Photography and Urban Cultures
Photography and Urban Cultures 14.03.2026 - 31.03.2026 Goldsmiths
College - New Academic Building Atrium (map) Private View - Thu 20.03.2014, 7pm-9pm Gasket
have a long-standing relationship with Goldsmiths College and we were delighted to be
invited to curate and install a small exhibition of alumni work to be shown alongside
current members of the Photography...
Gasket curates…
Last Wednesday Gasket had the opportunity to curate an exhibition for
a private event held at a prestigious architectural firm within the City. Installed for a
single night only, Gasket’s role was to select and curate a group of artists whose work
reflected the event theme of ‘Momentum.’ Celebrating a key moment in both the...
Sunglasses
Sillabario dei tempi tristi (Syllabary of Sad Times) is a book in
short essay form written by Ilvo Diamanti, a well-known Italian academic and journalist. My
attention is drawn to an essay entitled “Sunglasses” where he analyzes the (mis) use of dark
sunglasses in public. Publicized and sold as fashion accessories, sunglasses have evolved
from...
iPods and Other Devil Devices
Michael Bull cites Lefebvre: “he who walks down the street… is
immersed in the multiplicity of noises, murmurs, rhythms”, arguing that urban dwellers are
primarily “listening” subjects. But “listening subjects” have become exponentially deaf. We
are moving to what Bull calls a “mediated urban isolation” or what Bauman sees as
“privatizing of the street” and...
