Monthly Archives: November 2013

Art and Oil in a Cool Climate (pt.3)

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Steve Bottoms

In this third part of my retrospective reflections on recent work by London artist-activists concerned with the machinations of Big Oil, I want to consider Platform’s Oil City – a site-specific performance that tours small groups of participatinging audience members … Continue reading →

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Art and Oil in a Cool Climate (pt.2)

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Steve Bottoms

Further to my comments about Platform/Liberate Tate’s Tate a Tate audio guides in the post preceding this one, I want to attempt (belatedly) to unpack some thoughts about another of Liberate Tate’s 2012 interventions, The Gift. I was unable to … Continue reading →

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Art and Oil in a Cool Climate (Pt. 1)

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Steve Bottoms

It’s oddly appropriate that, two weeks after posting a brief, “3 years on” blog piece remembering our Fountains Abbey network weekend, I found myself once again listening to John Fox, of Dead Good Guides, talking about his and Sue Gill’s … Continue reading →

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