involved in airstrikes on German cities. These men...
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