Category: Music
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The Spotify playlist
Most weeks a playlist is created to go along with the blog entries. The music and (occasionally) other audio comes from the Spotify platform and you can listen either using the player above or by heading over to Spotify and searching for “Music to read a blog by”.
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The Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist is curated to reflect the articles on the blog. To listen to the playlist click on the player above or go to Spotify online or in the app and search for “Music to read a blog by”. Paying subscribers to Spotify will hear all the tracks while a free subscription will…
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The Spotify playlist
Most weeks, a playlist on the streaming platform, Spotify, accompanies the entries on the blog. Each of the pieces reflects something in the blog although sometimes the link is obscure. To listen to the playlist click on the player above or head over to Spotify online or in the app and search for “Music to…
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The Spotify playlist
Accompanying the blog most weeks, the Spotify playlist is a curated collection of audio that reflects the blog entries. Each of the tracks has something to do with the articles although sometimes that can be somewhat obscure! To listen either use the Player above or head over to Spotify online or in the app and…
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Sónia Aniceto
The work of Sónia Aniceto, a Portuguese artist who trained in painting and tapestry, took a turn when she worked in an opera house on sets. The experience of working on a large scale with textiles at La Monnaie in Belgium encouraged the artist to explore mixing thread and paint. The result… delicate, beautiful, unsettling…
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A surprise from the collection
This week conserving and cataloguing the textile collection started in the studio. Over the past few months a friend has been working to research the collection items and that has been a Very Useful Thing. That research has been added to the website under the “Textile collection” link and it is filling up nicely. Now…
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What’s on Spotify this week
Almost every week the blog is accompanied by a soundtrack. This audio is curated on the streaming platform, Spotify, and each of the entries relates to the articles on the blog in some way. To listen to the playlist use the player above or go to Spotify and search for “Music to read a blog…
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Origami Ballet
Origami Ballet is just that: a dance piece inspired by the art of folding paper. The project, created by Agnes Obel who wrote the music, and choreographed by Makiko Aoyama, Robert Howat, and Takeshi Matsumoto, was premiered in Scotland in 2024. The video below is, according to the source of it, generated by AI from…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Most weeks the blog is accompanied by a curated playlist of audio that relates in some way to the articles. Sometimes the connection between audio and article is very obvious. Sometimes it is not. The pieces come from a wide range of artists and musicians, recorders and sources. to listen simply click on the Player…
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This week’s Spotify playlist