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The Natural
Hole & Corner: 'The first time I was let loose on a tractor, I drove it straight into a haystack…' Read more here… https://www.holeandcorner.com/notes/the-natural https://www.holeandcorner.com/notes/the-natural
Getting to the point with Martin Creed
Hole & Corner: An unedited conversation with the Turner Prize-winning artist… A faithful, verbatim reproduction of the artist's telephone conversation with editor Mark Hooper – with every ‘um’, ‘ah’, stutter and repetition included. Proof that commitment to absolute truth is nonsensical, that freedom is overrated… or something else entirely? You decide: happy reading! Hi, Hi? … Continue reading Getting to the point with Martin Creed
‘Me and the general public have always had quite a dodgy relationship’ – Judy Blame, the ‘stylist’s stylist’, on punk’s baroque period…
032c: Jeweller, and stylist before “stylist” became a job title, Judy Blame was interviewed in 032c Issue #6: When Attitude Becomes Form, published in Winter 2003/4. Born in 1960, he was at the center of the British underground since the days of safety pins and Malcolm McLaren stalking the streets. He collaborated with interlocutors spanning … Continue reading ‘Me and the general public have always had quite a dodgy relationship’ – Judy Blame, the ‘stylist’s stylist’, on punk’s baroque period…
Marcel Schreur, the man who came back from the edge of dementia…
The Times: You can’t recover from the illness, so how was Marcel Schreur able to overcome his nightmarish experience of its symptoms? Marcel Schreur is, by his own admission, a ‘medical phenomenon’. Uniquely, the 55-year-old Dutch-born, London-based artist is in recovery from a condition that presented as vascular dementia, a usually irreversible condition, which he … Continue reading Marcel Schreur, the man who came back from the edge of dementia…
‘We wanted to hack your television!’ – how yoof TV changed the world
The Guardian: It covered the rise of MDMA, staged gay weddings and introduced us to Magenta Devine. The team behind Network 7 relive the mania… When the sad news of Magenta Devine’s death came earlier this year, the tributes focused on two things: the striking image she always presented to camera (never seen without her … Continue reading ‘We wanted to hack your television!’ – how yoof TV changed the world
“A magazine should be a rallying point”
The Face: Founder Nick Logan on why The Face was never preachy, never tried hard to be cool and why we need it all over again. Words: Mark Hooper 17 April 2019 Conceived under the pressures of the Jason Donovan court case that nearly closed the magazine, the theme of the Love Sees No Colour … Continue reading “A magazine should be a rallying point”
