Category: #sundayscraps

A biting review of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale / a show of Derek Jarman’s paintings / my friend Simon recommended I read Butler to the World to explain why we put up with so much / I don’t think I ever properly met Mike but it’s sad he’s leaving TechCrunch Europe / I’m not sure… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #87

This documentary about the life and death of the author of ‘On Death and Dying‘ was really poignant / the Apple ‘unsolicited ideas submission policy‘ made me giggle / i wonder how relevant Droog Design really are these days / apparently you shouldn’t make big decisions while grieving / I might attend some of the… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #86

There was an Alice Coltrane exhibition in L.A. recently / Tshepsio Moropa’s collage work looks great / reading about period insomnia / the IET has digitised the entirety of The Electric Age which is great news for me as I’m back to book writing / the UK needs the equivalent to this European arts funding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #83

I did what I had to do. There could have been more work done. There are always so many interruptions. – David Lynch The David Lynch documentary was interesting / I watched It’s a Wonderful World for the first time (very late to the game I know) and it’s basically a film about a crowdfunding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #78

Alessandro Baricco was interviewed (the English closed captioning works well) and he posits Western thought is about having just enough memory to keep building, changing, improving, innovating. I liked that. Some more tabs I had open below. Jazz music in Murakami’s novels as curated by NTS / Adding Casa Malaparte to my list of places… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #77

Wellcome collection’s new exhibition on work / a reciple for ripple bread / the history of the Musée d’Orsay / A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde was written while she was fighting cancer and where she pioneered the term ‘self-care’ / i’ve been enjoying the work of Vegyn / on Google Mail’s pioneering work… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #76

I know nothing about Deleuze and I’m not sure I know anymore after this but I learnt some things about cute / a book written by Oliver Sack’s partner about New York / public sector backlogs / a 2009 interview with umberto eco / increasing the accessibility of Powerpoint slides / Sono Electro 2024 Festival… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #75

At that stage of middle age when I consider buying an eye mask / Mitterrand’s last meal / a lovely sounding supper club in London / can’t believe the House of St Barnabas closed / the most sampled African song / I should write something for Container magazine / the experimental instruments of Michel Waisvisz /… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #74

(Picking this up after a year apparently, yikes.)   Collective Ending is an art collective in South London / an open call for the latest issue of Branch magazine / a friend recommended the work of choreographer Crystal Pite and dancer Leo Walk / the work of Raymond Briggs is being exhibited at the Ditchling… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #73

  The importance of libraries to women / the privilege of men in STEM / the new MacGuffin is about chains / fragmented consumer research / I should do an Arvon retreat some time as I have been writing bad poetry during the pandemic / the book Esc looks nice / when you overdo it… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #72