January 28, 2026
In 2018, Bradley Tuck (Exploding Appendix) began a twelve-part interview series with Daniel & Clara, the moving image artists who have been creating an extensive body […]
January 20, 2026
We will start 2026 with this session, where we will draw upon the history of manifestoes in order to help you create your own manifesto with […]
January 14, 2026
“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 […]
December 31, 2025
In May 2024, as part of the Brighton Festival, sound artist Simon James collaborated with young artists in Whitehawk to produce an installation in the Lighthouse’s […]
December 29, 2025
Chris Dobson (he/him) – PhD candidate in English at University of Sussex – just completed their first publishing venture for Exploding Appendix: Daughter of Death by […]
December 17, 2025
In this session, we will be joined by Lucy Jefferies (Quiet Down there), Susie Deadman (Sew Fabulous), Jenny Staff (artist at the Phoenix), Kasia Zermon (The […]
November 20, 2025
In time-honoured tradition, Exploding Appendix invites you to their seventh night of art, anti-art, participatory creativity, and revelry! In time-honoured tradition, Exploding Appendix invites you to […]
November 19, 2025
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 capacity to […]
November 11, 2025
Come film with us in front of behind the camera. The finished melodrama will premiere the following week at the Dada Cabaret. For one evening only, […]
November 5, 2025
Exploding Appendix Podcast 46 – Scholars in Gaza Under Siege: Defending Education, Resisting Erasure
“Solidarity means changing the way the world works with those in crisis.” – Dr Ahmed Kamal Junina, The Guardian, 19 August 2025. Despite the deliberate devastation […]
November 5, 2025
We are creating an anthology of new manifestoes for the city. ThemeThe broad theme for our anthology is tied to the idea of the city, generally. […]
November 4, 2025
We will look together at twelve artworks from around the world—two from each continent—focusing on the early twentieth century. Peter Bürger’s Theory of the Avant-Garde tied […]
October 7, 2025
What does it mean to think through touch? When Soviet censorship restricted their filmmaking, Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová turned to ceramics and experiments in tactilism. […]
September 16, 2025
“Solidarity means changing the way the world works with those in crisis.” – Dr Ahmed Kamal Junina, The Guardian, 19 August 2025. Despite the deliberate devastation of educational […]
September 10, 2025
Dressing Dykes: A conversation with the Author Eleanor Medhurst of Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion A Slow Fashion Week special Presented by Exploding Appendix x Brighton Fashion Collective […]
September 2, 2025
In this salon we will not only explore the history of utopian thought but also invite participants to imagine and creatively map their own utopias. Together […]
September 1, 2025
A new season of Exploding Appendix begins! This autumn, will explore together the power of imagination across art, politics, and performance. From utopian visions of better […]
August 27, 2025
In January 2021, Exploding Appendix published the first volume of the Exploding Appendix Dossier. The volume focused on the triad of themes REVOLUTION*ART*MANIFESTO and was comprised of manifestos, […]
August 13, 2025
It is assumed that genre films lack artistic merit, unoriginal in concept and lacking the vision of the auteur director but whether it is a gangster […]
July 30, 2025
The Facing Autonomy collective take their name from both the 1956 book Facing Reality, co-authored by, amongst others, C.L.R. James and Cornelius Castoriadis, which brought together […]
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