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Investigative Aesthetics: An argument for active art

By: Joe Ronan 13th October 202113th October 2021

Published by Verso in August, Investigative Aesthetics is a book about the theory and practices of investigation, art and politics. The book’s authors, Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman, argue for forms of investigating and presenting information aimed not just at reading but working the conjunction. This idea of a ‘conjunction’ is something that comes out…

Salt Shaker: New music from across Greater Manchester

By: Tom Taylor 5th October 20215th October 2021

MusicSessions

The latest new music from artists across Greater Manchester. Download the playlist on Spotify to keep up with updates and check out more of the featured artists’ work below. Abnormal Sleepz // Acre // Aitch // Andy Stott // Anz // Akemi Fox // Biome // Blackhaine // Black Josh // Blossoms // Chloe Foy…

Using literature as a window into Manchester

By: Tom Taylor 30th September 20219th October 2021

ArtsLiterature

Last year, Ayo launched the Salt Book Club to discuss fiction set in Greater Manchester or written by Mancunian authors. The idea was that people who weren’t from the city or wanted to learn more about it could use literature as an entry-point. We wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on discussions we had…

Greater Manchester, what do you dream of?

By: Tom Taylor 15th September 20219th October 2021

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“I’ve been dreaming so much recently,” Danielle Swindells says. “I’ve been dreaming about people who used to be in my life who have passed away.” She pauses. “I dream that one day, we all meet again. Something like that.” Brit Seaton smiles. The two artists are old friends who met whilst at different universities in…

Photographer Sharon Latham on touring the world and her Bolton roots

By: Tom Taylor 6th September 202113th October 2021

PhotographyBehind the Lens

“I used to go to open mic nights and photograph everything that was going on,” Sharon Latham says of her early career. “I got known around Liverpool as that woman with the camera.” These days, she is better known for covering stadium touring bands like the Foo Fighters and Bruce Springsteen. I caught up with…

Love and resistance with Tarek Lakhrissi and the Poet Slash Artist exhibition

By: Nia Thomas 29th August 202113th October 2021

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“Things are going pretty well at the moment,” Tarek Lakhrissi tells me over the phone as he leaves his Paris studio. He’s getting ready for an upcoming solo show titled I wear my wounds on my tongue which opens in two weeks at Kevin Space in Vienna. The installation draws from the work of queer…

Artist Martha Tayler on reinventing commemorative pottery

By: Ayo Okojie 25th August 20219th October 2021

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Commemorative plates, which almost exclusively recall royal weddings, coronations and jubilees, are often associated with dusty charity shops or antique dealers. Manchester School of Art graduate Martha Tayler subverts these expectations in her ceramic artworks, replacing royal babies with imagery that reflects modern pop culture such as Stomzy’s Heavy is the Head album cover and…

Underdogs: Introducing the gIRLS series with Rhythm Lab Records

By: Staff 18th August 20218th October 2021

MusicDeep Dive

Rhythm Lab Records is an independent record label that formed as an offshoot of Manchester’s Reform Radio which fosters relationships between young musicians new to the industry. It’s this ethic of collaboration that is driving their gIRLS series which introduces two young female artists who have never met before and gives them the resources to…

SVMI on the Manchester scene and his debut EP MA MOOD

By: Joe Ronan 6th August 20218th October 2021

MusicInterviews

Last month, SVMI released his debut EP MA MOOD on Manchester-based record label NQ. In the three years since SVMI was behind the camera filming Aitch’s breakout hit Straight Rhymez, his own career and the scene in Manchester have rapidly picked up momentum. This is something he sounds at ease with when I speak to…

Summer of Love: A new festival for Manchester in an abandoned warehouse

By: Will Seth-Smith 31st July 20218th October 2021

MusicDeep Dive

With all restrictions now lifted and nightclubs open at full capacity, the live music industry is slowly getting back on its feet. Many have welcomed the return of queues outside bustling clubs and the chance to see their favourite artists on stage. For others, it’s all a bit too soon. Festivals are representative of the…

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