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The Critical Fish is an artist-led journal and project promoting critical and accessible writing and thinking about arts and visual culture. Our publications, workshops and participatory opportunities are forums for exploration and debate – connecting organisations, artists, writers, researchers and audiences, and supporting creativity across the city and region through cultural conversations. We are developing our online presence but are still committed to producing print publications when we can.
At The Critical Fish we believe culture is our common property and we hope as many people will get involved as possible – we support creativity and culture in Hull and the region, but are also outward facing and invite contributions and ideas from further afield. . If you have an article you’d like to share, send it across to hello@thecriticalfish.co.uk and our small team of volunteers will help get it published.
We are committed to providing a number of opportunities for artists, writers and researchers. Please check back often and follow us on Instagram or Facebook to be the first to know about upcoming opportunities.
We have a wealth of interesting articles for you to explore – enjoy your time here with us!
Check out our most recent articles:
Reflections on Studying Fine Art as a Mature Student at Hull College
In my late 40s I was lucky enough to stop working as a Veterinary Nurse and try something different. Art classes were a pleasant new hobby and being the sort of person who jumps into new things wholeheartedly, I decided on the spur of the moment to study full time for a Fine Art Degree…
Wading In Still Waters
This research project came about through a conversation with Jill Howitt, who offered me the opportunity to explore a short body of research related to Hull and its location near the water. I began writing it in late March, just as the winter frost had begun to lift and the last of the icy patches that lingered on muddy paths were melting back into puddles…
Rooting for the Tree
Keith Key is an artist from Hull currently...
The Geopoetics of Drawing
Bio: Lauren is a visual artist whose work is...
Understanding Place
I have moved many times throughout my life, starting anew in a place and forming attachments to people and the environment. There are some places I think of fondly and feel more at home in than others, that feature more prominently in the story of my life. The original question that started this particular chapter was whether I could ever truly understand a place if I was not from there…
Spurn
According to one theory, the eroding boulder clay coastline, harsh North Sea and tidal conditions brings about the destruction of the Spurn Point formation in (roughly) 250 year cycles. This cycle of destruction and rebirth (of living on the edge, submerging, then floating…) of the Spurn is something I wanted to explore through photography…
Living-Language-Land
In the run up to COP26, living-language-land are...
School walk out
Recent reports have highlighted the shocking extent of sexual harassment and violence in schools, so we are very grateful for this timely article by Evan Chapman and Ilsa Hartley in response to the death of Sarah Everard in March this year. This article includes an interview, short film and photographs. Ilsa and Evan have since left school and we wish them both well for the future.
Open Bridges
Open Bridges made history when for the first and only time all the bridges over the river Hull were raised, swung or closed simultaneously splitting the city in two at 20:17 hours on the autumn equinox, 22nd September 2017.