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Madeleina Kay
Jul 14, 20241 min read
"A Very Middle Class Sort of Trauma"
This blog post is available upon request. I really hate drawing and cutting out the letters, but it's worth taking time over to make them...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 14, 202410 min read
Losing Reality – On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindest of Political and Religious Zealotry – Robert Jay Lifton
This book was a tough read but absolutely fascinating to me as it relates so much of my work (both my creative practice and professional...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 10, 20241 min read
Nikita in Colour
I started with the linework in waterproof ink for Nikita's portraits. I have a cheat method for accuracy of using my Macbook screen as a...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Livia in Colour
Post elections I'm slowly getting back to making some progress on my identity research project... I need to be more focussed on this over...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 7, 20247 min read
"The Object of Power is Power" - Notes on 1984
I read 1984 as a teenager, and given that I have been reading texts on Thought Reform for my research paper, it was definitely time for a...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 6, 20241 min read
Sketching Nikita
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 5, 20245 min read
A Macat Analsis - Eric Hoffer’s The True Believer
In my hurried book ordering I accidentally bought the Macat Analysis rather than the original text of ‘The True Believer – Thoughts on...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 3, 20241 min read
Sketches from Durrës
Durrës is an Albanian coastal town about 40km from the capital city Tirana. I wanted to go somewhere else for a couple of days and this...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Vote Cruelty Out! General Election 4th July 2024 - Music Video
We released the music video for the "It's Time To Vote" song ahead of the UK General Election with a disability awareness message. I saw...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Sketches from Tirana, Albanian Rainbows & Mosquitoes
Before I arrived, my Albanian friend described Tirana (where he currently lives) as a "shit hole" - whilst respecting his opinion as a...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 27, 20245 min read
Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Exhibitions (with lil' sis)
I came down to London for the second year’s show, bringing my little sister along to expose her to some of the experimental creativity of...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 25, 20241 min read
"Blood Stains Like Ink"
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 23, 20243 min read
MA Play with Clay Day
For the last session of our first year on the MA Fine Art: Digital course - we had a “Play with Clay” session. I was so excited – I...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 22, 20242 min read
"Restore Nature Now" - A Mobile Art Exhibition
Retirement has radicalised my Dad – he never used to be this protest-y. I took him on his first ever protest march (against Brexit) in...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 22, 20242 min read
No Borders Exhibition at the RSA
JC Candanedo is a trustee of the arts charity I work for, an artist and photographer who has also agreed to participate in my research...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 20, 20242 min read
"We have been swimming in Shit" - Making Placards for XR March in London
My Dad invited me on an environmental protest march in London - which I find funny given that I took him on his first ever protest march...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 17, 20245 min read
Preparing for filming the "SICK NOTE CULTURE" music video
It had always been my intention to recycle the ‘It’s Time To Vote’ song which I wrote for the YEUF project (mobilising young voters for...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 15, 20242 min read
Becoming British Scratch - Migration Matters Festival, Sheffield
I was expecting a good show from my dear friend Lora Krasteva, but I was blown away by her 'Becoming British Scratch' performance as part...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 12, 20245 min read
"international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred" – George Orwell
I've been reading some more essays by George Orwell on the topic of Nationalism for my MA research paper. Given my prior work on a...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 11, 20242 min read
"her singing has made EU countries vote far right" - more troll-a-lol-a-loll-ing
I've been collecting troll comments which appeared on my posts from events ahead of the EU elections 6-9th June. This was partly to share...
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