Podcast appearances and mentions of Martin Creed

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thegallerycompanion.comShortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. Subscribe to receive exclusive weekly content at www.thegallerycompanion.comI've often heard artists talk about how making art for them is not optional, it's essential. Life-saving, even. In this week's episode I discuss the meaning of the phrase ‘art is life' by thinking about the work of one of Britain's leading conceptual artists, Martin Creed.He has said that for him there is no separating line between what he creates and anything else he does in his day. Other people might call what he does ‘art' but he's not sure what ‘art' actually is. He does what he does to try and grasp on to something solid to help him get through life. Art is something you can rely on, he says. It's a relief. I know what he means, and it has given me another perspective on his work.If you'd like to access the full podcast you can subscribe to it on my Substack publication at thegallerycompanion.com. A subscription gets you a podcast and email from me every Sunday and access to a lovely community of artists and art lovers from around the world.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thegallerycompanion.comShortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. Subscribe to receive exclusive weekly content at www.thegallerycompanion.comIn this episode I think about the culture of contemplating art, particularly in the hushed environment of art galleries, and how we approach it with a seriousness that often precludes laughter. I wonder whether we are so primed to search for deeper meanings and wholesome lessons from visual art that we police ourselves in our responses. Laughing never seems like the ‘correct' thing to do. There are plenty of artists who use humour in their work, but laughter is rarely my response. There's only one artist I can think of who makes me actually chuckle, and that's Martin Creed. The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To subscribe to the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com.

Martin Creed im MKK Ingolstadt bis 3. März / Damien Hirst im MUCA München bis 31. Januar

Graham reports on a Beatles event with Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn and then presents part two of the book,  A History of India in 50 Lives.  Charles discusses the Ultimate Punk Celebration - an event at Crystal Palace this July. Graham recounts his meeting with artist Martin Creed.

Charles finally gets to report on his experience at the Martin Creed exhibition at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate. Graham shares an update on his return to his Vinyl Sessions music talks in a fundraiser for the  Harrogate Hospital charity and lays bare his theories about the end of The Beatles in 1969/70. He also reports on a sublime gig by the David Brewis Orchestra in Leeds performing The Soft Struggles album at Leeds Grand 's Assembly Room - David Brewis being one half of the acclaimed Field Music a venue that Charles argues has come into its own. Charles introduces the new musical theatre production based on the 1989 cult film, Heathers, reckoning that its resonance is even stronger now than when the film was originally made.

An omnivore when it comes to performing, soprano Peyee Chen enjoys singing Monteverdi with lute and bass viol as much as singing Bernhard Lang with electronics and electric bass. Up for physical challenges, she has performed with poet Caroline Bergvall on her Raga Dawn series, outdoors and starting before sunrise. She is interested in vocal and physical improvisation, DIY electronic instruments, and installation and performance art, recently performing in Martin Creed's exhibition at Hauser & Wirth's London gallery, where she sang music by Martin for 30 minutes every hour, eight hours a day, two or three days each week for six weeks. My gratitude goes out to Hannah Boissonneault who edits our Masterclass episodes and to Juanitos and Scott Holmes for the music featured in this episode. You can help support the creation of these episodes when you join the Sybaritic Camerata on Patreon. Get started at patreon.com/mezzoihnen. Be on the Studio Class Podcast Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues. Special Guest: Peyee Chen.

Alex Kapranos is in conversation with Turner Prize-winning artist, Martin Creed for this episode of the podcast. They discuss whether Martin is sick of being described as the ‘Turner Prize-winning artist, Martin Creed', they open up about the anxieties of putting out works of art, as well as the importance of being in control and having order when it comes to art. Plus Martin breaks down the thoughts behind his incredible works. More information about Martin, his art, music & tours, visit www.martincreed.com Catch the Alex Kapranos Show on Absolute Radio, Sundays 10pm-12am.

On this ART NIGHT Special Edition of the ART HOUR, Vassiliki is joined by artists Joe Namy, Stephane Graff with Mustaliki (Stephane Graff & Vassiliki Tzanakou) and Martin Creed. TRACK LIST Joe Namy Halim El Dabh, Wire Recorder Piece Gary Numan, Cars Model 500, Night Drive El Iqaa, Machine Music for Waves and Humans A Tribe Called Red, Electric Pow Wow Drum Stephane Graff & Mustaliki (from 42:55) Mustaliki, Naaah! Mustaliki, Indian Acid Stephane Graff, Africa Baroque Stephane Graff, Sahara Stephane Graff, Dreaming of Bodrum Martin Creed (from 1:07:118) Martin Creed, Let Them In Martin Creed, Princess Taxi Girl Martin Creed, Understanding Martin Creed, Thinking / Not Thinking

Il Turner Prize è uno dei premi più significativi nella scena internazionale dell'arte contemporanea. Dal 1984, viene assegnato agli artisti britannici più interessanti e dirompenti e ogni sua edizione è stata segnata da qualche forma di provocazione. E anche nel 2021, il Turner Prize ha mantenuto fede al suo spirito provocatorio, candidando non degli artisti in senso stretto, ma cinque collettivi di attivisti politici che, fino a ieri, non avremmo mai pensato di vedere esposti nei musei: Array Collective, B.O.S.S., Cooking Sections, Gentle/Radical e Art Work Project.In questa puntata si parla di Martin Creed, Chris Ofili, Art & Language, Otolith, Forensic Architecture, Assemble, Array Collective, Michel Houellebecq, Maneskin, B.O.S.S. (Black Obsidian Sound System), Cory Arcangel, Fiorello, Jade Montserrat, Anthony d'Offay, Steve McQueen, Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual e Alon Schwabe), Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, Slobodan Milosevic, Mauro Uliassi, Greta Thunberg, CAMP, RAQS Media Collective, Gentle/Radical, Jack Smith, Project Art Works, Franco Basaglia, ruangrupa, Alex Farquharson, Aaron Cezar, Kim McAleese, Russell Tovey, Zoé Whitley e Todd Solondz.

I et halvt års tid har et kæmpemæssigt kunstværk lyst op i det indreKøbenhavn. Det er skabt af den engelske kunstner Martin Creed ogskulle have været et samlingspunkt på Roskilde Festival. Men coronatvang værket ud i byrummet, og derfor har alle nu haft mulighed for atmøde dets 13 store neonbogstaver, der tilsammen danner ordetUNDERSTANDING. Orange Podcast tager i denne udgave kunstbrillerne påog ser nærmere på begreber som forståelse og solidaritet.Medvirkende: Sofie Birch, lydkunstner og komponist. Signe Brink Wehl,chefkurator på Roskilde Festival samt Sebastian og Nikolaj fra CampRavnOrange Podcast er produceret af Roskilde Festival-frivillige.Redaktion: Astrid Kirkeskov, Nanna Hein, Nina Anemone Liv Bendstrup,Martin Finnedal og Oliver Hoffmann

This week, Turner Prize winning artist and musician Martin Creed joins Jools and Jim for a run out in his trusty Fiat Panda.Martin invites Jools and Jim to revel in the endless possibility of travel and provides a philosophical reading of the importance of learning to drive.Jim gets the measure of late-learner Martin, while Jools offers up a potted history of listening to music on the go; and the three discuss childhood cycling holidays, a theory about jetlag and being questioned by police in the Eastern Bloc…A Dig! Studios / Warner Music Entertainment podcast.Produced by Molly Stewart. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack is over the moon to be introduced to all 24 tracks of Thoughts Lined Up by award-winning artist Martin Creed.

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🔴#fitz34 34 cm mide la estatuilla Oscar. Grabamos el día en que se cumplen 5 años de la desaparición de Bowie. Comentamos la actualidad, el año 2021 irrumpe con contundencia en nuestras vidas, con la toma del Capitolio y la gran nevada madrileña. Un iglú en la Gran vía, todo vale con tal de no mantener la distancia de seguridad. Empezamos nuestra habitual sección musical con: Martin Creed, un artista, compositor e intérprete británico que ganó el Premio Turner en 2001, una de esas personas que cuando piensas en ella te sientes bien, compartimos “You Return” un tema de su álbum de 2014 “Mind Trap”, que nos quita el regusto de este mal comienzo de año y nos deja una buena vibra. WIDOWSPEAK la banda de Brooklyn, formada por Molly Hamilton y el guitarrista Robert Earl Thomas, después su quinto álbum, Plum , sacarán en dos semanas un EP digital llamado "Honeychurch " del que formará parte esta deliciosa versión del “Romeo And Juliet” el clásico tema de los Dire Straits, un tema que nos trae muchos recuerdos. Continuamos Shintaro Sakamoto, toda una institución en Japón, ex miembro de la mítica banda japonesa de música underground Yura Yura Teikoku, compartimos “Love if posible” un tema perteneciente al álbum de mismo titulo, el tercero en solitario de Shintaro del año 2016, sonidos estimulantes que se salen de la norma, con un trasfondo tropical que ayuda a sobrellevar esta convulsa entrada de año. El siguiente tema es otra versión de “Reason to Believe”, una canción originalmente escrita y publicada por Tim Hardin en 1965 que ha ido ganando en popularidad con el paso del tiempo, gracias a otros artistas que también la han interpretado (The Carpenters, Rod Stewart, Karen Dalton, Cher…)., Vagabon une sus fuerzas con courtney barnett para hacer un nueva versión basada en la de Karen Dalton , de la que reconoció estar obsesionada. Escuchamos “Stormy weather” en la versión de unos de los grandes pianistas de la historia de Jazz, el canadiense Oscar Peterson , que aparece en el recopilatorio de la Verve “Work From Home with Oscar Peterson” de 2020. Música ideal para trabajar desde casa, y también para cocinar. Intentamos dilucidar que es eso tan “misterioso” que llaman swing. Cerramos la selección musical con otra versión, en este caso se trata de “Mother”, de John Lennon en la voz de David Bowie , una versión inédita que se lanzó este 8 de enero coincidiendo con el cumpleaños de Bowie, y que viene acompañada de otra versión en este caso de un tema de Dylan “Tryin’ to get to heaven” y que formarán parte de una edición limitada que contará con 8.147 unidades que están disponibles en versión vinilo. ▶▶46:50 Soul 2020 de Pete Docter, lo nuevo de Pixar. Hacemos un recorrido por la historia del estudio, del que han salido algunas de la mejores películas de los últimos decenios y nos ha dado personajes que forma parte ya de nuestra cultura popular. Pixar siempre ha tenido la habilidad de hablar a través de sus películas animadas de los temas más profundos del ser humano, ya sea el vacío que deja una pérdida, el amargo adiós a la infancia o por qué la tristeza es tan necesaria como la alegría. Con 'Soul', siguen cimentando ese camino de lecciones vitales que han marcado a toda una generación, a la que ahora ponen frente a una pregunta imposible: ¿cuál es el sentido de la vida

In this week's episode of Keywords, Zoe Comyns is guided by the word ‘Light'. Beginning in her garden with the night sky filled with stars - including the constellation Corona Borealis. Margaret Dennehy's poem ‘Three Little Words' is a reflection on the language used around and the social impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Margaret is a retired teacher from Co.Waterford. In his piece for Keywords called ‘C', Colm O'Shea thinks about how the speed of light can separate two people on their walk. Colm's short fiction has been published widely. He has won many awards including The 2019 Aleph Writing Prize. He lives in Dublin. Writer Manika Bébhinn Ramsay lives in Brazil and she recorded in the forest by her home. She compares the light in Brazil and the light of Ireland and how the gentle lights of home seem so far away now. The artist Martin Creed won the Turner Prize in 2001 with his work Lights Going On and Off. A room was filled with lights going on and off in 5 second intervals. His was a controversial win and he explains that it was inspired by the childish prank of flicking the light switch outside a bathroom door. Dónal Ryan is the author of numerous novels and collections of stories and has won many awards including The Guardian First Book Award in 2013. In his short story written for Keywords, a proud father keeps a row of lights in his house for his three children. When the middle one begins to play up he realizes that he needs to connect with his middle son, Joshua. Tom Roseingrave's ‘Cow' is, he says, an audio experiment to investigate what happens in the darkness, and whether the voice remains the same when the lights returns. Tom is a radio producer, writer and performer. We return to the stars with filmmaker and sound designer Tadhg O'Sullivan. He reflects on the giant red star called Betelguese, and the ship named after it. Tadhg brings us to Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay and the site of a terrible maritime disaster where 50 people died in an explosion in 1979. Keywords is presented and produced by Zoë Comyns and is a New Normal Culture production for RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. Assistant Producer: Regan Hutchins The series is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound and Vision 3 Scheme and by RTÉ

Jenny Harper, former Director at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū in New Zealand recounts a beautiful story of resilience and hope from the other side of a crisis - nearly a decade on from the Christchurch earthquake of 2011 which took 185 lives and injured thousands more. Jenny speaks of getting back to basics, the importance of communication, working with art in 'outerspaces' and the need for community, family and love in the face of adversity. For Dexibit's full coverage on Leading in Crisis, see dexibit.com/covid19. LEARN MORE For listeners outside of New Zealand, see context of the Christchurch earthquakes https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/02/remembering-christchurch-eight-years-since-the-devastating-6-3-earthquake.html (warning: difficult images). The artwork referenced in this episode is by Martin Creed, work no 2314, 2015. Neon. 146.8 x 4600 cm. Commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation, gift of Neil Graham. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/everything-is-going-to-be-alright

Listen to the 246th episode of Lead Lap Radio with host Tom Baker, featuring Super Cup Stock Car Series PR director Aaron Creed, UMP Modified racer Shawn Martin and Solid Rock Carriers owner Kirk Ipok as the night's special guests!

Listen to the 246th episode of Lead Lap Radio with host Tom Baker, featuring Super Cup Stock Car Series PR director Aaron Creed, UMP Modified racer Shawn Martin and Solid Rock Carriers owner Kirk Ipok as the night's special guests!

Under the direction of artist and curator Matthew Higgs, White Columns gallery of New York City gave life to its record label ‘The Sound of White Columns’ to publish the organization’s longstanding collaborations with musicians that has included such as Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Meredith Monk and many more. In between the highly referenced artists present in this episode, there's an intruder, a very prolific composer, that released more than ten thousand songs on Youtube and Spotify, but this is another story. The episode features: Martin Creed, Tussle, Ikue Mori and Julianna Barwick, Kim Gordon, David Robbins, The Hungry Food Band, Malcolm Mooney, Karl Holmqvist, David Van Tieghem, Meredith Monk and Christopher Knowles.

Robert & Russell meet legendary artist and ‘poet of the everyday’ Martin Creed (and his dog Jimmy). Find out why this Turner Prize winner doesn’t read reviews of his own work, who his favourite comedians are and how music has informed his art. We delve deep into Creed’s creative output spanning more than 30 years. From a giant kinetic sculpture with the word MOTHERS lit up in neon, a live performance where athletes run through the Tate as fast as they can, to a more recent handmade textile work: a multicoloured neck-warmer (worn by the artist during this very interview). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Petry, author, artist and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in London talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about his new book “The Word Is Art” that addresses how contemporary global artists incorporate text and language into their works that speaks to some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. In the digital and online age words have become more important than ever with text becoming information and information striving to become a free form of expression. “The Word Is Art” looks at the work of a diverse range of artists including Annette Messager, Barbara Kruger, Cerith Wyn Evans, Christian Marclay, Christopher Wool, Chun Kwang Young, eL Seed, Fiona Banner, Ghada Amer, Glenn Ligon, Harland Miller, Jenny Holzer, Kay Rosen, Laure Prouvost, Martin Creed, Rachel Whiteread, Raymond Pettibon, Roni Horn, Tania Bruguera, Zhang Huan and many more interpreting how the digital and online age have made words more important than ever. “The Word Is Art” takes us on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour interpreting these trending global art forms. We talked to Michael about his inspiration for creating this book and his spin on our LGBTQ issues. When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBTQ civil rights Petry stated, “I’m one of the ancients who’s been around fighting for LGBTQ rights since the early eighties and I’ve been involved in so many different ways over the years. I consider myself queer because I think that is a broader term that for me represents who I am and what I think and part of that commitment as a queer who is an artist and who also is an author and a curator is to try and bring queer artists to the foreground of the art world. We only have to think back a few years to realize that LGBTQ artists were very marginalized and that’s still the case for many people. In the LGBTQ movement every year I curate a Pride Exhibition in London which I really hope to introduce LGBTQ artists not only to that community but to the straight community and I work within all the structures that are available whether that’s museums or the corporate structure to get that recognition for LGBTQ people because I think what is at issue in the broader political sphere is this notion of fear. Fear of others and of course that fear is not limited to the general public. It’s also in the art world.” Michael Petry has written a number of books, including “Installation Art”, “The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship”, “Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition” and his most recent work “The Word Is Art” all published by Thames & Hudson. In 2019 he will be speaking and exhibiting his work worldwide.For More Info: michaelpetry.com Hear 450+ LGBT Interviews @OUTTAKE VOICES

Martin Creed Bells Balloons and Bulbs!   Martin Creed is a multidisciplinary artist, his works include video, drawing, sculpture and music.... The post Martin Creed Bells Balloons and Bulbs MAIR19 appeared first on .

We discuss two artworks from chapter one of Ward’s book Ways of Looking: Christian Marclay’s film The Clock (2010) and Martin Creed’s museum piece Work No. 227: The Lights Going On and Off (2000)  Do works of art like these need to provide us with profound insights on topics like life, death, and time?  Or is it enough for […]

We hear from choreographer, dancer and director Annie-B Parson about her new show ‘17c’ – part of London’s Dance Umbrella festival. Plus, we welcome back artist Martin Creed and curator Fatos Ustek to discuss their latest project for the David Roberts Art Foundation, and Monocle’s Sheena Rossiter discusses her new documentary ‘3 Siblings’.

Mary Beard on Martin Creed's 'Work No. 1650' (2012).BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

In front of a live audience in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival, comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John Wilson a lesson in stand-up - but can you really teach people to be funny?A one-woman show with 10 characters - Nilija Sun discusses her play Pike St, about the residents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan as they prepare for an imminent hurricane.Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed explains what his show Words and Music is really about - plus a performance from Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Hannah Robins.

Interviewer Carrie Scott asks Turner Prize winner Martin Creed what is the point of it all, at Miami Beach EDITION hotel

Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Grant about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins based on the true story of an out of tune singer and philanthropist. Hugh plays her common law husband and manager and their extraordinary relationship. We announce the winner of the Wellcome Prize for books that engage with medicine, health or illness. Lisa Jen from the group 9Bach, who won Best Album at last year's Radio 2 Folk Awards, discusses their new album Anian, which is rooted in the Welsh song tradition Pablo Bronstein is the artist chosen this year by Tate Britain, in London, to respond to its collection of art. Previous works have been by Mark Wallinger and Phyllida Barlow, and many will remember Martin Creed's athlete running through the galleries every 30 seconds. This year there's a return to that element of live performance as Bronstein has incorporated a continuous live dance performance in his work; Historical Dances in an Antique Setting. He explains why.Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Elaine Lester.

Martin Creed: Visual and Recording Artist Martin Creed tells BD about his Parent's raising him with the idea that Art was the most important work one can have. The chat about band performance versus solo performance and much more. Buy Martin Creed's art and music: www.martincreed.com/ Sponsored today by: http://www.blumensteinaudio.com & http://www.future-vapor.com Jenny's Leukemia fundraser http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/corps15/JHowe

This balloon exhibit really was exciting. Hope you get to experience it. The artist is Martin Creed, and his exhibit is entitled, 'Work No. 360: Half the air in a given space.'   henryart.org/exhibitions/martin-creed-work-no-360-half-the-air-in-a-given-space

Dwarf planet Ceres: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31702639   Pastor Jimmy Glover appears to have passed away: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=jimmy-glover&pid=154452258&   Martin Creed is here: http://www.martincreed.com/   The Flying Spagetti Monster: http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-23/german-atheists-seek-recognition-church-flying-spaghetti-monster   Todd Robbins is here: http://www.toddrobbins.com/   Follow me on Twitter, I'm planning to do another "phone in" section soon:

1. Bonnie Prince Billy (USA) - "So far and here we are" CD "Singers grave - a sea of tongues" (Domino) 2. Honeyblood (UK) - "(Id rather be) Anywhere but here" CD "Honeyblood" (Fat Cat) 3. Oumar Konate (Mali) - "Bisimillah" CD "Addoh" (Clermont) 4. Circle (Finland) - "Mustaa kulta" CD "Manner" (Ektro) 5. Circle (Finland) - "Lintu Joe" CD "Manner" (Ektro) 6. Rodrigo Leao feat. Beth Gibbons (Portugal/UK) - "Lonely carousel" CD "Songs (2004-2012)" (Glitterhouse) 7. Rodrigo Leao feat. Scott Matthew (Portugal/Australia) - "Terrible dawn" CD "Songs (2004-2012)" (Glitterhouse) 8. Muck & The Mires (USA) - "Whenever shes around" CD "Dial M for Muck" (Dirty Water) 9. Sibil (Turkey/Armenia) - "Siro garod" CD "Ser" (Ossi) 10. Pink Mountaintops (Canada) - "The second Summer of love" CD "Get back" (Jagjaguwar) 11. The Limianas (France) - "My Black Sabbath" CD "Costa Blanca" (Trouble in Mind) 12. The Limianas (France) - "La Mercedes Benz de couleur gris metallisee" CD "Costa Blanca" (Trouble in Mind) 13. The Blue Angel lounge (Germany) - "Winter" CD "A sea of trees" (A) 14. Amsterdam Klezmer band (Holland) - "Kigyo" CD "Blitzmash" (Vetnasj) 15. My Brightest Diamond (USA) - "Before the words" CD "This is my hand" (Asthmatic Kitty) 16. Martin Creed (UK) - "If youre lonely" CD "Mind trap" (Telephone) Страница программы на оф. сайте Сообщество программы Вконтакте

Presented by Suzy Klein and Richard Coles. International rock star Bryan Adams talks about his career as a photographer with the likes of his musical hero Ray Charles and his latest project with wounded soldiers. Change and transformation, too, for Lee Spencer. An Afghanistan and Iraq veteran, he describes how he lost a leg - not on the battlefield but while being a good Samaritan on a British motorway. Turner prize winning artist Martin Creed talks about trousers with JP Devlin. Maths teacher turned stand-up comedian Matt Parker on how to cut a pizza with a mathematical formula so rigorous everyone gets exactly the same amount of topping. Kenny Clark is a football referee who in 2001 took charge of Africa's biggest and arguably most hotly contested derby. He explains how the Cairo showdown between Egyptian sides Al Ahly and Zamalek is so fierce that foreign referees are brought in. Tennis player turned romantic novelist Alice Peterson on how her sporting career was stopped in its tracks when she was diagnosed aged 18 with rheumatoid arthritis. And the Inheritance Tracks of John Peel's widow, Sheila Ravenscroft, who chooses Panis Angelicus by César Franck and You Little Thief by Feargal Sharkey. Wounded: The Legacy of War - A photography exhibition by Bryan Adams runs at the Terrace Rooms, Somerset House, London from 12 November 2014 - 25 January 2015. Martin Creed has contributed to Frieze's free sculpture park, which runs until 18 October. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker, published by Particular Books. One Step Closer to You by Alice Peterson, published by Quercus Books. You can hear Sheila Ravenscroft talking to Jarvis Cocker about John Peel's legacy, both in tons of vinyl and the arts centre in Stowmarket named after him, on Radio 4 Extra this morning (sat) until 11.30am or from 7pm this evening. Producer: Louise Corley.

Kirsty Lang talks to Annie Proulx about the opera of her novel Brokeback Mountain and artist Martin Creed about his retrospective at the Hayward Gallery; and hears from actress Juliet Stevenson about the challenges of acting in the Samuel Beckett play Happy Days; while Mark Lawson talks to Matthew McConaughey about losing 47lbs for his film Dallas Buyers Club and to Ralph Fiennes about directing his film The Invisible Woman. comedians Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker discuss the their series of The Last Leg on Channel 4.

American novelist Jonathan Lethem discusses the singer Pete Seeger, whose death has been announced today. Martin Creed's artworks have included a room full of balloons and a room containing only a light switch. Matthew Sweet considers how Creed questions what are the limits to art, talking to Creed himself, art critic Charlotte Mullins and comedian Waen Shepherd. And, as their latest plays open on the London stage, Free Thinking brings together the director and writer Carrie Cracknell and the writer Abi Morgan to consider feminism in theatre.

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he Rennie Collection Speaker Series and Emily Carr University of Art + Design are pleased to present a public lecture by Dr. Cliff Lauson, Curator, Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, London, UK. Dr. Lauson's recent exhibitions include Tracey Emin (Love Is What You Want), Ernesto Neto (The Edges of the World) and Ron Terada (Ron Terada: Who I Think I Am). In addition to publishing texts in each of these exhibition catalogues, he has written for Art Monthly and contributed to Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. He wrote on Vancouver art and artists, in discussion with Lawrence Weiner and Dan Graham, for Fillip. Dr. Lauson is a former Assistant Curator at Tate Modern (2005 -2009) and the Education and Public Programmes Coordinator at UBC Museum of Anthropology (1998-2003). He received his BA, in English Literature from The University of British Columbia in 2001, his MA in 2004 and his PhD in 2009 in the History of Art from University College London. Lauson is presently working with artist David Shrigley for the upcoming Hayward Gallery exhibition David Shrigley: Brain Activity from February to May 2012, and is writing the catalogue essay for the Damian Moppett exhibition at the Rennie Collection at Wing Sang (opening November 26). Dr. Lauson will be speaking about his curatorial experiences and providing an update on what is happening in the London art scene. Rennie Collection, one of the largest collections of contemporary art in Canada, has evolved over a number of years to focus on works related to identity, social injustice, appropriation, painting and photography. In 2009, renovations were completed on the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown to display the collection to the public. Previous exhibitions have included Mona Hatoum, Richard Jackson, Amy Bessone and Thomas Houseago, and Martin Creed. Rennie Collection at Wing Sang holds two exhibitions a year with supporting catalogues and events. To book a tour, and to find out further information go to www.renniecollection.org Rennie Collection Speaker Series | Dr. Cliff Lauson Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | 7pm Lecture Hall | Room 301, South Building

Emily Carr and Rennie Collection Speaker Series Emily Carr is pleased to present a lecture by Martin Creed in conjunction with his exhibition of works and performances at the Rennie Collection from May 21 to October 22, 2011. It is probable that Creed is best known in Vancouver for Work No. 851 (2008) his seventy-five foot neon sentiment EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, permanently installed at Wing Sang. The phrase should rightly be read as a glowing beacon of optimism and conciliation. A converse interpretation, however, might lead one to ask “but exactly how good is ‘alright’? By entangling the double entendre in many of his works, Creed seemingly employs binary opposites: on or off; big and small; open, then closed. When these opposites collide, as they do so often in these numerically catalogued works, what was once a simple dualism is exploded, revealing infinite ulterior facets. The door into Martin Creed’s world is much like Work No. 129: a door continuously opening and closing (1995), where we can look through it and see nothing or everything, or both, in equal parts. Creed renders the invisible tangible to spectacular effect with Work No. 329 (2004). By employing party balloons to contain precisely fifty percent of the calculated volume of a particular room, the artist provokes the viewer’s awareness of how they may negotiate the remainder. Creed craftily compounds elements again in Work No. 372 (2004-2005). A grand piano, an elegant yet burdensome instrument, normally used to play florid compositions brimful of scintillating keystrokes is transformed into a brute, thumping automaton. As the innards of the piano reverberate each time the lid comes down, the sculpture also becomes a score. Rennie Collection holds a diverse breadth of these seminal works alongside more recent endeavours. In Work No. 1000: Broccoli prints (2009-2010), a special commission to be shown for the very first time during this exhibition, the artist halves an imperceptively complex shape, a sprig of broccoli, using the exposed plane to conduct printed impressions. Creed has similarly been bisecting entire exhibitions with Work No. 850 (2008), in which convoys of human sprinters are directed to traverse spaces, such as the neoclassical galleries of Tate Britain, at timed intervals. This piece will be making its North American debut at Wing Sang. Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England in 1968 and currently lives and works in London and Alicudi, Italy. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 and in recent years has worked on music, dance, writing, sculpture and painting. Creed’s recent solo exhibitions and projects include Moscow Museum of Modern Art; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; and the Duveen Commission, Tate Britain, London. Rennie Collection has evolved over a number of years to focus on works related to identity, social injustice, appropriation, painting and photography. Bob Rennie has garnered an international reputation as a dedicated collector, amassing one of the largest collections of contemporary art in Canada. In 2009, renovations were completed on the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown to display the collection to the public. Rennie Collection at Wing Sang holds two exhibitions a year with supporting catalogues and events. To book a tour, and to find out further information go to www.renniecollection.org

With Kirsty Lang. Singer Michael Stipe and bassist Mike Mills from the band REM discuss what it feels like to 'call it a day as a band' after 30 years, 15 studio albums and 85 million albums sold. They reflect on their career in the light of a new retrospective double album called REM, Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. Artists including Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Howard Hodgkin and Martin Creed have created posters for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, unveiled today. Three of the artists reveal their inspirations, and Waldemar Januszczak discusses whether the new posters are winners. In a time of austerity, the TV schedules still find space for programmes about the super-rich. Boyd Hilton assesses the appeal of shows such as Billion $$ Girl, about the daughter of F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Producer Philippa Ritchie.