Alex King
Best music videos of the week
The whacky, weird and the wow — We serve up the latest offering from the Zenga Bros, Odd Future on a ‘70s TV timewarp, a surprise appearance from MF Doom and a whole load more.
Written by: Alex King
Fourteen days on the refugee trail from Kos to Vienna
Europe’s Border Crisis: The Long Road — Over two weeks, documentary photographer and filmmaker Adam Patterson travelled with refugees making the harrowing journey across Europe to shoot a powerful new documentary.
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First acts announced for Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards
The underground comes out to play at KOKO — Little Simz, 79rs Gang and Henry Wu presents Yussef Kamaal get the ball rolling for the annual celebration of the finest alternative music.
Written by: Alex King
Felipe Merida’s powerful illustrations reveal America’s hidden Latino workers
Ghosts in the machine — Felipe Merida’s Latinos USA solo show celebrates the often-overlooked contribution of Latinos to American society.
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Dismaland to be reassembled as shelters at Calais’ Jungle refugee camp
Cinderella’s castle finds an unlikely new home — Materials from Banksy’s infamous ‘bemusement park’ in Weston-super-Mare are to be used to build shelters for the thousands of refugees stuck in Calais.
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Surfer Kassia Meador found herself when she stopped focusing on one thing
Like spinning plates — As a surfer, photographer, designer and creative entrepreneur, Kassia Meador had too much to juggle in her life - but watching a California desert sunrise helped everything fall into place.
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This is a do-it-yourself photobook manifesto
The revolution will not be brought to you by Amazon — Bruno Ceschel of Self Publish, Be Happy’s new manifesto and manual issues a call to arms and offers advice to aspiring self-publishers.
Written by: Alex King
How do you make great activist art?
Art not agitprop — Artist Katy Bauer explains the key to successful activist art is not to rant, shock or alienate but break through to people who don’t agree with you.
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Best reactions to allegations UK PM David Cameron ‘had sex with a dead pig’
The unfolding #PigGate saga — A new biography alleges the British Prime Minister put his penis inside a dead pig’s mouth while at university. Here are the internet’s most hilarious reactions.
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Jay Nelson transforms trucks, boats and bikes into incredible wanderlust vehicles
Build your own adventure — He makes wild contraptions out of wood that are the stuff of surfing lore. But for artist Jay Nelson, adventures only really kick off when things begin to go wrong.
Written by: Alex King
