Judith Rugg's Blog

Reflections on art, writing, teaching and research in fine art and creative practice

Bunker

Bunker

In 1945 the urbanist and philosopher, Paul Virilio discovered the sea: he described the place as a void ‘with that particular emptiness you feel in abandoned places.’ ... 
Spatial Virtualities

Spatial Virtualities

The artist Shezad Dawood’s exhibition Kalimpong at Timothy Taylor Gallery in 2016, included ‘an immersive tour’ of the town of the same name on the border of Tibet ...
More on the Street

More on the Street

Street Art World by Alison Young (Professor of Criminology at the University of Melbourne and author of Street Art, Public City and Street / Studio), was recently published by Reaktion ...
Evolving Mobilities

Evolving Mobilities

The concept of mobilities has been an issue which has been discussed for some time in the pages of interdisciplinary journals such as Environment and Planning, a series of...
On Existentialism

On Existentialism

If one can drag oneself away from the Shakespearean dramas currently being enacted in real life (I am writing this in London), it is useful to remember that...
Simultaneous Landscapes

Simultaneous Landscapes

In Space, Place and Gender (Polity Press, 1994) the geographer Doreen Massey reflects on her observations as an adolescent, when from the top deck of a bus...