Mike Pinnington ✍️
@doublenegativem.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Art Criticism | Exhibition Interpretation | Class | Science Fiction | Popular Culture | PhD student | Lecturer | Lapsed runner
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https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/
📷 Barbara Kruger Who Owns What? 2012
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 PM
📷 Barbara Kruger Who Owns What? 2012
Writing a lecture on politics and practice. From the pictures generation to today kind of angle. Should be good.
📷 Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998, Cindy Sherman
📷 Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998, Cindy Sherman
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Writing a lecture on politics and practice. From the pictures generation to today kind of angle. Should be good.
📷 Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998, Cindy Sherman
📷 Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998, Cindy Sherman
Never not worth repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Never not worth repeating.
I'm thinking about Jenny Holzer and her Truisms a lot these days.
📷 Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise from the series Truisms T-shirts,1980-, worn by Lady Pink © 1983 Lisa Kahane, NYC
📷 Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise from the series Truisms T-shirts,1980-, worn by Lady Pink © 1983 Lisa Kahane, NYC
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I'm thinking about Jenny Holzer and her Truisms a lot these days.
📷 Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise from the series Truisms T-shirts,1980-, worn by Lady Pink © 1983 Lisa Kahane, NYC
📷 Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise from the series Truisms T-shirts,1980-, worn by Lady Pink © 1983 Lisa Kahane, NYC
Has anyone written about Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir with a working class lens? I think it got off quite lightly in this regard, especially with its upper middle class protagonist's ambition to make a film set in post-industrial Sunderland.
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Has anyone written about Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir with a working class lens? I think it got off quite lightly in this regard, especially with its upper middle class protagonist's ambition to make a film set in post-industrial Sunderland.
Just started reading last year's recipient of the Nero Prize, Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden. Weird and creepy af. Very much enjoying it so far!
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Just started reading last year's recipient of the Nero Prize, Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden. Weird and creepy af. Very much enjoying it so far!
What is certainly true is that Moss deserves far more attention - not only for her art, but also for her challenging of the status quo. Here's hoping we get a touring show to the UK.
White and Yellow (1935); Moss, 1937
White and Yellow (1935); Moss, 1937
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 PM
What is certainly true is that Moss deserves far more attention - not only for her art, but also for her challenging of the status quo. Here's hoping we get a touring show to the UK.
White and Yellow (1935); Moss, 1937
White and Yellow (1935); Moss, 1937
Rewatching Jóhann Jóhannsson's Last and First Men. A meditation on possibility, lost futures and a dreamlike requiem, it's a beautiful, haunting thing; simultaneously it is an elegy to its director, who died prior to its release.
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Rewatching Jóhann Jóhannsson's Last and First Men. A meditation on possibility, lost futures and a dreamlike requiem, it's a beautiful, haunting thing; simultaneously it is an elegy to its director, who died prior to its release.
Happy Sunday! I'm still persevering/wading through how high we go in the dark, which has been a bit fractured in its storytelling, and relentlessly bleak for my liking. Looking forward to the next read.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Happy Sunday! I'm still persevering/wading through how high we go in the dark, which has been a bit fractured in its storytelling, and relentlessly bleak for my liking. Looking forward to the next read.
Writing about Japanese woodblock print and musing on something I read on here - that creativity, art, is iterative. We make mistakes, we experiment, sometimes something quite unexpected emerges. In a time of, whether we like it or not, AI, such centuries old arts and crafts seem incredibly relevant.
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Writing about Japanese woodblock print and musing on something I read on here - that creativity, art, is iterative. We make mistakes, we experiment, sometimes something quite unexpected emerges. In a time of, whether we like it or not, AI, such centuries old arts and crafts seem incredibly relevant.
January 2026 #3
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
January 2026 #3
Feeling quite fragile. I just watched Bowie: The Final Act. It is, of course, the week of the 10th anniversary of the release of what he knew would be his final album, Blackstar, followed by his death a few days later. I've been thinking about him quite a lot, what he and his music meant to me.
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Feeling quite fragile. I just watched Bowie: The Final Act. It is, of course, the week of the 10th anniversary of the release of what he knew would be his final album, Blackstar, followed by his death a few days later. I've been thinking about him quite a lot, what he and his music meant to me.
A friend just sent me a picture of our tote bags we had made at the dawn of our publication, @thedoublenegative.co.uk, getting on for 15 years ago. All the feels! 😭
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
A friend just sent me a picture of our tote bags we had made at the dawn of our publication, @thedoublenegative.co.uk, getting on for 15 years ago. All the feels! 😭
Usually this time of year I'll take myself off for a wander through the collection displays at Tate Liverpool, part of my annual blowing off of the cobwebs. Still being closed, I think until spring 27, this remains a non starter. The cultural gap it has left in the city currently feels vast.
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Usually this time of year I'll take myself off for a wander through the collection displays at Tate Liverpool, part of my annual blowing off of the cobwebs. Still being closed, I think until spring 27, this remains a non starter. The cultural gap it has left in the city currently feels vast.
As very good as this doc undoubtedly is, it's also pretty depressing watching some of the world's greatest musicians standing up in song against the powers that be in the 70s, against our current political backdrop ▶️
Now watching: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Now watching: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
As very good as this doc undoubtedly is, it's also pretty depressing watching some of the world's greatest musicians standing up in song against the powers that be in the 70s, against our current political backdrop ▶️
Now watching: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Now watching: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Good morning to you! Currently reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's how high we go in the dark.
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Good morning to you! Currently reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's how high we go in the dark.
Almost a decade since Bowie released final album, Blackstar, of course - a last contribution to pop culture from an incredible, generational talent.
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Almost a decade since Bowie released final album, Blackstar, of course - a last contribution to pop culture from an incredible, generational talent.
January 2026 #2
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
January 2026 #2
January 2026 #1
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
January 2026 #1
Apparently it's both introvert day, and science fiction day. Almost as if they had me in mind... Currently reading: how high we go in the dark 📚
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Apparently it's both introvert day, and science fiction day. Almost as if they had me in mind... Currently reading: how high we go in the dark 📚
André Kertész
Martinique, January 1 (1972)
Martinique, January 1 (1972)
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
André Kertész
Martinique, January 1 (1972)
Martinique, January 1 (1972)
I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by the Beta Band ▶️
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by the Beta Band ▶️
