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Category Archives: Philosophy

Lily Cole’s ‘Who Cares Wins’: A Journey from Tech-Utopia to Indigenous Wisdom

November 21, 2020by harrietbottom Leave a comment

A few days before our interview, I’m struck by an Instagram video of Lily Cole swimming underwater in a bright turquoise stream of ocean bubbles. I’d spent the last few weeks immersed […]

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Kenopsia, Surrealism and the power of imagination during isolation

October 31, 2020by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Becky Scott has always loved collecting words. But when she found herself remote working in an abandoned ‘80s office building, during Lockdown, she discovered an especially fitting descriptor. One that […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

The language of Japanese colour combinations

May 19, 2019by harrietbottom Leave a comment

I love the pure experimentation of colour by modern abstract artists like Mark Rothko, Josef Albers and Bridget Riley. One of my favourite exhibitions, ever, was by Christina Mackie. Nine-metre-high […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Exhibitions, Philosophy, Thoughts

‘When we describe colour, we are poets’; an interview with artist and paint manufacturer, Michael Harding

January 20, 2018by harrietbottom 2 Comments

Read about someone who creates colour, talk about its essence Michael Harding is a paint manufacturer and handmakes artist’s oil paints. I met him at a launch for his new […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Home Blindness

April 16, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Taking the time to be inspired and set resolve. I’ve spent three months writing, re-writing, re-re-writing, going backwards as I chip away editing various blog drafts. Thinning my once animated […]

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Philosophy, Thoughts

Posies in Protest

January 22, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the magnificent Women’s March, I interviewed two women running their own quiet protest. Bread and Roses is a new social enterprise, teaching refugee women in London the art of […]

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Artisan Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Time Consciousness

January 8, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Think you know what the concept of time is?  Take two minutes to correct yourself, thanks to Zayd Awan (Philosophy BA). The standard conception of time is that of a […]

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The Paradox of Fiction

January 7, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Charlie Protheroe (Philosophy BA) reveals why being terrified of a horror film is more complicated than it seems. We have a peculiar relationship with fictional literature. We are emotionally vulnerable […]

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The Reggae Roots of St Paul’s, Bristol

January 6, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In my final term at Bristol University, I gathered a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. Every day this week I’ve been sharing my […]

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Why do we fear?

January 4, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Theo Parker (Geography BSc) challenges the prevalence of fear in our society. WE ARE CONTINUALLY CONDITIONED TO BE AFRAID. Introduced by the Bush Administration in the frantic aftermath of 9/11, […]

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Commodity Fetishism

January 3, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

From breakfast to diamonds;  time consciousness to reggae. To add to my collection of Bristol’s best digested dissertations, Amelia Butler (Geography BSc) explains why she followed the journey of the apple- from the […]

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Predictive Personality Traits

January 2, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Ramona Jones (Psychology BSc) investigates how our personality characteristics correlate with our social media activity.  Have you heard of The Big Five personality dimensions? In just five traits, psychologists can […]

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No Sweatshops, No Photoshop

October 21, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Sarah Beckett, co-founder of Birdsong London. The ethical clothing company with principles of transparency, enterprise and social change. Birdsong sources clothing and accessories from womens’ organisations and charities. […]

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Aesthetics, Artisan Interviews, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

The artist with an appetite for colour

July 11, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Colour in a ‘techno-scientific world’

February 23, 2016by harrietbottom 3 Comments

Between March and October, 2015, Christina Mackie’s nine-metre-high silk nets hung in Tate Britain’s Duveen Gallery. The pastel, soft fabric trickled down into pools of dense, crystallised dye, whilst a […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Exhibitions, Philosophy, Thoughts

Lily Cole, the gift economy & fashion for good

August 11, 2015by harrietbottom Leave a comment

A model and actress with the right attitude. There’s no doubt that Lily Cole is an iconic beauty, a red-headed tribute to the Pre-Raphaelite era. I could write an article […]

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Artist Interviews, Fashion, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

Is your experience of colour different to your colour vision?

April 12, 2015by harrietbottom 7 Comments

Take #thatdress… If one person sees blue and black in the photograph and another sees white and gold, can they both be right with their colour experience? I’m sitting here […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Plato and philosophical progress

November 12, 2014by harrietbottom Leave a comment

…Is ancient philosophy still relevant in 21st-century life? Why didn’t Plato know that slavery was wrong…?  As part of Bristol’s Festival of ideas, Rebecca was invited to the Watershed to […]

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Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

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