‘The Blood Forest’ artwork illuminates the Brazilian night as a protest against the recent deforestation crisis In the already stunning spectacle that is the amazon rainforest, unveiled by the pouring light of the projectors, portraits of an indigenous community tower above the ground. These are the images of the Surui tribe illustrated through large scale […]
Jack the Hat press release
In his book Shane O’Sullivan, more commonly known as Jack the Hat, explores true stories of locals and university students alike persuading the reader to enter the what he calls “the Exeter bubble”. Jack’s taxi cab metamorphoses into a different, safer space from a counselling office to a football team meeting, to a café catch […]
Review: Opera Society’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Swift playful strings and a melody that brings a crescendo of tension and excitement: right from the start Figaro feels like it’s going to be a fun, enjoyable evening. The orchestra is neatly placed in the transept of St. David’s Church, ready to fill the imposing space with the spirit of Mozart’s lively symphonies for […]
‘Twelfth Night’ Review at Hole in the Wall
The hilarious and surprisingly talented cast of Shakesoc succeeded in bringing to life all the celebrated aspects of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’, adding humorous details to make it pertinent to uni life. The play included references to Devon and iconic songs such as ‘500 miles’ and ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ . The play also featured […]
What Are the Objectives of Art?
“The arts are merely a decoration imposed on the top of human life, they do not express it.” Art is the vessel of permanence and ephemerality. In ‘To the Lighthouse’, Virginia Woolf explores this paradox by making art the object that makes the character of Lily (the novel’s central artist) realize the transitory nature of […]
Behind the Canvas of Klimt/Schiele Duo
In an affluent Vienna at the turn of the 20th century two artists explore the avant-garde techniques and attitudes of the art nouveau. The two artists being Gustav Klimt and his apprentice Egon Schiele whose drawings and sketches today adorn the Royal Academy in London. The RA exhibition presents outlines and plans for acclaimed works […]
“The arts are merely a decoration imposed on the top of human life, they do not express it”
Art is the vessel of permanence and ephemerality. In ‘To the Lighthouse’, Virginia Woolf explores this paradox by making art the object that makes the character of Lily (the novel’s central artist) realise the transitory nature of life. Trying to construct a fictitious composition of mother and son, meant to be aesthetically pleasing, the artist […]