stephen hodge
@stephenhodge.bsky.social
variously artist | researcher | curator emeritus [early jumper] professor in live art + spatial practices [exeter, uk] https://stephenhodge.art/
Light Night is 28-29 OCTOBER, not November. wildly out of phase-sync with the space-time continuum, as ever.
J. R. Carpenter@jrcarpenter.bsky.social · last wk.SCORES FOR WALKING, a new digital text piece launching at Light Night, Leeds 28-29 November openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/light...
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
"the artist's book *qua supervector*, that has permeated the mainstream book via design format structure concept intimacy..." uniformbooks.co.uk/unshelfmarked.php blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Unshelfmarked-by-Michael-Hampton/9781910010068
many thanks @johntonta.bsky.social for sending me the beautifully crafted pamphlet about cement fields' slow-burn 'intertidal allotment' work by andrew merritt. such a big fan of this project, so fantastic to hear there's another five years of funding in place. www.cementfields.org/projects/and...
Intertidal Allotment | Cement Fields
cementfields.org
it seems to me (from the partial conversations i overhear) that most of the tables in most of the bars in exeter currently contain at least one university academic suffering significant anguish
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
theguardian.com
"ASK THE FLOCK (Spørg Naturen)" is a live show and advice column, where local experts answer on behalf of wolves, bees and other social species. Overview and more about all works here: www.aarhusfestuge.dk Or download the program in Danish: liveart.dk/2015/wp-cont...
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
listen to my brilliant former colleague peter riley talk about the value of the arts and humanties on 'pod save the uk' open.spotify.com/episode/3KxQ...
The Exxon Heatwave: Climate Crisis & Denial w/ Simon Clark. Plus, Save Our Humanities!
Pod Save the UK · Episode
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Have said this before, but if Manchester is "North" in Andy Burnham's language and imagination, where does that leave the 26 million of us in UK who live North of Manchester? Are we north of the north? (And btw, I love + have spent lots of time in Manchester, Newcastle, Warrington, etc)
these are key examples of the downright dirty, difficult and impossible to ignore artists that will no longer be generated under current plans to erode the drama programme at the university of exeter
The Reviews Hub@thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3mo ago#THEATRE #REVIEW Philosophy of the World @theyardtheatre.bsky.social 'the perfect production to inaugurate the Yard's new chapter with its unapologetically punk core' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/philosophy-o... #London
exeter's lammas glove being raised above the guildhall once again for this year's three-day fair
Stop the vandalism at the University of Exeter! 200 staff at risk of losing their jobs just before Christmas, after having worked out their three months notice by teaching out term one!?! Lunacy
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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this is not good news for humanities and social science staff and students at exeter: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
bbc.co.uk
nitin sawhney's 'brexit: a rational anthem for a national tantrum' + gazelle twin's 'pastoral' are just about the only two good things i can think of that emerged from that day a decade ago
'Cocteau Twins were placed, unwillingly, into gothic then shoegaze, dream pop, ethereal wave or whatever category dreamt up by cultural taxidermists. There was no real need for such confections...' #CocteauTwins’ Head Over Heels - #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/rNgd1Ll
assembling replacement step stool that has appeared in every performance for past 9 years—getting choreography ideas
