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Magic by Moonlight: Kirsten Glass’ Night-Scented Stock at Karsten Schubert, London

15th December 202220th December 2022  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Kirsten Glass’ enchanting paintings conjure alternate realms, invoke esoteric energies and summon nocturnal beings. In this creative essay, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou meditates on the “obverse” side of her mesmerising work and its magical channeling of all things dark.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Arts EssaysTagged: Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Hecate, Hekate, Karsten Schubert, Kirsten Glass, moon light, Mythology, Night-Scented Stock, sigils, surealism, the Occult, Water Offerman, witchcraft, women artists

Women of the Night, Chapter 3: Vrăjitoare, Romania’s Witch Business

25th November 202026th November 2020  Toni Roberts

In the third chapter of her mini-series, Toni Roberts discovers that witchcraft is alive and well in Romania. Looking at Lucia Sekerková Bláhová’s photography series, Vrăjitoare, the modern, technologically savvy face of magic and witchery is revealed.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Arts EssaysTagged: Lucia Sekerková Bláhová, Magic, Night / Shift, Romania, Toni Roberts, Vrăjitoare, witchcraft, witches, Women of the Night

‘Twelve Verses to Make You Rot’: Ultimate Dancer’s Hevi Metle at the BALTIC, Gateshead

21st April 202016th May 2020  Gwen Dupré

Gwen Dupré responds to Ultimate Dancer’s Hevi Metle, a durational sonic performance of six hours, six minutes and six seconds which draws on a feminist approach to alchemy.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, TheatreTagged: alchemy, Black Sabbath, Hevi Metle, Juliana Capes, Leah Landau, Night / Shift, The Baltic, The Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Ultimate Dancer, witchcraft

‘Familiar Spirit’ by Sammy Weaver

20th April 202020th April 2020  Sammy Weaver

Sammy Weaver’s poem, ‘Familiar Spirit’, is a visceral and spellbinding response to Rebecca Tamás’ collection of poems, WITCH.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Night / Shift, Poetry, Rebecca Tamás, Sammy Weaver, spells, WITCH, witchcraft
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    By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
  • Picturing Loss: On Francesca Woodman by Lisa Goodrum
    By Lisa Goodrum
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    By Rachel Ashenden
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