Erno Rubik’s “Magic Cube” presents a frustrating challenge. Without the necessary strategy, you can blindly twist and turn for hours, chasing your tail through a seemingly infinite labyrinth of multicoloured permutations. While it might feel as though each change in direction is leading you further away from a resolution, though, it is true that there […]
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The Cinematic Scores
Magic is taking place beneath the exposed rafters of the PS Art Space. Five short films, volume dulled, are shown against a blank white wall. Beside the projected images sit the alternating forms of five sets of musicians. It is the task of the musicians to bring to life, through their craft, a new interpretation […]
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Paco Erhard might one day have a son. Trouble is, he’s not yet totally prepared. Though well travelled, he’s a raconteur more likely to regale you with tales of cheeky Moroccan hotel receptionists running imaginary prostitution rings than extol the virtues of the Saharan sublime. Though a bleeding-heart liberal to the core, he can’t bring […]
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As the audience enters the theatre, half are asked to pose for an impromptu portrait. Lauren Holmwood, visual artist and one third of tonight’s cast, is making a note of your presence. All seated, she scatters the sketches like confetti around a hunched, hooded figure (Emma Fishwick). The audience for a moment settle, dividing their […]
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5-Step Guide to Being German Rosie O’Grady’s Twentieth-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger is famous for two reasons. The first is Being and Time, his 500-page exploration of the word “being” (the major argument of which runs that in order to understand anything properly, one must first understand who is doing the understanding). The second thing […]
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