Read, Watch & Listen

Tired of the same old tunes? Why not listen in to what the team here have been enjoying in the recent past. Anything and everything from Punk to Jungle to Classical.

As we build rivals to human intelligence, James Bridle looks at our relationship with the planet’s other alien consciousnesses.

We look back at our Mary 2019 Instagrammer, Christy Ku to explore her Barbican shots.

Ahead of our retrospective, 'Love and Anarchy: The Films of Lina Wertmüller', we received a letter from the arthouse sensation herself, sharing her memories of London and happiness to see her films on the big screen again. 

What if you could live forever but just didn’t want to? In Ollie Wolf’s ‘The Last Forever Woman’, we meet Alma, an immortal 217-year old who is feeling just that. 
 

A key figure in American art, Krasner's energetic works reflect the spirit of possibility in post-war New York. Charlotte Flint, Exhibition Assistant on Lee Krasner: Living Colour, looks back through her life, works and legacy.

Curator Florence Ostende joins Daria Martin in conversation to discuss her use of film and gaming technology to revisit her personal family history.

Accordionist Bartosz Glowacki performs the animated third movement ‘Thieves’ from Five views on the Archipelago Gulag by Ukrainian composer Victor Vlasov in the entrance to the Exhibition Halls.

We look back at our February 2019 Instagrammer, Alexandra Tzirkoti to explore her Barbican shots. 

In Vivek Vadoliya's 'Kasaragod Boys', we meet a group of young boys, living in the predominately Muslim district of Kasaragod and see the world the way they project it online through social media.  

Explore the work of one-time arthouse sensation Lina Wertmüller, one of the most acclaimed directors in world cinema in the 1970s whose work has been near-impossible to see in the UK, until now.

This playlist explores Minimalism – the off-beam branch of classical music developed in New York in the early 1960s – and its huge influence on modern and experimental music. From the avant-garde and insightful musings of Laurie Anderson to the explorative rhythms of Midori Takada’s MKWAJU ensemble.