“We are all controlled by someone else” says the Chinese artist Li Wei. “Our thoughts and actions are all controlled by an unseen force.” In an attempt to convey this visually Li… Read More →

On the 24th July 2010 thousands of people around the world were asked to pick up their cameras and record their days. The footage was sent via YouTube to Directors… Read More →

From June to 17th to the 19th some of the UK’s most original illustrators, designers and applied artists will descend on Leeds. For three days, Holbeck Urban Village and Marshall’s Mill… Read More →

On Friday 4th June, 250 graffiti artists and DJ’s from around the world descended on a small suburb of Bristol. The main street in Southville was closed to traffic and… Read More →

There was a great article in Creative Review recently concerning a trend on Twitter called “clienttweaks”. It began with Tweets between copywriters Nick Asbury and Mike Reed talking about how… Read More →

Stumbling upon the Woolgather Art Prize, and in particular Jo Marsh’s work on display next to a Tesco Metro in Leeds last week was a welcome distraction from the weekly… Read More →

If you travel on the London Underground any time soon you may have to do a double take when planning your journey. A series of carefully placed stickers have appeared on… Read More →

As a young man in Brazil, the artist Vik Muniz was shot in the leg whilst trying to break up a fight. With the compensation money he travelled to New… Read More →

There is a room at the Manchester art gallery that is bare except for rows of pulsating lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. Each person entering the room is invited to… Read More →

I’ve never been one for theatre. From the moment my Dad took me to see Star Wars in 1978 I was hooked on the big screen, and despite his best… Read More →

The Kumi Yama is a Japanese themed ski and snowboard festival held every Summer on a glacier in the French Alps. As well as the festival itself there is a… Read More →

There’s a guy in the US who gives away dreams. He began by giving them to his son just before he went to sleep, and he’s now touring the country… Read More →

There are few things I find more rewarding than the discovery of something creatively inspiring. Anything that acts as a break form the ordinary is to me as refreshing as… Read More →

On the 4th September 2009, sixteen pianos appeared in and around the streets of Bristol, England. Some had been placed in parks, others in residential streets, but all of them… Read More →

Here in front of me sits my new printer. It’s been thoughtfully packaged, nicely designed, and by pressing a few buttons I can print and scan images wirelessly. But my… Read More →

On the 9th June 2009 the prestigious Bristol Museum locked its doors. The staff were sent home, windows were blocked out and large trucks came and went. Three days later… Read More →

The film begins with a great quote by Vincent Van Gogh: “The fisherman know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found sufficient reason… Read More →

There’s an interesting social experiment going on in the US at the moment. The Art House is an organisation that was set up specifically to create nationwide art projects, and… Read More →

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 →