Category Archives: the retro bar at the end of the universe

Jurassic Park 30 years on: the gates to ‘The End of History’

Of late I’ve more or less accepted that I’m unqualified to write even lazy cultural theory. Much to my frustration, and after realising I was applying for a Phd I couldn’t do, I’ve come to accept that I’ll never get a job in teaching or writing about something that interests me so much. In partContinue reading “Jurassic Park 30 years on: the gates to ‘The End of History’”

Census for Post-Covid Desire

>2021 CENSUS FOR POST-COVID DESIRE <- Excited about this new project with the artist-led collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe’. I think all of our projects play around with the possibility of making a real-life impact, and also the possibility of finding a New common ground, amidst big societal divisions. PleaseContinue reading “Census for Post-Covid Desire”

My Shadow Dispatches for ‘The Public Secret’

The Public Secret is a project our artist-led collective the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe held, starting Friday 31st August, in a warehouse on the south west side of Leeds.  For this we all contributed a dispatches – which you can find here. This is my long read which I have omittedContinue reading “My Shadow Dispatches for ‘The Public Secret’”

Can symbolic acts manifest themselves within lived experience?

2018 was the year when I had to ask the question the above title poses… Neoliberal Me (An Exorcism of) and #GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions) 2008 to 2009 – I learnt a harsh lesson: devoting a year to mapping one’s inner and external fortified walls into one symbolic gesture (one which wasContinue reading “Can symbolic acts manifest themselves within lived experience?”

#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)

Over the course of the year, I’ve had to ask myself a lot of questions, for numerous reasons. Part of the outcome is that I largely class the work I do as part of the collective I am part of (https://retrobarattheendofuniverse.wordpress.com). Here is the first event I am putting on since this deep point ofContinue reading “#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)”

The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018

The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018 The Mental Health Strike is part of a project I am building as part of the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe collective. The project is based on actions and moments that deposit social and political actions within the contemporary cultural landscape that would be seen asContinue reading “The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018”

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur (title by DS Jarvis) was a videowork quickly thought up for the introductory section to the ‘exhibition space’ in ‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?‘ – an event staged by the collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, inContinue reading “Don’t Look Back in Grandeur”

Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?

VIEW UPON REQUEST [see below for contact details]Monday July 3Tuesday July 4Wednesday July 5 OPENING EVENING AND INFORMAL SYMPOSIUMThursday July 6 | 6pm – 11pm Our collective The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe is currently staging an event and exhibition titled Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please TurnContinue reading “Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?”

‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’

First and foremost for anybody who has never heard of Baildon (mainly people south of Wakefield), just think ‘2 miles north of the World Heritage Site, Saltaire. I’m really looking forward to this event. To be honest it’s our first proper outing as a collective. The Artists’ Bookfair at The Tetley Gallery in Leeds earlierContinue reading “‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’”