2011 – 2013
Picture Skew, now archived, was a screen culture blog edited by myself and my sister, Jessie Scott. It featured reviews, interviews and original video content.
Picture Skew was how we confidently pronounced the word ‘picturesque’ as kids, well before we had heard it spoken aloud by anyone more worldly than us. Our aims for the blog were many and varied. One was to encourage writers, and another was to encourage artists by providing a robust dialogue around their work. Our most grandiose claim was to expand concepts of moving image art to be more inclusive and reflective of how it is used, made, and viewed.
Most importantly, as we wrote on the blog, “We are not at all snobby about the films of the ‘Cinemarrrrrrrrr’. If a picture moves; if it has the shapes, the sounds, the colours…it’s all up for discussion here”.
You can read my contributions to Picture Skew here
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