Nelson Mandela’s death at the end of 2013 meant that he sadly passed before witnessing the 20th anniversary of the racially segregated structure he had spent his life working to dissolve. The monumental year of 1994 saw the final segregation laws changed, the South African citizens unified as one country under…
Despite the controversy of his recent Thicke association (you know what I mean) it seems Pharrell Williams can do no wrong. Even if his presence in Blurred Lines sent shivers down your feminist spine, or you can hear the repetitive beat that sounds like a certain soul singer’s 70s hit,…
Artist Marina Abramovich has been the subject of much focus following her latest, crowd-pulling work at the Serpentine. 512 Hours represented a culmination of the life-long performance works of Abramovich, the pinnacle of her career that saw the art object disguarded and a simple set up of audience, time and three…
To say that director and artist Brett Bailey is receiving some negative press for his latest artwork Exhibit B (currently showing at the Barbican) may be a bit of an understatement. Praised by some as essential, petitioned for removal by others, the art performance is seriously splitting its audience ……
Now in its 10th year, the London African Music Festival is always as diverse and rich a line up as should be reflected by the continent. Taking place at venues across the capital, this performance at Hackney Attic on 19th September presents a rare opportunity to hear a Zimbabwean dance band…
The spread of London has taken many of its inhabitants away from its heart centre: the heaving, greyish brown flow of the Thames river. As many a city historian will tell you, the rivers of metropoli are what made them. So getting back to our roots, Totally Thames festival, taking…