Monthly Archives: August 2024

I have commented on Andrea Marfo’s Disability, Faith and Race blog[s]: https://homeofhewondering.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Amba Sayal-Bennett’s Disability, Faith and Race blog[s]: https://ambasb.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Sidney Hope’s Race blog: https://sidhopepgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Michelle Ussher’s Disability … Continue reading →

I am a 0.6 lecturer across the BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media course at LCC. I teach across all years of the course, from Level 4 to Level 6. I am also a 0.2 Lecturer on the Visual Communication … Continue reading →

To continue to question art school education and its role in preparing students for industry futures, the link between race and class must also be explored. Rhianna Garrett’s 2024 paper on how racism shapes careers, evidenced how racialised minority PhD … Continue reading →

Realism has nothing to do with the Real. On the contrary, the Real is what realism has continually to suppress.[1] Mark Fisher suggests capitalist realism is about naturalising a set of political determinations. Today, artistic production plays a central role … Continue reading →

I am interested in the idea of ‘critical art’,[1] especially in relation to why an individual might want to attend an art school. Martha Rosler’s Culture Class, discusses whether political and socio-critical art can survive in an overheated market environment … Continue reading →

In 2018, I was collaborating with a writing partner called Brett Darling, often by email, sometimes by text. In December I sent him the following text message: dear b, it is possible to speak with our heart directly. most ancient … Continue reading →