The cuts are really starting to hit home; the imminent closure of Ikon Eastside, forced on them by slashed funding, has recently been announced. But they’ll be going out with a bang, not a whimper, hosting the Rites of Spring festival, three nights of live music taking place 7th-9th April. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

The Bloors have been fascinated with flawed idealism and obscure histories since they started working together in 2003. In their newest project, they take their usual “range of media” method to a much larger, transportable level. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Józef Robakowski’s film ‘From My Window’ includes May Day marches, so it only stands to be suitable that his exhibition of ‘My Very Own Cinema’ which includes those images amongst many others, should open on the 1st May as the first presentation of work at Ikon Eastside of 2009.
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