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All The Names Given

Alumnus, poet and spoken word artist Raymond Antrobus MBE FRSL has released his second collection of work, ‘All The Names Given’. Published in March, the lyrical collection is in turns funny, brutal and tender, covering themes including disability and human rights, depictions of race in the art world, and the complexities of family history. Raymond is deaf, and the addition of asides in the form of [Caption Poems] throughout the collection creates an affecting layer of meaning while also breaking new ground in form and content.

Colour Is Mine

Rose Sinclair, Goldsmiths Senior Lecturer and PhD researcher, has curated ‘Colour Is Mine’ – a landmark retrospective of Trinidad-born British designer and textile artist Althea McNish. The exhibition, which is part of a three-year research project, showcases Althea’s multi-faceted designs and technical mastery. It will run until September at the William Morris Gallery in London.

Never Let Me Go

Nine years after their last album, Placebo – fronted by Goldsmiths Music alumnus and Honorary Fellow Brian Molko – have released their eighth studio album, ‘Never Let Me Go’. Brian’s distinctive vocals are as present as ever, layered over synth, subtle melodies, and euphoric orchestral crescendos (as in track ‘The Prodigal’). The album’s themes are timely: alienation, nonnormative relationships, surveillance culture, media hypocrisy, and the desolation of realising the world is dying: “Somebody take a picture before it’s too late.”

Cooking Sections

Spatial practitioners Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, who met while studying Research Architecture at Goldsmiths in 2012, founded Cooking Sections to examine the systems that organise the world through food. Using site-responsive installation, performance and video, they explore the overlapping boundaries between art, architecture, ecology and geopolitics. Last year they were nominated for the Turner Prize for their work focusing on food and climate change.

James Blake x Endel

In true multi-disciplinary style, alumnus James Blake has collaborated with artificial intelligence (AI) meditation app Endel for a project called ‘Wind Down’, designed to help users sleep more effectively. James created a composition (available in full on YouTube) specially for the project. He said: “It’s mesmerising to hear how my music blends with the science-based sounds of Endel’s AI and I think we’ve invented something not just beautiful or even meaningful, but truly practical.”