Category: Blogging

An Intimate History of Furry Pals

This post honours my beloved pets: Bella and Bobby, my two cats, one of whom tragically ate cement. And Fizz, my mother’s cat, who came to live with us after she passed in 2020. During my cancer treatment, Fizz became my devoted companion.

Furtherfield Time Capsules and the Feral Class Book Launch

Woah! I’m still catching my breath after a whirlwind few days that felt like a physical and emotional marathon. It … More

Mytho Massively Recommends Feral Class

Feral Class by Marc Garrett (Minor Compositions).  This is a remarkable book; it not only recounts in sharp and daunting … More

A Story from the Feral Class

Every now and then, this is where I’ll explore what Feral Class means to me, as both a working-class identity and a shared experience. Most posts will weave together personal reflections and responses to questions about my work.

The Genie

Extract from the chapter ‘My Dad, Me and the Genie’ in my forthcoming book, ‘Feral Class’. Image. The Genie. Drawing by Marc Garrett on A4. 2024.

My Re-Enchantment

This residency and exhibition will allow me to reexamine my artistic connection with nature. After spending over 25 years working with digital technologies.

Living the Proposition – Art Worlding and The Hologram

We need to build on, reevaluate, and relearn from the already progressive and insightful enrichments that art, technology and activism have generously produced and given us through the years – into more personalised, informed, shared, grounded disruptions.

Introduction to the ‘Unlocking Proprietorial Systems’ Keynote, at the Mapping festival, Geneva May 25th 2019

I presented a keynote at the Mapping Festival in Geneva, Thursday May 25th, 2019. The reading from a chapter of … More

To the Lords of Google Earth

Marc Garrett performs an updated version Gerrard Winstanley’s ‘A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England’ originally published in 1649, at Transmediale 2018, Berlin.

Autoethnographic PhD of Furtherfield and DIWO Culture

I have just finished Chapter 3 of my PhD, and it’s called ‘DIWO (Do-It-With-Others): Co-creation and Decentralizing Artistic Practice’. In … More