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Reflections on life as a curator, researcher and arts writer. Also known as #wordgirl, making books, living with invisible illness and "connecting the dots that people can't see" (Richard Hsu, TEDxShanghai)…

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Review: ‘An Arm, A Leg & Other Stories’ by Heman Chong, SLG

“No knee slides.” The words I was told by the gallery assistant at the South London Gallery when entering Heman … More

American Psycho, art writing, critique, Guanxi, Heman Chong, installation, institution, London, narrative, painting, performance, play, power, SLG, South London Gallery, typography, writing

Review: ‘Tree of Codes’ at MIF15, Manchester

Every so I often I feed my love of ballet, my life (once) as a ballerina that I’ve spoken of … More

ballet, Bruno Schulz, choreography, Dance, installation art, Jamie xx, Jonathan Safran Foer, Manchester, Manchester International Festival, MIF, MIF15, Music, Olafur Eliasson, performance, soundscape, The Street of Crocodiles, visual arts, Wayne McGregor

Review: One Hour Long Exhibition at SLG, London

After a whirlwind browse of Offprint London in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall last weekend, manaXi and I went to the … More

Am Nuden Da, Chosil Kil, curating, exhibition-making, installation, Jesper List Thomsen, Johannes Lund, Marie Lund, Music, narrative, One Hour Long Exhibition, performance, performance art, sculpture, SLG, South London Gallery, spoken word, temporary

Review: Restoke presents ‘The Voyagers’

I forget how much dance and performance can really move me…bring me to the edge of my emotional reality and … More

Amoy tiger tummy, Appetite, As The World Tipped, baths, Bertolt Brecht, Brecht, Dance, light show, oral histories, oral history, performance, Restoke, Ricky the lion, serendipitous synchronicity, Stoke, Stoke-On-Trent, The Voyagers, Tunstall, Tunstall Baths, Victorian baths, wordgirl

Review: Christian Marclay & Laurent Estoppey at White Cube, Bermondsey

During a three-day jaunt to London at the end of January with the normal want to see and do as … More

Bermondsey, choreography, Christian Marclay, composition, contemporary art, Coriander Studio, Language, Laurent Estoppey, Music, performance, saxophone, saxophonist, sonic art, sound, sound art, The Vinyl Factory, Tsang Kin Wah, Tsang Kinwah, visual language, White Cube

REVIEW: Susan Philipsz at Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Another day (yesterday actually), another gallery visit en route to University for the afternoon, another great exhibition happening in Birmingham … More

Birmingham, brass band, Broken Ensemble, Celine Condorelli, Digbeth, Eastside Projects, instruments, Lee Bul, misophonia, Music, musical instruments, sound, sound art, Susan Philipsz, Turner Prize, war

REVIEW: Lee Bul at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Before going into University today – yes, I’m back to it, back to many words, determined to see the end … More

architecture, Birmingham, COUNTRY, curating, design, distopia, Gerry Judah, Huang Yong Ping, Ikon Gallery, Korea, Korean art, Lee Bul, maquettes, New York, salon, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, utopia, Wolverhampton Art Gallery

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NOTE: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employers. All words and images are © Rachel Marsden unless otherwise stated. Rachel Marsden’s Words is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

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