Champ of the Camp comes to London
Champ of the Camp, which takes the familiar and failsafe route of art to pinpoint effectively what mainstream media often fail to do, is due for screening by Crossway Foundation Thursday 7 May at Edge of Arabia aka EOA.Projects in London. The pioneering full-length documentary, which premiered at Dubai film festival in 2013, is an exquisitely bitter-sweet portrayal of the multitudes of people, mainly from South Asia, who have toiled...
London's China Visual Festival
This year’s edition of the annual Chinese Visual Festival in London is in full swing, offering audiences opportunities to get up to speed with new talent and new trends in Chinese cinema, from the mainland to countries and regions contiguous in cultural or historical terms. Mainstream moviegoers, having been introduced to Chinese cinema through circuitous routes including Hollywood and Hong Kong, are only now beginning to catch...
Riot: Book celebrates Isaac Julien's work
An extraordinary new book, Isaac Julien: Riot, by Isaac Julien with Cynthia Rose et al, celebrates the work of the artist and filmmaker, widely regarded as having played a pivotal role in that significant moment in British black and African art and, on a wider plane, the black diaspora arts when gay sexuality, masculinity and race exploded into the same visual frame. It is the first overview of the British film artist’s career to...
Nour Festival of Art in London
London’s Nour Festival of Arts will present a programme of contemporary art, design, film, music and literature from the Middle East and North Africa 1 October – 30 November 2013 at more than 20 venues across Kensington and Chelsea. Highlights include the Ferozkoh exhibition in partnership with Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art at Leighton House Museum as part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture; Natacha Atlas at the Royal Albert Hall;...
Nour Festival of Art in London
London’s Nour Festival of Arts will present a programme of contemporary art, design, film, music and literature from the Middle East and North Africa 1 October – 30 November 2013 at more than 20 venues across Kensington and Chelsea. Highlights include the Ferozkoh exhibition in partnership with Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art at Leighton House Museum as part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture; Natacha Atlas at the Royal Albert Hall;...