Read, Watch & Listen

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

Could you channel some of the techniques used for performing theatre to help pitch your business venture? 

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.

London-based ceramic artist Matt Raw talks us through his creative process as he leads a month–long course, specially put together for Make! The New Brutal

Navid Akhtar takes us on a brief journey through Sufi music – from its roots all over the Islamic world, to its influence on Western music.

42 young creatives from London, Los Angeles, Gateshead, Scotland and Bristol have created Tuning Into Change: A Youth Manifesto for the Arts

Welcome to the Uncanny Valley, a nostalgic and familiar place that looks and feels very much like the human experience, but with something a bit strange in the corner of your eye...

What effect could the rapid pace of scientific and technological progress have on how people create art? Three figures in the field look at whether there’s a creative revolution on the horizon.