BLURRIn a recent short film, starlings help a lonely elderly man find his way back to the experience of the world around. It is silence that opens the short film Starlings, directed by Simon Allen. But despite the dullness of muffled noises suffocated in the background, it speaks loudly, in a captivating fashion. And it […]
Curator Karen Serres reflects on the role that portraiture plays in defining the post-Impressionist painter. There is something uncanny in the hands of a painter. Something that flows through their fingers and reaches the end of the brush, leaving a trace on the canvas. A connection that unveils what is in fact behind a hasty […]
Amid increasing gentrification affecting areas of East London, residents of Brick Lane risk having the same fate of their ancestors: leaving. Building, that’s what bricks are for. Since their invention, prior to 7500 BC, bricks have become a viable alternative in construction. But they have also gained a poignant meaning in history that is synonymous […]