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Talking Images

As one of the UK’s most engaging photography prizes, this year’s Taylor Wessing includes thought-provoking and captivating works. This year’s exhibition showcases 60 photographers.

Image: © Jooney Woodward,
(detail of) Harriet and Gentleman Jack, 2011.

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Art & Design


Film


Terence Conran, circa 1950. Photographer Ray Williams.
The Way We Live Now
An overview of Sir Terence Conran’s impact on contemporary living.
Sharon Lockhart, 2008, (detail of ) Old Boiler Shop: Proud and Shaun. Chromogenic print; 49 1/16 x 62 7/8 in.; courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles; Gladstone Gallery, New York; and neugerriemschneider, Berlin; © Sharon Lockhart.
Industrial Realism
Sharon Lockhart contemplates the American workforce at lunch.
Las Acacias screen shot.
Las Acacias
Director Pablo Giorgelli talks about his subtle and beautiful new film.
Still from Buriganga by Michelle Comber
The Inaugural Festival
ASFF Director, Cherie Federico tells us why she started the festival.

Music


Performance


The Segue Sisters
Playing for Laughs
Even the brightest stars of musical comedy are often sidelined.
Wild Flag
Wild Flag
We speak to the band about their work and new sound.
Nicolas Floc’h, Performance painting # 2, 2005. HDV, 16:9, colour, sound. Rachid interpreter Ouramdane Edition 1 / 3. Reims, Frac Champagne-Ardennes. © ADAGP, Paris 2011.
Expression through Dance
The Pompidou Centre re-examines the position of dance in art history.
Rehearsal shot from Saved
Unidentified Discontent:
Social Violence

Edward Bond's Saved returns for the first time since 1984.

Monthly Film


Currently showing:

Splitscreen: A Love Story
by James W Griffiths
Short
Format: Mobile Phone
Running time: 2 mins 25 secs
Year: 2011

From Shooting People's 'Film of the Month'

Director, writer and artist, Miranda July, comments: "Hooray! : I love that we get a sense of two protaganists and the building tension of a story, without every seeing the couple's faces (until the very end.) Also I am a sucker for things done simply and quickly with limited resources - it makes us feel like we could all be making better use of our phones. Feedback: I would have liked to have seen more variation, some suprises or details along the way that made the characters more specific - what you choose to look at on a long journey says so much about you."

Find out more at http://shootingpeople.org/watch/filmofthemonth.

Podcasts


Rankin
Rankin
The discussion about the art of fashion photography and commentary on daily life.

Wayne Hemingway
Wayne Hemingway
How recession affects our approach to design and everyday surroundings?
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry
Talking about the role of the artist and the impact of shock-value.

Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh
On the personal experience of the artist and assumptions made about his work.

Competitions


ASFF Art Prize Creative Writing Competition

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