Message peep Rick Fury recorded live from a Heaton living room, Peep Magazine / Peep Podcast links up with North East rap heavyweight Rick Fury alongside fellow MC Gilly Man Giro and RAP TIME visual architect SI (courtesy of Killamari Records' Joe Eden). This audio session strips away the industry gloss to explore the grit behind Rick's new album project, Hard Target. We get into the weight of regional accents, navigating everyday condescension, real-life versus cinematic fear, complica...
Aug 8
1 hr 7 min
Message peep peep magazine catch up with two representatives from the newly formed cultural political movement - ‘We Are United’. They are set to stage a series of gigs and festivals that celebrate multiculturalism. promote unity and pro-actively challenge the rise of racism and fascism in the North East of England and the UK. This interview was made possible by the preview art show ‘OXYGEN’ within a building in Newcastle upon Tyne called Hadrian House, where 70 Artists showcased ...
Jun 22
9 min
Message peep peep podcast interview Northumbria University Fine Art Graduate Zoe Fradgley Irving at The Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art. peep discuss Tartans Scottish history, Vivian Westwood and the punk culture in Newcastle upon Tyne. Zoe, rips, stitches and explores different mediums and experiments with photography and fashion, using rebellious punk culture fabrics that were influenced by her mother ( an original Punk) and their Scottish heritage. Support the show peep website
Jun 9
11 min
Message peep peep podcast catch up with Northumbria Fine Art Graduate Avery Thompson at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art. Avery, explores themes of Incel culture within today society. The installation showcases popular movies such as ‘American Psycho’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Fight Club’ and comments on themes of masculinity, violence and the idealisation of misogynistic men within today popular culture. This interview is the fourth episode of a series of interviews with Fine Art graduates from N...
Jun 3
9 min
Message peep peep podcast meet Sarah McLelland as she showcases her final year Northumbria University Fine Art show at The Baltic For Contemporary Art. Sarah’s art practice combines textiles, photography and crochet to explore her Scottish family heritage. Sarah uses crochet and textiles to explore how designs, patterns and materials carry memory across generations. Sarah explores the journey of the droplet Paisley motif and how the Paisley pattern originated from Persia, but has now been hea...
Jun 2
6 min
Message peep peep podcast catch up with Northumbria fine art graduate Francesca Monaco with her final year degree show at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art. Francesca sights Feminist art movements as an inspiration for her work and making sure woman are represented within the art scene. Francesca explains ‘Guerrilla Girls’ also attracted her attention whilst making this piece. Sighting ‘Do Woman Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met Museum’ and further explaining that the Met Art Mu...
May 29
9 min
Message peep peep podcast meet Luca King - the Northumbria University Fine Art Graduate showcasing her final show at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art preview show. we chat to artist Lua about her long term relationship with Horses. She explains that she is very connected to interspecies and multi-media processes. The work focuses on themes of Equestrian nostalgia and the long standing relationship between horses and humans. Support the show peep website
May 27
9 min
Message peep peep podcast catch up with Lily Capper for the Northumbria University Fine Art Graduate Show at The Baltic for Contemporary Art Preview show. Lilly feels very connected to her work and gravitated to textiles, and that textiles can be fine art and not just classed as ‘kitch’ known for ‘sentimental work pieces. We also discuss the theories and ideologies behind Lily’s work, and how she was inspired by “Wire Monkey And Cloth Monkey" experiments that were conducted in the...
May 26
10 min
Message peep The Black Shuck Deep in the folklore of England lurks one of its most enduring and terrifying legends — The Black Shuck. A large ghoslty phantom dog, said to stalk lonely roads, coastal paths and dark countryside with glowing red eyes and a presence that chills you to the bone. In this episode of the Peep Podcast, we sit down with a North East local ‘Carl’ who claims to have come face to face with this ancient spectral beast in Washington , North East. This peep audio podcast acc...
Apr 6
39 min
Message peep peep podcast visit the Vanguard Gallery / Nowt Special show - ‘Valkyrie Archive’ showcasing bold, unconventional Newcastle upon Tyne based female artists who challenge mainstream narratives. peep talk exclusively with co-founder ‘Keeper Of Kitsune’ as she explains the processes and influences of her work alongside other female artists of the night. peep has documented the evolution of this space, from our Van Goth coverage to this latest exhibition, recognising its importan...
Mar 2
9 min
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