Mark Sheerin
@criticismism.bsky.social
Blogging on art since 2009 at criticismism.com and travel since 2023 at marksheerin.substack.com.
See also The Arts Desk, Hyperallergic, Plaster and Disability Arts Online.
Core interests: prehistoric caves, replicas, representations, immersive art, XR.
See also The Arts Desk, Hyperallergic, Plaster and Disability Arts Online.
Core interests: prehistoric caves, replicas, representations, immersive art, XR.
Here I look like I've stepped into a ZX Spectrum game, specifically, this ZX Spectrum game. Tir na Nog..
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here I look like I've stepped into a ZX Spectrum game, specifically, this ZX Spectrum game. Tir na Nog..
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.
July 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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.
I've written up a visit to Noah Davis at the Barbican. Recommended!
April 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've written up a visit to Noah Davis at the Barbican. Recommended!
Sarah Thornton is the art world's embedded anthropologist. In this excerpt from 33 Artists... her immersion is ♾️. It's a v good read.
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sarah Thornton is the art world's embedded anthropologist. In this excerpt from 33 Artists... her immersion is ♾️. It's a v good read.
Really fascinating interview with Élise Lafontaine in the latest Border Crossings, with plenty to say about caves.
March 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Really fascinating interview with Élise Lafontaine in the latest Border Crossings, with plenty to say about caves.
'Frameless' self promotion! My report from a recent visit to London's most extensive immersive art experience
marksheerin.substack.com/p/motion-pic...
marksheerin.substack.com/p/motion-pic...
January 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
'Frameless' self promotion! My report from a recent visit to London's most extensive immersive art experience
marksheerin.substack.com/p/motion-pic...
marksheerin.substack.com/p/motion-pic...
January 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The slight anachronism in the tone of these headlines is that people were in the region between 60,000 and 40,000 years before the creation of Israel.
Worth noting, also, the aurignacian ancestry of those who went on to paint caves in Europe, extends to all the peoples of the Levant.
Worth noting, also, the aurignacian ancestry of those who went on to paint caves in Europe, extends to all the peoples of the Levant.
January 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The slight anachronism in the tone of these headlines is that people were in the region between 60,000 and 40,000 years before the creation of Israel.
Worth noting, also, the aurignacian ancestry of those who went on to paint caves in Europe, extends to all the peoples of the Levant.
Worth noting, also, the aurignacian ancestry of those who went on to paint caves in Europe, extends to all the peoples of the Levant.
Wow! Invention of 'art' now attributed to neanderthals, 66,000 years ago. Note the psychedelic rendering of the U-Th dating evidence. We cannot separate the two.
December 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Wow! Invention of 'art' now attributed to neanderthals, 66,000 years ago. Note the psychedelic rendering of the U-Th dating evidence. We cannot separate the two.
Roll up to the @stoneclub.bsky.social website, and get a hot ticket for this. I'll be talking about Creswell Crags and Brexit.
October 1, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Roll up to the @stoneclub.bsky.social website, and get a hot ticket for this. I'll be talking about Creswell Crags and Brexit.