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Gema

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Ceramic/textile artist, SE London Half of post-punk electronic duo London Clay & @nlannuities.bsky.social "Like Aunt Sally, Thomas Leer, & ATV at a bus stop in Nunhead" - Jonah Falco New album - https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/private-view

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 1d

Desire Lines, 2nd track off the London Clay LP youtu.be/9t_fnQi3FOQ?...

Desire Lines

YouTube video by London Clay - Topic

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 1d

International shipping can be expensive but it looks like Sorry State in the US has pre-ordeing set up for the new London Clay LP www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/lon...

London Clay: Private View 12” (PRE-ORDER)

Note: This is a pre-order. If your order contains this item, your entire order will not ship until it's in stock. This item is expected to ship near its street date of October 24, 2025. There’s undeni...

www.sorrystaterecords.com

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NobleLowndesAnnuities @nlannuities.bsky.social · 5d

New London Clay record incoming! lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/privat...

Private View, by London Clay

9 track album

lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 9d

Urban wildlife of south east London

A Henry Hoover sans nozzle contemplating freedom on the streets of south east London

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 14d

About ten years ago we looked into living in Anerley/Penge/CP/Croydon/South Norwood and it was just too expensive for us. SN was pretty bleak then too but looks like its improved a lot since then. We ended up in Lee...

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 16d

Oh and for something a bit different try Bishops Wine Bar. It's kind of like being in someone's front room but it has a bar in the middle of it. And a a cat. And its at the bottom of an office block opposite a dying shopping centre. Great for people watching.

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 16d

For the real Croydon pub experience drink a pint under the flyover in the front garden of The Royal Standard. Or go visit the pub cats at The Oval.

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 19d

Will you be going inside Sanderson's? I really want to see the stained glass!

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Another Subculture @anothersubculture.co.uk · Sep 8

Taking submissions for the October calendar zine - send me your PUNK + HARDCORE + DIY + ???? gigs, late nights, talks, films, bookfairs etc., deadline Friday 19th September. ❗📰🔢

📌 Send here: anothersubculture.co.uk/submit

📬 September's listings: anothersubculture.co.uk/this-months-listings

ANOTHER SUBCULTURE's next issue will be October. Send in your gigs, all dayers, festivals, screenings, bookfairs, club nights... must be PUNK, HARDCORE, D-I-Y, EXPERIMENTAL, NON-STANDARD and independent. No reunions, no brands please. DEADLINE: Friday 19th September. Go to anothersubculture.co.uk/submit or email hello@anothersubculture.co.uk.

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controller / revolt zine @controllerrevolt.bsky.social · Jun 20

✍️ THE GLITCH IS BACK 🕹️

controller / revolt issue 1 has been re-printed

back in stock in limited numbers
controllerrevoltzine.bigcartel.com/

all profits go to Palestine Red Crescent Society

our little zine about gaming through a punk lens

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Jun 4

We had one of these, reheated fish in the microwave so often he got himself a nickname: The Fishmonger

Gema @gema.bsky.social · Jun 3

Current earworm #missionofburma

Academy Fight Song

YouTube video by Mission Of Burma - Topic

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Jun 3

Free exhibition showing the work of Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan at the new Ames Yavuz gallery in London.

Expansive miniature cardboard city attached to a white wall.

Close up of recycled cardboard used to form a miniature housing complex.

Gema @gema.bsky.social · May 14

Test Pressing Wednesday!

Test pressing of the new London Clay record

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · May 6

Free exhibition at Pi Artworks, London. Matt Golden/Golden Family: Thirty-Three Revolutions.

Various drums and cymbals, assembled into a procession of anthropomorphised musicians.

More drum skins and percussion instruments assembled to look like they have a face.

Gema @gema.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you are near Folkestone do pop in Aimee Craddock's boutique, 25 The Old High St. I have some ceramics on show and for sale.

The shop window of Aimee Craddock's boutique in Folkestone, featuring my ceramic vessels, some Noguchi paper lamps and a midcentury Japanese chair.

Two ceramic vessels inspired by modernist architecture in blue, ochre, coral and gold glaze.

Three abstract hanging wall sculptures in blue, coral, ochre and black.

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Apr 22

Really interesting read, my ex partner is from Peterlee and I remember visiting some of the old colliery villages maybe 20 years ago. They were pretty sad looking then, but seeing them in this state, is very depressing.

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Apr 16

Sneaking up on cats instead of making art down the studio

Black cat sat behind some old metal drums and plastic trays, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer buddy.'

Grey and white cat sat at the top of some stairs, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer pal.'

Scrappy black and white cat, total bruiser, facial expression declares 'you want some?'

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Mar 25

Just been summoned for the 3rd time. They seem to come for me once every decade.

Although I've never been selected, only ever sat around bleak waiting rooms for hours on end...

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NobleLowndesAnnuities @nlannuities.bsky.social · Mar 16

New London Clay record coming soon...

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Mar 12

Something pretty exciting happened, the London Clay record is being released by La Vida Es Un Mus. No release date yet but things are moving....

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Mar 1

Private view round-up, recommend these free exhibitions if you are in London over the coming weeks #kimyunshin #ellakruglyanskaya #dominicbeattie

Ella Kruglyanskaya at Thomas Dane - contemporary painting of a woman in pink broad strokes against a dark background, sitting on a striped monochrome cushion, with a broken lute and two apples. The woman sits away from the viewer, her head turned to the left, her blue eyes peek out under her black bob.

Kim Yun Shin at Lehmann Maupin/No 9 Cork Street - a strong geometric painting in bold shades of green/blue/red/yellow. The pattern features squares, lines and diamonds, reminiscent of trellis and tower blocks. A wooden sculpture sits in the foreground, like short angular tree trunks, hand carved and engraved with more geometric patterns.

Dominic Beattie at Saatchi Gallery - a large contemporary work in green/pink/lilac/purple/black/yellow. The background is a glitchy geometric pattern or recurring rectangles and squares. Eight bright yellow circles are scattered across the painting.

Gema @gema.bsky.social · Feb 27

Haha, I bought one too! Going out later to play around with it!

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · Feb 3

BLOG POST: Some reflections on the Londons they keep building for film and TV, none of which is quite right, but all of which help us understand the real London a little better. 🎥

precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/02/03/t...

These other Londons: the imagined city of the backlots

London, like New York, is often too busy, and too much in flux, to play itself on film. So, time after time, filmmakers rebuild it on backlots – with varying degrees of accuracy. Each of these othe…

precastreinforced.co.uk

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thank you!