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Madeleina Kay
May 8, 20245 min read
If it’s a “culture” then we should have clothing and jewellery
Well, it looks like I’ve just ruined a perfectly good and brand new jacket with more of my protest-y nonsense (for the record, I scoured...
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Madeleina Kay
May 7, 20242 min read
"Eat the Rich" - Antlers
After Alex Schady's "pink sculpture" workshop where I fashioned myself a rather flimsy pait of antlers out of pink and yellow tape - I...
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Madeleina Kay
May 5, 20241 min read
Trying to sew whilst Boudicca is happening...
I managed to finish the second and third 'MANTRUM' cushions, despite interference from a floofy little terror, and even successfully...
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Madeleina Kay
May 5, 20247 min read
"Welcome to the Shitshow" - Art is Magic by Jeremy Deller
I first read this book about a year ago, after attending an author talk / book signing / karaoke (it was an eclectic affair) event in...
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Madeleina Kay
May 1, 20243 min read
"That is hysterical" - my job here is done.
At the request of my friend, I have created a “MANTRUM” cushion. It was also an opportunity for me to learn how to sew a zip – which I...
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Madeleina Kay
May 1, 20241 min read
Sketching Livia
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 30, 20247 min read
"Good luck with your cursed life" - AI and YOU Podcast Released
The podcast is finally out! (Well, the first episode, at least…) It’s been an incredible experience hosting a podcast for the first time...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 30, 20243 min read
Dare to Care - 'Ways of Healing' Documentary
I religiously filmed / photographed everything for the three days I was in Bologna with my art collective, Dare to Care, promising to...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 29, 202420 min read
Sharon Hayes - "Can we speak of the ‘professionalisation’ of the artist as having reduced or eliminated political consciousness from cultural production?"
(With the exception of Tolstoy’s War and Peace) I’m not sure I’ve ever been so glad to get to the end of a book, 'Sharon Hayes' by Julia...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 28, 20241 min read
"Flags are a flattening of identity" - Lora's interview
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 28, 20244 min read
The "Brexiles" exhibition is coming to Edinburgh!
I'm excited to announce that my "Brexiles" exhibition - portraits of 27 Brits who left the UK because of Brexit - is going on tour! It...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 27, 20243 min read
"BRIDEZILLA" - second edit of the pink sculpture workshop music video
I finished the first edit of the music video for 'Betrayal In Your Eyes' in a bit of a rush (before heading on the trip to Poland and...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 26, 20247 min read
"They were using creative methods with their propaganda and we have to fight them on their own playing field"
I decided to type up a transcript of (most of) my impromptu speech in Rome on 17th April, since many of the points I made are relevant to...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 26, 20249 min read
"The kindest person in the room is often the smartest" - defining success on your own terms.
This topic, which we discussed in our MA Fine Art Digital teaching session this week is something over which I thought I had already...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 24, 20244 min read
"Sick Note Culture" - The British public's abusive relationship with the Conservative government
Where to start on this one? I got back from a wonderful few days in Italy working with my art collective, Dare to Care, on an...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 23, 20242 min read
Bologna and Imola Lunatic Asylum in Sketches
I didn't have any time for sketching whilst I was in Bologna, so all of these were made from photographs which I took whilst dashing...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 22, 20246 min read
Visiting MAMbo (Musem and Contemporary Art Bologna)
I didn’t have much time free in Bologna, but I really wanted to see MAMbo (Modern and Contemporary Art Bologna). They had a temporary...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 21, 20241 min read
The Vibrant Mind: Embracing Mental Health Through Artistry - Exhibition at DUMBO in Bologna
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 21, 20245 min read
Ways of Healing – Workshop at Adiacenze Art Space, Bologna – 18/04/24
I arrived in Bologna around 1pm on Thursday afternoon – I am always amused by the fact that nothing in Italy happens on time except for...
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 18, 20245 min read
Alla Ricerca Di Un'Identità – Sketches from Rome
This was my third time in Rome, but I was delighted to actually have time to explore the city on this trip (as the previous two trips...
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