For the past three years a group of people of Santa Monica, California have planted small white crosses on the beach. They get up at sunrise every Sunday, plant hundreds… Read More →

Brave Art. What a superb name for a group of artists. They’re based in Whistler, Canada, and use canvas, sculpture, skate decks, photography, film and graffiti as mediums. I quote;… Read More →

Think about it. Is that really such an odd question? Both Street Art and Pop Art have been influenced heavily by popular culture. They take political and ethical themes of… Read More →

In 1989 the American photographer Andreas Serrano took a picture of a small plastic crucifix submerged in a glass of his own urine and called it “Piss Christ”. Despite winning… Read More →

I noticed this sticker on a lamppost the other day. I’ve no idea how long it’s been there, but once I’d seen it I couldn’t get it out of my… Read More →

In 1969 a funk bank called The Winstons released “Amen Brother”, an instrumental version of an old gospel song. Midway through the track there is a drum solo, or “break”,… Read More →

I’ve been asked to leave Bristol’s Arnolfini Gallery twice now and I’m beginning to get annoyed. There’s an exhibition on at the moment called “Pale Carnage”. It brings together twelve… Read More →

There’s a framed print that’s been hanging in my parent’s living room for as long as I can remember. I don’t know much about it, I never really thought to… Read More →

Magazine design these days is pants. I’m talking about your everyday high street publications here, bought by Joe Public. I long for the minimal designs again, the quietly understated covers… Read More →

Something fantastic is happening in Bristol next week. From Tuesday until Sunday, “Animated Encounters” and it’s sister event “Brief Encounters” jointly present some of the world’s best cinematic short films.… Read More →

I’ve known Pete Doherty a long time. He’s a musician, a heroin addict, goes out with Kate Moss, gets drunk, beats up photographers etc etc. It seems inevitable that one… Read More →

In a small corner of the Royal West of England Art Gallery in Bristol there is a piece of installation art called “They Shoot Horses” by the artist Phil Collins.… Read More →