The Art Menagerie 1: The Winged Turbot

In the first of a series of articles, eminent art zoologist Wil Crisp gives you the facts about the animals of the art world. Illustration by Chris Getliffe.

STATS
Length: 3ft
Wingspan: 7ft
Skin colour: sparkly
Eye colour: brown
Temperament: sublime/disgruntled
Star sign: Pisces
Turn ons: Baroque art, art theft
Turn offs: It doesn’t like going to the cinema
The Winged Turbot is [...]

A Non-Ironic Reenactment of Jade Goody’s Death

Several of our writers, including interviewer extraordinaire Wil Crisp, got down to the Guy Hilton Gallery on Sunday afternoon for a re-enactment of Jade Goody’s death. If it sounds strange… it was. Wil managed to get an exclusive interview with controversial artist Mark McGowan, who spoke about the piece.
Check out Wil’s interview.

The Guy Hilton Gallery [...]

The Campaign For Real Noise Manifesto: Part 2

Continued…
Warning: Real Noise Approaching
In 1966 Steve Reich looped a sample of a black youth saying ‘come out to show them’ non-stop for 13 minutes with just a weird phase pattern to keep it interesting. Thirty years after these initial sound experiments all across Europe every weekend there were warehouses full of people spazzing out for [...]

The Campaign For Real Noise: Manifesto Part 1

Real Noises are the noises of the everyday that are naturally mighty and musical.
They are noises that are not produced electronically, nor recorded then reproduced through speakers.
They are noises which do not come from an instrument that has been master crafted to produce exact, measured and pure sounds, nor from a Blue Peter style junk [...]