On the 15th April, Ibou Tall and Jazzmates played in Caf├® Jazz in Cardiff. They are a Bristol based jazz group with Ibou Tall at the centre of the group writing the songs and playing keyboard. Ibou Tall grew up in Senegal starting up his own jazz bands. After a successful career with the Setsima Band, Ibou Tall set up his current band, working to … Continue reading Ibou Tall and Jazzmates
Don Cheadle (Iron Man) directs and stars in a Miles Davis biopic, that rids itself of all biopic clich├®s. Receiving mixed critical reviews, most likely due to its more experimental form and lack of easily processeable biographical information, Don Cheadle has created a film that captures the spirit of Miles Davis, some of what he stood for, his attitude and his music. It makes sense … Continue reading Miles Ahead Review
Directed by German director Sebastian Schipper, and shot by Sturla Brandth Gr├©vlen (Rams), Victoria is a German/English language film, shot in one continuous 138 minute take in real time. After winning awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and gaining a reputation for its daring shooting style, the film has reached a wider audience and received a strong critical reception. Opening to Victoria, the titular character, … Continue reading Victoria Review
PorterÔÇÖs, a bar on Bute Terrace close to the Motorpoint Arena, on a barren stretch of road encased within CardiffÔÇÖs transport links, (the beer garden is almost sheltered by the concrete pillars that hold up the railway) is a stylish venue with an understated film/theatre aesthetic. It often screens films and theatre productions in The Other Room; a tiny back room of 20 or so … Continue reading Play/Silence: a double bill at Porter’s Bar
On Thursday 3rd of December a giant mural was lauched on the side of Clwb Ifor Bach as part of a series of UK street art. It was inspired by welsh musician GwennoÔÇÖs latest concept album Y Dydd Olaf, which was in turn inspired by a 1976 sci-fi novel written by Owain Owain. It was painted by a local street artist RMER, and designed by … Continue reading Street Art at Clwb Ifor Bach
Every year T┼À Celf, an annual arts publication for writing, photography, art and this time film, is published as a pull-out in Quench magazine and online. We are looking for contributions from Cardiff students (undergrad or postgrad) which include poetry, prose, digital or traditional art, photography and film. This is a great chance to get your work published in a magazine read by students and … Continue reading T┼À Celf 2015/16
EXPERIMENTICA┬áreturned to Cardiff this year for five days filled with live art, performances and interdisciplinary projects. As Chapter stated on their website ÔÇÿEXPERIMENTICA is entertaining, dangerous, confusing, life-affirming, playful, provocative, thoughtful, witty, engaging, irritating and everything in between.ÔÇÖ Here are a number of the performances that took part across the five day international festival. Review 1# (by Georgie Crespie) Across one day were the performances … Continue reading Experimentica15
For many of us, students especially, our weekends consist of partying all through Friday and Saturday night, whilst sleeping in the day. Our social life revolves around the night time, whether it be at a party or at a club where the average arrival time is 12am and most of us usually end up getting home in the early hours of the next morning. Many … Continue reading Art & Nightlife
When you think of Cardiff as a city you may typically associate it with patriotic red dragons, long-standing castles, fine architecture or, more infamously the renound chippy lane after a night out at Wednesday RetroÔÇÖs (AKA Caroline Street). However, it cannot be denied that WalesÔÇÖ capital is a Cultural hub┬áhere are some of the best cultural venues in Cardiff. Cardiff National Museum and Art Gallery┬áby┬áSadia … Continue reading Cardiff’s Cultural Venues
Literature and art are often at the centre of revolution. They can spark change within a single person or within whole societies. Mads Banfield explains some of the most prevalent literary movements and asks whether innovation and revolution can take place now. Throughout the last centuries there have been a range of different literary movements, which have revolutionised how language is presented and engaged … Continue reading Literary Revolutions
