Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Online Exclusives, James Keaton, Lost Connection

Incorporating creative programming and alternative venues, ASFF is the latest addition to the film festival circuit. To celebrate the launch, we are running a interviews with the filmmakers throughout October.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Online Exclusives, Elsa Isoardi, Jour à Jour, J1…

Incorporating creative programming and alternative venues, ASFF is the latest addition to the film festival circuit. To celebrate the launch, we are running a series of interviews with filmmakers.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival, ASFF, York, Tickets Available Now

ASFF incorporates creative programming and alternative venues. As the latest addition to the British film festival circuit, ASFF offers a unique experience within the festival landscape.

The Primacy of Drawing, Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space

Jerwood Drawing Prize has run since 1994, and is exhibited in the Jerwood Space. Later, it will tour to venues including Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff and the Burton Art Gallery & Museum, Bideford.

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Autoconstruccion, Modern Art Oxford

Abraham Cruzvillegas (b.1968, Mexico City) is an artist and writer who works predominantly in sculpture, using found materials to explore specific local areas in a social and economic context.

An Interpretative and Investigative Angle, Shahidul Alam: My Journey as a Witness, Wilmotte Gallery

A retrospective of the ground-breaking photographer, writer, teacher and activist Shahidul Alam will take place at the Wilmotte Gallery, Lichfield Studios in London this autumn.

The Neo-Modern Myth, Nicolas Ruston, Propensity Modelling, Hay Hill Gallery

Nicolas Ruston is a British sculptor, recognised for his silicone and mixed media works. Ruston is concerned with collective beliefs in relation to the mass media and its version of reality.

Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990, V&A

The V&A’s new exhibition Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990 explores the recent past in design with two decades of hindsight.

Wild Flag

Wild Flag has a youthful vigour to make you yearn for days gone by, or if you’re lucky, provide the perfect accompaniment to a young, free present.

Forest Fire

Staring at the X is Forest Fire’s second album following their acclaimed debut, Survival, which received high praise across tastemaking blogs.

Mike Doughty

Doughty’s signature blend of sounds and genres is more present in this album. Known for merging indie, folk, rock, Americana and blues, Doughty creates an overall listening experience.

Cant

Grizzly Bear multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor’s first solo project is captivating. Combining an array of sounds and moods, Dreams Come True is an album that will appeal from its first track.

We Were Promised Jetpacks

This second album from We Were Promised Jetpacks is aptly named; their aggressive brand of indie rock delivers a bracing blow.

Kill It Kid

Kill It Kid is many things, but first of all, they’re loud. Since critical response to their first album pigeon-holed the band in with acoustic neo-rock, the second album does well to break free from these labels.

Submotion Orchestra

Submotion Orchestra formed when Ruckspin and hip hop underground label Ranking Records were commissioned by the Arts Council to write and perform a live dubstep piece in York Minster.

Drowning in a Sea of Words

Nothing has hit the world of music writing harder than the social networking explosion. But the ways in which the writing has changed are still up for debate.

Unidentified Discontent

In October 2011, Edward Bond’s seminal play Saved returned to London for the first time since 1984, provoking questions about the nature of violence in our society.

Our Day Will Come

Filmed to the grim backdrop of France’s industrial northern coast Our Day Will Come is clearly intended as an abstract parable for racism and discrimination.

Bal (Honey)

Yakup works in the mountain forests gathering honey, entering a mysterious world in the tree-tops that is an endless source of fascination for the young Yusuf.

Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times

Given unprecedented access to the New York Times media desk for a year, Page One follows journalists and editors as they struggle to find captivating stories and defend the newspaper from its critics.