Aguirre: wrath of odd Drifters on Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka

New post on the travelblogue

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On two premature exhibition closures: criticismism.com/the-war-stri...

★★★ In the bleak midwinter: three artists explore global concerns at the Goodwood Art Foundation, West Sussex @criticismism.bsky.social reviews Erasure an exhibition in a time of crisis www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...

A dancefloor outside Delhi Getting to experience a big fat India wedding

And this new post on my travel blog about two days spent at an Indian wedding

New post on my art blog about a cinematic attraction in a New Delhi market

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Notes from overground, CAVE immersive environment at Coventry University

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In Africa, this Christmas time A yule-travelogue from the capital of Sierra Leone

Do they know it's Christmas? The question is finally answered

Don't miss the interactive photo-widget. Next-level public presentation of scientific findings!

A visit to the island of no return Bunce Island was Sierra Leone's most infamous slave trading post

New travelogue dropped

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A roulette table in a swish 1940s themed bar

Casablanca (1942) in person on my art blog criticismism. It's my latest encounter with an immersive environment and a highlight to a recent layover in Morocco.

A thought about last night's historic annoucement in art...

graphic design of falling man in suit, whose face has been replaced with a smiley made of dollar signs

New Mark Fisher film by Close and Remote just dropped. See what I thought and stream it for not many $s

Here I look like I've stepped into a ZX Spectrum game, specifically, this ZX Spectrum game. Tir na Nog..

Vietnom Dining our way round the Land of the Rising Dragon

If you like travel (armchair or economy class), perhaps you will like my substack. Here's a new post, about Vietnamese streetfood

Dutch sand artist draws images on Walton-on-the-Naze beach Gert-Jan Van Der Kooij uses virtual reality goggles and a rake for his drawings on the Essex beach.

Unusual use of VR buried here under some sand

Superstar content provider A.R. Rahman and an immersive brand experience at the O2

You're never too big to look this small. We saw A.R. Rahman at the O2.

A black female artist works constructing sculptures made by wrapping coloured material around into large objects

From the margins to the UK's biggest art prize: @criticismism.bsky.social reflects on the significance and brilliance of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize exhibition.

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Palatial waters Drinking in the lakeside charms of Udaipur in India

Travel notes from Rajasthan

Weaving Memory: Dhaqan Collective on The Aqal (House of Weaving Songs) - ART AFRICA Magazine In conversation with Somali artists Ayan Cilmi and Fozia Ismail, art writer Mark Sheerin explores a travelling home for nomadic culture, community, and song. Dhaqan Collective, House of Weaving Songs,...

I also made it to Blackburn, for British Textile Biennial 2025, to immerse myself in a nomadic home for Somali musical culture

Review - Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize exhibition: resplendent in the pleasures of process ActionSpace artist, Nnena Kalu has made a splash by being nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize as a learning-disabled artist. Mark Sheerin reflects on the significance and brilliance of her Turner Priz...

I've given an account of Nnena Kalu's remarkable and hopeful showing at Cartwright Hall, Bradford, in this year's Turner Prize

Tunnels in Vietnam Our history lesson on, and under, the ground

Detail from a drawing seen in Hanoi over summer. We also did the Ben Duoc tunnel experience, which I'd recommend training for! Anyhow, I've written about the war, the VC and the present in Vietnam, a remarkable land.

Five wanderers above the sea of fog A family trip to the cloudy Himalayas

If you've ever wondered what it might be like to go to Sikkim, read on:

Three people stand within the centre of an 180-degree screen-based installation which has the projected image of three deaf performers on it

Deaf Heritage takes centre stage in @cathymager.bsky.social’s work, Finger Talk at Wellcome Collection.

Read @criticismism.bsky.social's review ↓
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Folkestone Triennial 2025 - landscape, seascape, art lovers' escape A rare cloud form envelopes the headland and to the east and the west Folkestone is cut off from the known world. This mist shortens the visual range, drawing attention to the chalky soil, the sea gor...

★★★★ #FolkestoneTriennial 2025 - Landscape, seascape, art lovers' escape: this locally rooted festival brings home many but not all global concerns, says Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social #CreativeFolkestone theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...

A strange, sad and mildly shocking tale from a cave in Goa

I've written an account of the Barbican's VR rave experience: I hope my review is the next best thing to the next best thing to being there back in the day.

Have We Reached the XR Tipping Point? High-quality devices are now powerful and affordable enough to enable truly compelling experiences

Something Mother Shipton might not have predicted, XR industry set to double in value over next three years. Same upward trajectory as Immersive Experiences.

North Yorkshire cave and 'unique' well are England's oldest tourist attractions 'Magical' Mother Shipton's Cave and 'unique' Petrifying Well in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, are England's oldest tourist attractions.

Prophetess Mother Shipton had a pretty badass start in life: born, during a thunderstorm, in a cave.