Poverty Wears a Young Female Face

Up to the mid 1990s, the advanced economies largely succeeded in delivering the promise of growing prosperity for the majority of their citizens. That’s now changing. Post WW2 prosperity was built on post-colonial systems exploitation of resources … and was not constructed to be fair to those outside the advanced economies. The people who createdContinue reading “Poverty Wears a Young Female Face”

The sound of gender and race in film

This data visualisation is a great way to make the point that diversity needs to be fought for. The ugly sound of the way the data plays mirrors the ugly truth about who and what dominates mainstream films, theatre and culture to the exclusion of almost everyone else. And why is that wrong? When weContinue reading “The sound of gender and race in film”

Lewisham’s Enigmatic Colorful House and Its Owner

Brenton Samuel Pink, a member of the Windrush generation, purchased a colorful house in Lewisham in the 1960s and decorated it to reflect his Jamaican heritage. Despite experiencing racism, he actively contributed to his community. Pink’s life story illustrates the area’s complex history, highlighting both progress and ongoing challenges for future generations.

There is feedback and then …

Some feedback lives with you forever, usually because it betrays zero understanding of the creative process.   Well this marvellous bunch of creatives from Ireland have come up trumps with a series of A3 posters (in aid of charity) – they’ve been creative with appalling feedback.   If you’ve ever been one of these clients,Continue reading “There is feedback and then …”

PUPPETS, FEMINISM AND MUSIC …

The vocal is a sample from Blossom Dearie’s ‘It Amazes Me’ recorded in 1958.   Reinterpreted here by Les Balayeurs du Desert it assumes a feminist stance, never more so that when seen with this amazing video.   Think of the compromises we often make so as not to ‘offend’ others, and the analogy with puppetry isContinue reading “PUPPETS, FEMINISM AND MUSIC …”