QUAERE LIVING

Catherine Flutsch

Apr 8, 20216 min read

Art Duo Tlacolulokos: From the Heart

I recently reviewed a striking online art exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art by art collective Tlacolulokos made up of...

Bach and The Beyond: A Rare Misstep for the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Catherine Flutsch

Apr 1, 20213 min read

Bach and The Beyond: A Rare Misstep for the Australian Chamber Orchestra

★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiered on 31 March, then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....

Takashi Sakai

Mar 26, 20212 min read

Hanami in the time of Corona

Spring is the season for new life, new beginnings. As the Japanese fiscal year starts, it is also the season for taking stock. One event...

OaxaCalifornia: The Museum of Latin American Art, California.

Catherine Flutsch

Mar 19, 20213 min read

OaxaCalifornia: The Museum of Latin American Art, California.

★★★★★ Review: OaxaCalifornia: Through the Experience of the Duo Tlacolulokos, Museum of Latin American Art, Online Exhibition. The Museum...

The Royal Shakespeare Company: Dream of the Future

Catherine Flutsch

Mar 18, 20213 min read

The Royal Shakespeare Company: Dream of the Future

★★★★★ Review: Dream, The RSC, live streamed until 20 March. Tickets (both free and paid for) available here . [Disclosure: The RSC...

Catherine Flutsch

Mar 15, 20215 min read

Pro Wrestling as Contemporary Dance

I have always been intrigued by pro wrestling – it seems to me to have so many parallels with modern contemporary dance, circus and...

La Fenice Opera House: Live Concerts for Comfort and Hope

Catherine Flutsch

Mar 1, 20213 min read

La Fenice Opera House: Live Concerts for Comfort and Hope

La Fenice Opera House in Venice has been quietly creating an exquisite revolution in the delivery of live music to a locked down world.

Jean-Michel Court: Playing an 18,000 year old conch shell

Catherine Flutsch

Feb 25, 20215 min read

Jean-Michel Court: Playing an 18,000 year old conch shell

In February, academics from the University of Toulouse published a paper about the re-examination of a palaeolithic era conch shell,...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra: Rapture & Revolution

Catherine Flutsch

Feb 19, 20214 min read

The Australian Chamber Orchestra: Rapture & Revolution

★★★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiere on17 February then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....

Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin: (Un)likely Bedfellows

Catherine Flutsch

Feb 9, 20213 min read

Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin: (Un)likely Bedfellows

[Warning: The exhibition and, therefore, this review, contain explicit content.] ★★★★★ Review: The Loneliness of the Soul, The Royal...

Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People

Catherine Flutsch

Feb 4, 20213 min read

Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People

★★★★★ Review: Creation Theatre, via live Zoom call, 28 January – 14 February 2021, book here. [Disclosure of Interest: I am thrilled to...

Netflix Series, Blown Away, Elliot Walker's new glass art show.

Catherine Flutsch

Feb 1, 20214 min read

Netflix Series, Blown Away, Elliot Walker's new glass art show.

★★★★★ [Spoiler Alert] Review: Elliot Walker, contemporary glass art show, Plenty, as shown via Zoom call hosted by Johnny Messum on...

Catherine Flutsch

Jan 27, 20217 min read

Conductor: The First African American

Dr Anne Lundy is one of the first African American women to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. She has been pushing boundaries...

Catherine Flutsch

Jan 19, 20213 min read

Heaven and Hell: A Thought Experiment

Helping teams have fun being successful is part of my day job. It seems to me that so many people have had to suppress who they are to...

Meditation for those who can’t meditate....

Catherine Flutsch

Jan 11, 20213 min read

Meditation for those who can’t meditate....

The idea of mediation has always appealed to me. The reality of meditation has not. When meditation gurus tell me to start meditating by...

Fashion Copying: Homage or Just Plain Stealing?

Catherine Flutsch

Dec 23, 20202 min read

Fashion Copying: Homage or Just Plain Stealing?

Fashion designer, K. Tyson Perez, recently objected to an Instagram post by American designer, Matthew Williams. Williams posted a...

An Ancient Magic: My Christmas Present To You

Catherine Flutsch

Dec 20, 20203 min read

An Ancient Magic: My Christmas Present To You

In England this year, we have needed magic as never before. Until I moved to Oxford, I didn’t believe in magic. As a rational person who...

Catherine Flutsch

Dec 18, 20202 min read

The Glorious Art of Swearing

There is a perception among a certain brand of gentility in England that swearing is not the done thing, particularly for women, whether...

British Spy Thrillers: When Nothing Else Will Do

Catherine Flutsch

Dec 16, 20202 min read

British Spy Thrillers: When Nothing Else Will Do

For about 3 months of each year, I become obsessed by reading British spy thrillers. Nothing else will do. During this time, I don’t...

The Flowers of Evil: A Quick Stroll Through the Garden

Dr Rana Traboulsi

Dec 15, 20202 min read

The Flowers of Evil: A Quick Stroll Through the Garden

Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) by Charles Pierre Baudelaire is considered one of the greatest examples of modern poetry in any...