August 20, 2023
As part of our Defending Art and Culture in Brighton Series. We are attempting to build a dossier of individual stories centered around the many threats to […]
August 20, 2023
As part of our Defending Art and Culture in Brighton Series, we are attempting to build a dossier of the many diverse manifestos for our city. […]
August 20, 2023
In this interactive conversation with Rachel Stenner, we will explore interplay between the printing press and literary works. Drawing upon her concept of the Typographical Imaginary […]
August 20, 2023
The Society of Cocktails is a trailblazing force in the realm of libations, redefining the art of drinks through a captivating lens of theatricality and immersion. […]
August 20, 2023
Join us as we dive into the paradoxes of sex and its puzzling ambiguities. Classical logicians tell us that a double-negative is a positive, yet in the intricate realm […]
August 20, 2023
Exploding Appendix is back for the latter half of 2023. As always, all are welcome to our free sessions which take place every three weeks on […]
July 23, 2023
From Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto to Valerie Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto, manifestos have been a playful and mobilising way to launch a mission to the world. […]
July 11, 2023
Following the great turn out at our last panel, we are hosting another Defending Art & Culture meeting! Join us at the Phoenix Art Space (10–14 […]
June 26, 2023
The City of Brighton and Hove is renowned for its breathtaking contributions to art and culture. The many artistic and cultural groups, events and their interplay […]
June 10, 2023
Dear Debra Humphris, Stephen Maddison, Senior Management and Board of Governors of the University of Brighton, As the founder and organiser of Exploding Appendix, a Community Arts […]
June 9, 2023
The City of Brighton and Hove is renowned for its breathtaking contributions to art and culture. The many artistic and cultural groups, events and their interplay […]
June 7, 2023
Whilst the history of zines could be seen as part of a long history of home-made magazines dating back to the 1930, and an even longer […]
May 11, 2023
In this session we will be joined by Christian Hogsbjerg and Cathy Bergin to discuss the international reverberations of the Russian Revolution of 1917, especially in […]
April 26, 2023
. . This year Exploding Appendix will be taking part in Brighton Fringe. We will be presenting our show: Disrupted Rhythms. Disrupted Rhythms is a collaborative […]
April 7, 2023
Traces of the culinary pervade the history of the avant-garde and the neo-avant-garde. Whether attempting to destroy the distinction between art and everyday life, to reclaim […]
March 7, 2023
Marx and Poetics: A Live Conversation with Keston Sutherland (Online and In Person. 11th April 2023)
**CHANGE OF VENUE** We will be joined by poet and scholar Keston Sutherland to discuss the poetic language used in the works of Marx. In an […]
February 13, 2023
**CHANGE OF VENUE** When Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex was published in 1970 it caused controversy. Arguing that the oppression of women lay in women’s biological […]
January 28, 2023
In this session we will be talking to Patricia McManus about the politics of dystopian fictions, their relationship to utopian literature and what theorists like Theodore […]
January 4, 2023
Rap music has often been heard in conjunction with issues of policing and criminality. Sometimes as a theme addressed within the music, or critically engaged with […]
January 2, 2023
“Surrealism means revolution, not spectator sports.” — protest slogan used outside the Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage show in 1968 Surrealism was a radical art movement […]