23, February 2015
The fairness and civility of allotments
As I grow more aware about the quality and (limited) quantity of the fresh produce available to me I realice that very few people are as lucky , and many of those living in urban environments cannot afford good food nor are given the opportunity to grow their own kitchen garden or huerto to supplement their requirements and those of [ read more ... ]
09, February 2015
The cancelled landscape
Argentinian textile artists Alexandra Kehayoglou makes wool carpets that look and feel like grassland. They are called pastizales.Her message is powerful and inspired by the landscapes of the pampa which are in danger of extinction. As a granddaughter of Greek immigrants, she grew up following a textile tradition that was [ read more ... ]
04, February 2015
Secondhand photography
As a photographer's agent and lover of this media I reflect very often on the visual overload we are subject to every day since the explosion of digital capture. From the days of complicated, expensive and cumbersome photographic equipment, to the first cell phone with a built-in camera made by Samsung in the year 2000, 15 years have [ read more ... ]