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ben borthwick

@borthwickben

curator . writer . independent + plymouth arts centre : : previously tate modern + artes mundi

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Have your say on the MoD wanting to downgrade environmental standards and start releasing contaminated nuclear waste water directly into the river Tamar. MoD is not bound by env agency rules. What do you think @LukePollard ? #citizenspace: consult.environment-agency.g… – at Plymouth, England
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With Plymouth Sound designated as the UK’s first marine national park in recent weeks this seems perverse. National infrastructure like the MoD need to maintain their existing standards or even improve practices in light of this not ride roughshod over them – at Plymouth, England
Hoping someone at @netflixuk had fun with this but was probably just a glitch #theamericanpresident #wherethewildthingsare #truthisstrangerthanfiction @ The Capitol, Washington D.C. instagram.com/p/CKyIVPVFzzV/… – at Washington, DC
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Excited to be part of this with Larry Achiampong, BAPMAF archives in Ghana and @karstgallery working with Julia Greenway
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We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our Digital Collaboration Fund. We've awarded 27 grants to organisations from 20 countries, supporting them to find innovative ways to collaborate remotely on digital arts projects. #DigitalCollaborationFund
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'Like a storage shed blown in by a gale' – Plymouth's new £46m Box gallery theguardian.com/artanddesign… This review nails it exactly: politicians steering decisions that are a humiliation to civic pride combined with amazing content that the city can be proud of: "The Box"
'Like a storage shed blown in by a gale' – Plymouth's new £46m Box gallery

'Like a storage shed blown in by a gale' – Plymouth's new £46m Box gallery

This plain silver structure could win the port another ugly building award. But its citizens are unlikely to mind – since it showcases treasures from ancient vessels to a woolly mammoth

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Take A Part@TakeAPart14 Sep 2020
Enews Day! Ft reflections from @borthwickben on our mural w @karstgallery @primeskatepark @PlymouthUK2020 & others, our @PlymArtWkndr plans, new training w @infobeyondface, news on our upcoming @UCLpress publication.... AND OPPORTUNITIES GALLORE! bit.ly/2ZBtj1x
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OPEN CALL We are looking for a mid-career curator to collaborate with British artist Sonia Boyce OBE RA on her commission for the #BritishPavilion @la_Biennale opening in Venice in April 2022. The deadline is 27 September. More info here: venicebiennale.britishcounci…
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Thanks @Luke Pollard for coming down and picking up a paintbrush. Last day of painting tomorrow, come and get involved! #civicmural @TakeAPart @urban_splash @plymouthcc @PlymCityCentre @PlymouthUK2020 @primeskatepark
Luke Pollard MP (@LukePollard) profile pictureLuke Pollard MP
@LukePollard5 Sep 2020
Have you noticed the hoardings outside the Civic Centre are being painted? I headed down there to help paint and hear how this project has got young skaters involved with the regeneration of this important building #plymouth @borthwickben
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Really excited about this👇🏾
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Just heartbreaking. Govt sat on their hands whilst theatres fall one at a time. We are calling on govt to speak out - tell us what time frame you’re looking at to announce rescue package. Lack of leadership and transparency is pure cultural vandalism.
James Graham (@mrJamesGraham) profile pictureJames Graham
@mrJamesGraham23 Jun 2020
The entire artistic team at the Theatre Royal Plymouth are being made redundant in 3 days. That’s one of the largest, most well attended theatres outside London. A theatre that now has no artists, and they won’t be coming back. Our world-beating cultural landscape is in collapse
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Two Creative Fellowships at the Uni of Exeter open to all artforms for the next academic year, £5k each artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id…
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Suspicions confirmed theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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No app, poorly trained staff, patronising, sneering health secretary - this is going to be another of those titanic successes, isn't it? theguardian.com/world/2020/m…
'No one had any idea': Contact tracers lack knowledge about Covid-19 job

'No one had any idea': Contact tracers lack knowledge about Covid-19 job

Employees told to consult YouTube for advice on how to deal with a bereaved person

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Ian Penman@pawboy228 May 2020
"In Cummings view, the greatest fault of those who “chat about Lacan at dinner parties” is [an] interest in words, interpretation & critique, when they ought to be learning about numbers, probabilities & prediction." But was his Barnard Castle visit Real, Symbolic or Imaginary?
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Been wondering what @MarinaHyde would make of all this and finally catching up it is as you expect, complete with perfectly poised football references
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Looking fwd to this tonight
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Rydym ni’n chwilio am hyd at 3 aelod annibynnol newydd i ymuno â Phwyllgor #CymruYnFenis. We're looking for up to 3 new independent members to join our #WalesInVenice Advisory Committee. Manylion 👀 details 👉 bit.ly/2vkTuNN #celf #cymru #arts #wales #fenis #venice
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Is there really no meme with Boris Johnson as Freddy Kreuger? It seems too obvious not to exist, especially on this of all days
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I think they schedule elections for Thursday so that Desert Island Discs can heal the nation on Friday morning
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Vote today Vote labour #votelabour • #Repost simonsheikh1 with @get_repost @ Devonport, Plymouth instagram.com/p/B5-NUo0lhVi/… – at Plymouth, England
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