Anselm Kiefer at White Cube
Epicurus, the Hellenistic sage, constructed a philosophy upon a “life according to nature”, a materialistic and individualised existence in which pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain were the only viable tenets. This outlook had its foundations in Epicurean atomic [...]
Chemical Brothers – Don’t Think
Don’t Think is an attempt from Adam Smith to capture the unique collision of the audio and visual elements that combine to form a Chemical Brother’s Show. It was filmed with over 20 cameras and is all done at [...]
Review: The Bee
The Bee is a strangely entrancing piece of Japanese theatre about the transformation of a businessman, Ido, who returns home from work one day to discover that his wife and son have been taken hostage by escaped murderous convict, Ogoro. [...]
The Week in TV: Birdsong and Call the Midwife
In the words of the highly photogenic Stephen Wraysford (played by Eddie Redmayne), Birdsong is, well, golly, frightfully exciting and what not. Based on the novel by Sebastian Faulks, the drama is split between the trenches and the protagonist’s pre-war [...]
Live Poetry at Richmix: Tilt’s London Liming presents a Come Rhyme With Me special
This month sees Come Rhyme With Me (CRWM) hosts Deanna Rodgers and Dean Atta, take their culinary-themed performance poetry evening to Richmix. London Liming will take place on Thursday the 9th February, and will include music, food, dancing, ranting, raving, [...]
Anselm Kiefer at White Cube
Epicurus, the Hellenistic sage, constructed a philosophy upon a “life according to nature”, a materialistic and individualised existence in which pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain were the only viable tenets. This outlook had its foundations in Epicurean atomic [...]
Zarina Bhimji at Whitechapel Gallery
Following Waldemar Januszczak’s now-infamous outburst on the subject of video art (as discussed here last issue), this exhibition, from the 2007 Turner Prize nominee Zarina Bhimji, features the first major piece of video art of 2012. Yellow Patch, which is [...]
Roberto Bolaño’s The Third Reich
Discovered among his papers after his death in 2003, Roberto Bolaño’s The Third Reich was finally published in English this month, almost a quarter of a century after its composition in 1989. The novel recounts a disastrous holiday experience, tinged [...]
Chemical Brothers – Don’t Think
Don’t Think is an attempt from Adam Smith to capture the unique collision of the audio and visual elements that combine to form a Chemical Brother’s Show. It was filmed with over 20 cameras and is all done at [...]
Review: The Bee
The Bee is a strangely entrancing piece of Japanese theatre about the transformation of a businessman, Ido, who returns home from work one day to discover that his wife and son have been taken hostage by escaped murderous convict, Ogoro. [...]
Da Vinci at the National Gallery
A Very Human Desire for the Metaphysical I had every intention of rocking up at some ungodly hour in Trafalgar Square to queue with the rest of the world for my Da Vinci prize. Only, as if by Immaculate Conception [...]
This Place is Everything: Pablo Bronstein and Ryan Gander in London
If you were ever sceptical about the power of the placebo effect you need only spend half an hour in Ryan Gander’s new creation the Locked Room Scenario, a meticulous case study to the power of suggestion. The whole exhibition [...]
Pretty Young Things: Yang Fudong’s One Half Of August at Parasol Unit
It is difficult to know where to begin with Chinese artist Yang Fudong. That is not to suggest his work is unapproachable. It is just that most of his works in this new exhibition involve up to eight HD wall [...]
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.