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Gabrielle Hoad

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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jem Southam demonstrating the set-up of his plate camera at @rammuseum.bsky.social (complete with outdoor gear!) RAMM has recently acquired a selection of his images from four different photographic series (1996-2011) for their permanent collection, which was celebrated by a talk and viewing today.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Catching up: made an all-too-brief visit to OSR Projects' 15th Birthday celebrations last weekend (where a couple of my films were screened), then spent yesterday with the lovely Erika Cann of Traction Projects, working out how to project video in her unique shop window space.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, AA2A have written up my 2013/14 residency with Plymouth University. It was a great year...a long time ago! aa2a.substack.com/p/artist-sto...
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Artist Stories - Gabrielle Hoad
3D printing, bird flight and a year of incredible focus
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy to be part of OSR's 15 Year Celebrations with two short artist moving image works made with Megan Calver: RELAY (2026) and Gorse Cone (2022) www.instagram.com/stories/osrp...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I loved being bamboozled by Marc Isaacs' multilayered docu-fiction that reflects on the challenges AI presents to documentary, authenticity and truth. SYNTHETIC SINCERITY Trailer | Videos & Movies on Vimeo share.google/vyig8i5X8a9l...
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SYNTHETIC SINCERITY Trailer
A film by Marc Isaacs / An Icarus Films Release https://icarusfilms.com/if-synth The Synthetic Sincerity Lab based at the University of Southern England is trying to create authentic AI characters as...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Utterly brilliant view from Barry Sykes on how to thrive as an artist in the real world (where most of us have to do other jobs to fund our practice and to pay the bills) vasw.org.uk/resources/ma...
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'Master of Some?' by Barry Sykes
A personal guide to sustaining your practice for ear­ly career artists and prac­ti­tion­ers. Com­mis­sioned by VASW and uni­ver­si­ty partners.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I saw the experimental doc Mother Company last night. Exeter Uni could share in the many accolades this brave & beautiful film has received - had they not just announced a sweeping programme of job cuts that focus disproportionately on the faculty from which this film originates tinyurl.com/yb3t6mvf
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Theatre and Performance scholar wins international awards for experimental new film
A drama scholar has won a pair of European awards for his directorial work on his debut film. Professor Konstantinos Thomaidis picked up the Best Director Award at the Berlin Indie Shorts Festival las...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Very happy to be part of an exhibition celebrating 30 years of Artists Access to Art Colleges. (I had a really productive year at the University of Plymouth 2013-14.) Runs 16th July to 13th August, Mon-Sat 10:00–16:00 at CASC Gallery, University of Chester, Creative Campus Kingsway, Chester CH2 2LB.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I went to a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing last week. It's a hard watch, as it should be, but the economist Angela Francis, talking about the levers governments can pull to stop the unreasonable influence of fossil fuel investors and lobbyists offers hope. share.google/mYYAjcNXXLtU...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Fantastic Dada-inspired Cut-Up Cabaret last night at Exeter Custom House. And today is the very last day of Art Work Exeter's three-year stint programming events there. Congratulations to all who made such amazing things happen. share.google/FusmeTgLliJx...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I'm thrilled to be one of 52 contributors to The Future Present, an edition of 200 hardback pocket books compiled, curated and published by Nick Davies of Loophole Projects. It's now available from Nick via his website for £20.00 plus £5.00 postage (UK only) from www.nickdaviesworks.co.uk
A pocket book with a place-marker ribbon, held in the hand of a young white man. The cover has the words THE FUTURE PRESENT in various states of deconstruction, repeated across its front.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Sorry to be posting after the event but if you didn't see Bodies Borders Becoming curated by Adam Garratt for Exeter Pride you missed out! Shown at Positive Light Projects last weekend.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Chuffed to be part of The Future Present, a new publication by Loophole Projects. 52 artists and art workers send their messages to the future. Out soon.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Altered Images by Janet Sainsbury and Jonathan Price at Traction Projects, Exeter until 19th June. Go see.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I get a little weary of the fetish around "artisanal" film-making but I so loved Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. Something about old tech processes and the labour of fishing - all tied together in a looping reflection on time and time travel. youtu.be/bw371ui9cTk?...
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Rose of Nevada | UK Trailer | In cinemas now | BFI
YouTube video by BFI
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Two highlights by Cecile Johnson Soliz and Erika Trotzig from Things Fall at Exeter Phoenix. A fab show about precarity, fallibility and ephemerality, discussed at a closing event today by show curator Kate Mcleod and EP curator Matt Burrows. Only a couple more hours to catch it though!
A large roll of scrunched red and pink paper leant against a wall.A high wall of bound and stacked blocks of foam padding set diagonally across a gallery space.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What a joy to join a Zoom session yesterday with artist-filmmaker Amber Akaunu on navigating a path between the film industry and artists moving image. I feel much better oriented. Thank you so much Amber and Creative Kernow Associates.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Meanwhile, my film The Porous Body is part of the Two Short Nights Official Selection. I'm making just as much of a twit of myself, but with slightly more serious intent. Shorts #3: Something Feels Off — Two Short Nights Film Festival share.google/RFJGJ8D5kQrP...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Delighted to be part of this screening with a film made just for fun. And it was ... despite bad weather, misbehaving tech and a poorly dog. 48 Hour Film Challenge Premiere and Awards Ceremony — Two Short Nights Film Festival share.google/g1HJKoA1ceqZ...
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48 Hour Film Challenge Premiere and Awards Ceremony — Two Short Nights Film Festival
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Inspiring weeked: Sarah Ryder talk about her painted foil sculptures (pictured) recently on show at Exeter Phoenix and then, today, director Ben Wheatley in a Q&A following a screening of his wondrous new film BULK. That thing about working to limitations, not giving up when faced with them...
A large, chaotic, colourful abstract sculpture by Sarah Ryder made of large sheets of crumpled, painted foil.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"A dark secret in the conservation world..." I've just seen Abraham Joffe's amazing documentary #TradeSecret about the world's failure to prevent polar bear hunting - and the surprising reason why. Recommended. www.tradesecretfilm.com
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Trade Secret
Trade Secret Feature Documentary Film about the International commercial trade in polar bears and the forces sustaining the trade. Directed by Abraham Joffe.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Just back from the sell-out premiere of the hopeful and inspiring documentary Jo in the Water (dir. Pip Piper) - one amazing woman's fight for clean seas. Screening again 28 December #jointhewater exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/jo-in... Go see.
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Jo in the Water (CTBA) - Exeter Phoenix
Jo in the Water follows a passionate sea swimmer turned reluctant activist. Exmouth-based Jo Bateman takes on one of the UK’s biggest water companies in a David-and-Goliath battle to protect our water...
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Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
“An essential listen for anyone who cares about our present and future.” - Clare Farell, Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion Find out more on overshootpod.com Episode 1 available now
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Happy to be part of the inaugural Dorset Open which features diverse work inspired by region's land, people, history and culture. I'm showing a moving image work made with Megan Calver about the World War II history and natural history of Durlston Country Park near Swanage.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2025
We can't keep up... Yesterday we reached 90,000 members. Today we're at 95,000. Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Just saw the campaigning film #systemupdate at the Futures festival in Exeter. It's left me sad, angry ... and motivated. Only radical shifts in political, economic and social systems can properly address the climate emergency (and give us all a better life) www.climate.film
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System Update Film – Now is the time for climate action.
We need abetter plan for the climate crisis - we need a System Update. Our film has interviews with world-leading experts and change makers. Now is the time for radical action.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Thrilled to be part of this show, opening 6 September. CAMP: Where Are We Now? | Exhibitions | Thelma Hulbert Gallery share.google/gOBryyIAweGE...
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CAMP: Where Are We Now? | Exhibitions | Thelma Hulbert Gallery
Selling exhibition of work created by artists belong to Contemporary Art Membership Platform (CAMP)
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
To my dear US friends, here's one of the reasons you're not part of my holiday plans this year.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"It isn’t just that people are angry that the catastrophe in Gaza isn’t being given due attention: it is that their encounters with observable reality are being flatly denied." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Gaza discourse has been Vylanised – but that diversionary strategy just doesn’t work any more | Archie Bland
Those appalled by Israel’s actions in Gaza, and the kind of media frenzy prompted by Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury appearance, are finding their voice, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edit...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Very happy to be part of this exhibition 31st May - 28th June at Studio KIND
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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Feel like Labour should be standing in the middle of the road ringing an old timey bell and generally making sure absolutely everyone hears about this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
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The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Along with improving access, education, funding etc we need to talk about cultural capital - invisible to those who have it; unattainable for those who don't. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Fragile, luminous forms made of wax and paper seem poised on the brink of collapse. Amazing work by sculptor #JaneJobling shown in the protective shell of #VitrineExeter.
An abstract hollow white form floats above its own reflection Cloud-like structures and circular LED lights swim in a sea of reflections
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"Culture creates the climate for emotion and memory, imprints national myths, and – often intangibly – acts on politics." Charlotte Higgins on The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump chairing a major arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling | Charlotte Higgins
Jokes about the president’s power grab at the Kennedy Center in Washington soon pale. This is a nakedly authoritarian move, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Want to take social media back from billionaire control and make it better for everyone? #freeourfeeds Please click the link below to donate or share it with others who might care. gofund.me/5393eeb6
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Donate to #FreeOurFeeds - help secure the future of social media, organised by Free Our Feeds
We are determined to free social media from billionaire control … Free Our Feeds needs your support for #FreeOurFeeds - help secure the future of social media
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Here's a taste of The Signal and the Noise, a new moving image work that explores the legacy of the World War II engineer and paranormal researcher Alec Harley Reeves, and his collaboration with the spirit of a dead physicist: Michael Faraday. *Warning: flashing images* vimeo.com/1046821425/2...
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The Signal and the Noise | 2025 | Trailer
This short experimental film explores the paranormal research of Alec Harley Reeves (1902 -1971) as a means of connecting with the more-than-human world. Duration:…
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Had a fab time at #TwoShortNights (Exeter Phoenix), soaking up everything from serious docs to hilarious improvised micro-dramas in the #48hourfilmchallenge I especially liked Ieuan Coombs' Old School, Alice Clough's Stable Speak, Sapphire Medeema's A Year and a Minute, and ratbird's Dead Wife Hug.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
We're creating an Exeter Broad Bean Flock! Thank you Dan Fox of Two Acre Farm in Somerset and Exeter Seed Bank for the invitation to be part of this fascinating community project. Can't wait to get planting! #adaptiveagriculture #josephlofthouse #communitygrowing #exeterseedbank #allotments
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This sounds positive www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I just donated to this... gofund.me/924c2d4b
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I absolutely loved this film, which documents a lockdown project to stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto, all filmed in GTA. Hilarious, poignant and genuinely mind-expanding. youtu.be/MLpGIHjwhNE
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GRAND THEFT HAMLET | UK theatrical trailer | IN CINEMAS FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER from TULL STORIES
YouTube video by Tull Stories
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/01/2025
Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today. Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister? Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it. Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Whoah! This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive! Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers. Gulp! broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
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Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
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Penny Hallas @pennyhallas.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Looking for interesting arts exchanges here on @bsky. #drawing #video #painting #performance #poetry
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Penny Hallas @pennyhallas.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#art
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I'm currently making a film based on the legacy of the World War II engineer and paranormal researcher Alec Harley Reeves. It's called 'The Signal and the Noise' and it's funded by a DYCP grant from Arts Council England.
Looking up through the centre of a mast, with sharp perspective to its top.  The pale grey sky is is criss-crossed by dark metal struts.
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Gabrielle Hoad @gabbyhoad.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello! I'm a UK-based visual artist interested in codes, signalling, data and the extension of human perception through 'technical clairvoyance'. More at gabriellehoad.co.uk/index.php
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