by Ben Ross | Oct 21, 2016 | 100 Days Of Play
I’ve done life drawing a couple of times before. Whenever I’ve had a go, the teacher has been insistent that the important part is to really let go of your preconceptions about what you’re trying to draw, and to do so abstractly. The aim is to...
by Ben Ross | Oct 20, 2016 | 100 Days Of Play
Another event in KCL’s Arts and Humanities festival saw an artist transform a space into a motion-capture studio in order to reanimate the music hall act The Gaiety Girls. As we entered the room, there was a television showing old footage of dancing, displays on...
by Ben Ross | Oct 19, 2016 | 100 Days Of Play
The Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern currently has a really interesting, strange, ‘what’s-going-on?’ installation set up. As you wander in you become aware of the distant sounds of a storm, and moving into the space realise that it’s coming from...
by Ben Ross | Oct 18, 2016 | 100 Days Of Play
As part of Kings College London’s brilliant Arts and Humanities Festival whose subject this year is Play, I was lucky enough to attend an excellent panel on the topic of Playing and Reality: Winnicott, Creativity and Play. Does contemplating what exactly...
by Ben Ross | Oct 17, 2016 | 100 Days Of Play
Medieval poetry and contemporary collages More from Kings College London’s Arts and Humanities Festival, all around the theme of ‘Play’. And this time it’s investigating a medieval poem, Dream of the Rood, first translating it (with help!) from...
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