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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I recently stumbled upon one of the world's biggest panoramic paintings in a small town in Ontario. Here is an account of that staggering piece of spiritual entertainment criticismism.com/cyclorama-of...

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Cyclorama of Jerusalem – criticismism

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"With so much wrong with the world, I come to the gallery hoping for anger, tears and shit (see previous post). At the Barbican last week I found optimism. It was hard to stomach..." criticismism.com/the-hope-tha...

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I wrote about the Paul McCarthy screening at the Dalston Rio on Thursday evening. It was quite full on.

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The saint of shit – criticismism

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Got the chance to step inside an immersive world of David Bowie at Lightroom, London. criticismism.com/david-bowie-...

A seated audience in a large warehouse-like auditorium watch a giant screen with a performance by David Bowie

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I went to Geneva to experience one of Thomas Hirschhorn's monuments to contemporary theory. criticismism.com/pavilion-sim...

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I went to Zurich to visit an old friend. We looked at art and watched football. A lot of football. marksheerin.substack.com/p/art-2-foot...

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

On two premature exhibition closures: criticismism.com/the-war-stri...

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

★★★ In the bleak midwinter: three artists explore global concerns at the Goodwood Art Foundation, West Sussex @criticismism.bsky.social reviews Erasure an exhibition in a time of crisis www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New post on my art blog about a cinematic attraction in a New Delhi market

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Behold the bioscope – criticismism

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Notes from overground, CAVE immersive environment at Coventry University criticismism.com/cave-in-the-...

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Don't miss the interactive photo-widget. Next-level public presentation of scientific findings!

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Casablanca (1942) in person on my art blog criticismism. It's my latest encounter with an immersive environment and a highlight to a recent layover in Morocco.

A roulette table in a swish 1940s themed bar

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New Mark Fisher film by Close and Remote just dropped. See what I thought and stream it for not many $s

graphic design of falling man in suit, whose face has been replaced with a smiley made of dollar signs

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Here I look like I've stepped into a ZX Spectrum game, specifically, this ZX Spectrum game. Tir na Nog..

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

If you like travel (armchair or economy class), perhaps you will like my substack. Here's a new post, about Vietnamese streetfood

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Vietnom

Dining our way round the Land of the Rising Dragon

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

From the margins to the UK's biggest art prize: @criticismism.bsky.social reflects on the significance and brilliance of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize exhibition. disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

A black female artist works constructing sculptures made by wrapping coloured material around into large objects

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Detail from a drawing seen in Hanoi over summer. We also did the Ben Duoc tunnel experience, which I'd recommend training for! Anyhow, I've written about the war, the VC and the present in Vietnam, a remarkable land.

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Tunnels in Vietnam

Our history lesson on, and under, the ground

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Deaf Heritage takes centre stage in @cathymager.bsky.social’s work, Finger Talk at Wellcome Collection. Read @criticismism.bsky.social's review ↓ disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

Three people stand within the centre of an 180-degree screen-based installation which has the projected image of three deaf performers on it

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A strange, sad and mildly shocking tale from a cave in Goa

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I've written an account of the Barbican's VR rave experience: I hope my review is the next best thing to the next best thing to being there back in the day.

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Something Mother Shipton might not have predicted, XR industry set to double in value over next three years. Same upward trajectory as Immersive Experiences.

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Have We Reached the XR Tipping Point?

High-quality devices are now powerful and affordable enough to enable truly compelling experiences

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Mark Sheerin @criticismism.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Creepy trailer just dropped for the autumn release of a 2D cave exploration game in which perishing undergound is all part of the fun. Amusing write up here from a PC gaming site.

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The Cave Diver blends the joyful physics of QWOP with the less joyful physics of being trapped underground

They call it the worst way to die. What a perfect premise for a 2D exploration game.

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