You are here : Home › About Us › What we are up to

What we are up to

RSS

Sucking on a tailpipe

0
28/01/09
by Nick Holloway

Oops, I almost forgot to post this poem/rant/animation by art duo Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries......I love it, the wise-ass tone puts me in mind of a jazz age American poet like Jack Kerouac or Frank O’Hara. Liverpool types can catch it at FACT tonight along with a bunch of others commissioned by Animate Projects and the RSA (motto: ’Removing barriers to social progress’). If you’re not in Liverpool.. More

Doctor, doctor

0
27/01/09
by Nick Holloway

After reading Robin Brown’s blog about Doctor Who’s visit to Liverpool in 1996, it appears the televisual time traveller is back......although what he’s doing outside of a place selling garden sheds I don’t know. Perhaps he’s after a nice shed to replace the trademark police box - call it a Granddad-like affectation to off-set the fact that his latest incarnation, at 26, is the youngest yet.I’m also.. More

PoGo a go-go...?

1
26/01/09
by Nick Holloway

I’ve been trying to think of a witty headline for the news that Polaroid unveiled it’s latest bit of kit - a combined digital camera and instant printer named the PoGo - at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. ’Polaroid To Know Better,’ maybe, but even said in a heavy Brooklyn accent that’s scraping the pun barrel, I know.My undying gratitude and a box of Cadbury’s Roses to the person.. More

Chinese Burns

0
25/01/09
by Nick Holloway

A video for anyone who, like me, is taking the proximity of Burns Night and Chinese New Year as an excuse to celebrate them together More

Dish of the day

0
24/01/09
by Nick Holloway

A comment on the fast food industry? A message to dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets? A new street art movement? (I choose the word movement there with care). Or just a childish prank?Either way, this poo on a fork (spotted by a friend on Greenbank Road, Liverpool) reminded me of a man who, according to an obituary in The Guardian in 2006, ’was wont to carry chalk to draw faces around dog.. More