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A newsletter and meeting place where open landscapes and minute detail get the same airtime. Noisy cheerleading, unfinished thoughts and fizzy questions to be expected. Launched by artist, Lydia Catterall, in 2019.

Newsletter · By Lydia Catterall · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    A Thickening (opens the original)

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    I once ate a perfect peach. A white peach bought for a euro near sparkling water one hot, hot day in Venice. Its skin, soft and taut, popped with the weight of my teeth. The pale flesh fuller with flavour than you’d imagine a fruit could possibly be. Juicy enough to run a sticky trail down my chin, delicious enough for me to forgive it. Eyes closed, chin lifted to the sky, bliss. It was 2015 and Creative Time were hosting their seventh Summit as part of the Biennale. Titled ‘The Curriculum’, the

  2. Issue · Jul 19, 2026

    Open House (opens the original)

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    Ten years ago I curated an exhibition. It was called ‘Open House: A Collaboration of Experts.’ I’m still proud of it.It was one of those rare scenarios; institution-sized resource paired with loads of trust. East Street Arts were approached by the research centre at Huddersfield University to fill an exhibition slot at Huddersfield Art Gallery. I can’t remember the exact moment my boss suggested I take the lead on it, but I remember it being more of a ‘this is yours’ than a question. I’d spen

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