Cheung (2020) on Poetry Fondation.org defines ecopoetry as ‘emphasis on drawing connections between human activity—specifically the making of poems—and the environment that produces it, ecopoetics rose out of the late 20th-century awareness of ecology and concerns over environmental disaster’. Though the prefix ‘-eco’ makes ecopoetry’s link to the environment clear, Morse (2012) claims ecopoetry [...]
At the beginning of last year, Beyoncé’s performance of Formation at Super bowl 50 shocked the 111 million strong audience, exploding the preoccupations of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and a newly politicised generation into the mainstream. Surrounded by black women wearing the trademark leather jackets and berets of the Black Panther [...]
Since the launch of MTV in 1981, music videos have become extremely popular to mainstream audiences. Even though its main purpose is to promote an artist and their music, music videos have also helped launch the careers of up-and-coming filmmakers, who have turned these promotional clips into innovative and experimental short films. Over the [...]
We’ve all seen them. We’ve all heard them. The question is: did we see or hear them first? Much like the chicken and the egg or the phoenix and the flame, this riddle is one that is not so easily solved. Historically, the music video did not emerge until the 1920s and gained prominence [...]
Earlier this year, idiosyncratic Goddess FKA Twig’s partnered with Nike as Creative Director for their debut of the Zonal Strength Tights campaign. ‘When Nike first came to me with this project, I saw it as an opportunity to let young people know they have the power to become the best versions of themselves.’ Twig’s [...]
