FAULT Reviews: Beacons Festival

  To the surprise of most Londoners, BEACONS Festival is incredibly quick and direct to get to. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, BEACONS is approximately a 3 hour train journey from Kings Cross and, unlike other festival commutes, you actually get a seat on the train. Arriving in Skipton was a breath of fresh air, with beautiful scenery and welcoming locals aplenty. So welcoming, in fact, that two…

FAULT Reviews: Latitude Festival ’14

Latitude was recently described as a festival for the middle aged and middle-class. As a regular attendee since my teens, this writer would care to disagree. Main Stage/ Latitude '14 The festival takes place in picturesque fields protected by sky-scraping forests in Suffolk, East England. It is obvious that the older generations outweigh the younger but it by no means clashes. Instead there…

Art Preview: Sixe Paredes’ ‘Futurismo Ancestral’ at London’s Somerset House

Here at FAULT, we are immensely looking forward to Peruvian artist Sixe Parades' upcoming exhibition in London's Somerset House. The free event, which runs from 21st-26th May, is entitled Futurismo Ancestral: An Offering to Peru by Sixe Paredes, and has been described as an immersive, interactive and multi-sensory celebration of Peruvian and Andean culture. Somerset House are hosting the event…

FAULT Reviews: Detroit rapper Danny Brown live at the Met (Pawtucket, RI)

When you attend a Danny Brown concert, expect to quickly befriend your neighbor. Or at least become accustomed to the scent of joints and Newports while you dance. Having followed the rapper’s career from afar, I didn’t exactly know what to expect. Would we encounter a charismatic wordsmith on the prowl or a vulnerable introvert with the habit of posting confessional snippets on Twitter? I…

Fault Reviews: Yves Saint Laurent

Set against the beautiful backdrop of Paris in 1957, the film tells the heady story of Yves Saint Laurent, played by Pierre Niney, and his lover Pierre Bergé, played by Guillaume Gallienne. Together as both business partners, soul-mates and eventually Pierre taking the role of carer to the troubled and reckless Yves, the film delves into the personal and creative life of the young designer.…

FAULT Reviews: Kid Cudi – ‘Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon’

Kid Cudi's new album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, is out now Last week Scott Mescudi, better know as Kid Cudi, simply tweeted ‘Time to make the world stand still’. Much like the artist himself, it would appear that his latest album,‘Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon’, needed no further introduction. Dropping without any prior notice, the world was and has been…

Preview: ART14 art fair, London – 28 February – 2nd March 2014 @ Kensington Olympia

FAULT Magazine is an official media partner of ART14. Come and visit us at the fair at Stand N18. Just one year on since it began, Art14 has become a vibrantly important celebration of London's eminence within the global art scene. Building on the star-studded accessibility of its launch year in 2013 and supported by a list of stellar contacts and experienced organizers, this event is…

FAULT Reviews: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

As the weather gets worse, the music gets intolerable and the country is plunged into darkness by 3pm, the cinemas become filled with films that attempt to spin the season into fantasy, chastising our inner Scrooge with visions of children laughing and chestnuts roasting by an open fire. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which opens on Boxing Day, steps away from this model (there are no…