The Double Negative
WEBWhat now? Edited by Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington ISBN 978-1-5272-4281-4 Published August 2019. Very limited edition run of 250 copies. Paperback, 96...
About Us - The Double Negative
WEBThe Double Negative was conceived and co-founded in a post-Capital of Culture Liverpool, UK, in December 2011, by Mike Pinnington and Laura Robertson. We pooled our experience in DIY/artist-led spaces and journalism with a burning desire to kickstart something superb. Liverpool, it seemed, had attained a level of creative maturity – across ...
The Double Negative
WEB“Tish’s work was driven by her compassion and her feeling of injustice.” Jennifer Jasmine White speaks with Tish producer, Jen Corcoran… In one of the most powerful moments from Paul Sng’s new documentary...
The Double Negative » Radical Landscapes:Routes and Roots
WEBJun 5, 2022 · In my book I Belong Here, I examined and challenged notions of place, identity and belonging by walking the Pennine Way to Hadrian’s Wall – and discussing the fascinating artefacts, discovered through archaeological excavations, which showed that there were Black Roman soldiers guarding the wall.As with Stonehenge, here is yet another example of how immigrants and people of colour helped ...
The Double Negative » Dune: Part One – Reviewed
WEBJan 11, 2021 · There is a great scene in which Paul and Jessica race to avoid a monstrous sandworm, the planet’s apex predator; the shifting ground rising and gushing like crashing waves against the rocks that are their salvation. Here, the depiction of their almost symbiotic reliance upon one another, sound design and CG combine to thrilling effect.
The Double Negative » 2021 » June
WEBWhat’s in a Flag? Dr Richard Benjamin on Larry Achiampong’s Pan African Flags // Liverpool Biennial 2021. What do flags have to say today? The International Slavery Museum’s Dr Richard Benjamin approaches this question via our collective past, and Liverpool Biennial artist Larry Achiampong’s Pan African Flags For the Relic Travellers’...
The Double Negative » Opinion: Who are you calling insignificant?
WEBJul 10, 2022 · Opinion: Who are you calling insignificant? It was with grim interest (and practically open-mouthed) that this week we read that the Telegraph had lazily declared Liverpool, more or less, a cultural backwater, in an article written under the artificial pretext of a Liverpool versus Glasgow face-off. “Let us imagine for one moment that this is actually a prize awarded to the most culturally ...
The Double Negative » 2023 » June
WEBThe Double Negative x Liverpool Biennial – Open Call for Writers // Deadline: Monday 10 July 2023. Writers wanted! The Double Negative is excited to announce its collaboration with Liverpool Biennial to commission a Merseyside-based writer to reflect on this year’s festival, uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things.
The Double Negative » 2022 » January
WEBAn online magazine featuring the latest arts, design, film & music coverage in the UK. Our mission: to hold a mirror up to the national -- in particular the North-West -- art scene and reflect it, uncovering and analysing the talent based here.
The Double Negative » 2021 » November
WEB“A statement but also a question.” Lucy McKenzie – Reviewed “If anything is clear, it’s that Lucy McKenzie is a voracious cultural omnivore.”