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a seagull just mis-calculated its flight trajectory, caught me quite heavily on the head with its underwing, then tumbled into the pavement

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this hand-printed multiple invitation (of little commercial value) to georges braque's vernissage for his 'la theogonie d'hesiode' exhibition (paris, december 1954) is, by quite some way, my most favourite belonging

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My flat faces East west so, when there's a pink sunrise, though the rooms are all painted white, this happens

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o vienna

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exeter folk: ever since meeting up with nikki millican at exeter's 12 bar music + social (record shop, cafe, music venue) 3 months ago, it's been a regular haunt. if you don't know it, check it out. this from my favourite night so far (vipertime, with 2 drum kits, from leeds): 12-bar.com

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strange goings-on at exeter cathedral

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Join us in Bradford, 9-11 June for our 1st annual event The Big Thing! Bringing together artists, creatives, researchers, and technologists from across the UK. Early bird tickets on sale until Fri 21 Apr 2025. www.immersivearts.uk/events/the-big-thing

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Join us for an evening of experimental art and conversation (and free drinks and nibbles!) this Friday with 2025 Winter Artists in Residence, Nat Whitney and Geraint Edwards, as they explore the theme of Actual Reality. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1314...

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Meta downloaded an explicitly pirated data set of millions of published works on which to train their AI tool. The Atlantic has helpfully made that data set searchable. It appears to include 4 of my plays 👍🏻 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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My interview with renowned performance artist Marilyn Arsem is here (first part): www.trebuchet-magazine.com/522948-2/

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The edition of Manifold is now available. The webpage has been updated with full details and options to purchase, along with the freely available Online version. uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php

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Join us on Friday 18 April at 7pm for an evening considering durational performance art with Marilyn Arsem. Curated by Future Ritual as an extension of their festival CEREMONY, taking place 23-27 April, for which Marilyn Arsem is making a new performance. www.thisisliveart.co.uk/events/100-w...

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Artangel is Open! Ever had an idea for a project you never thought could happen? We’re inviting artists working anywhere to share their most ambitious idea. Share here: links.artangel.org.uk/oc_an_bs Deadline: 31 March 2025 #ArtangelisOpen #ArtistOpportunities #OpenCall

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Algorithmic Pattern, festival/conference about the practice and culture of algorithmic pattern-making in algorithmic music, arts, and crafts. The first edition will take place in September 2025 in Sheffield, UK, and online. The call for talks/papers is now open: 2025.algorithmicpattern.org/call/

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common sense. drill. eggs. baby drill. benefits to people aged 360. reclaim. eggs. restore. eggs. removed immediately. great victory. 100% expensing. think of that. in so many other ways. not fair. tax them. trillions. never seen before. a horrible, horrible thing. protect our people. 25% tariffs.

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Trump: "You don't have the cards!" Zelenskyy: "We're not playing cards" The highlight of one of the most extraordinary 'presidential' exchanges I've ever seen in my 4 and bit decades on this planet

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please vote for AN ISLAND OF SOUND — my new browser-based digital poem collage with a soundscape by @julesrawlinson.bsky.social in the Opening Up part of @nmwprize.bsky.social — newmediawritingprize.co.uk/opening-up-2...

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It's back! My videobot that creates automated supercuts from C-SPAN videos was killed by Musk, but is alive again on bluesky.

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We have two fully-funded PhD studentships available, one in film practice and one open call for any project in media/comms, drama, and film. Please share with suitable candidates

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Coming soon: my new recording of Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate, released as a CD by Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago.

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Music Machine 11 youtu.be/A3KOKq0pFqQ #experimentalmusic #ContemporaryMusic #NoiseMusic #musicsky #ElectronicMusic #coding #music #programming

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The book is officially out! Huge thanks to Liza for her patience; this was supposed to be submitted before my youngest (now two!) arrived.

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Oh my. This is rather exciting. Live art people, check it out.

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Voyage to Cythera, 1984 Director: Thodōros Angelopoulos

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How to grow up – Nick Cave's life-advice to a 13-year-old (which is excellent advice to the inner teenager we are all living with, whether we like it or not)

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www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies

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this tool generates contextual prompts to help the user conceive of potential new art works stephenhodge.org/tools/contex...

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New open access book from UCL Press: Postcapitalist Countrysides: From commoning to community wealth building. Free download available here:

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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exeter people, did you know this. i didn't until today. what a disaster for the future of the city centre and an insult to city residents. what sort of oversight was in place. disgusted. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

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This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

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"The polarity of total availability created by ubuweb, monoskop, aaaaarg, and the commercial aggression and self-interest of Amazon, can be turned on and off at a click, the inherent moral politics as plain as day." p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php ubu.com

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Forkbeard Fantasy award of £15,000 open now. Check it out: www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-coll...

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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

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‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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On Thursday evening I was at Birmingham Museums Trust to hear from their citizens’ jury. Sharing a few thoughts here:

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Emilio Vavarella | Feb 27th 6pm UK online | Cartographic Media and Art Practice: New forms of counter-mapping www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cartograph...

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"Tell Me, Mr. President, by Eugene Daniels. Atlantic Records, 1971. Worth bringing this soul classic out again ;-)

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A camp, if you will, to concentrate people undesirable to the regime. Nine days. It took nine days.

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The symposium will also be livestreamed on the BFI's YouTube channel. See here for further information: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-.... #digipres #archives

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Reminding ourselves that as artists we're positioned as well as anyone to do something to disrupt narratives and plant seeds towards alternative ways of being in the world. The fact that this happens to be what we're working on today means something actionhero.org.uk/Rebel-Resist...

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Richard Kostelanetz (ed). Text Sound Texts, 1980 monoskop.org/images/d/d7/...

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This is a must read for any interested in the etymology of NYC. But it’s going to cause house of watching and listening of other things.

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