Discussing art and the importance of sticking to your roots isn’t something people normally engage in moments after digesting breakfast, but Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith isn’t your average frontman. Record label owner, photographer and scissor-jumping extraordinaire, the former pensioner-teaching art tutor has temporarily gone solo and has taken time out to chat about his cultural highlights of 2010 and why, although it can often feel it, London isn’t the centre of the universe.
Music: Paul Smith
Arts: Seripop – A weekend of printmaking, illustration and live music
Kicking off tomorrow (Friday 31st July) at the BALTIC is a three day event with Canadian art duo, Seripop. Seripop artists Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau have joined forces with guest curator Sophie Brown to bring a weekend of design, print, illustrations and live music to Newcastle. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >
