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23/05/2017

The last act of our Fifth Week Grooves night this Thursday at Cellar will be Katiusha and Abraham Delacey - aka Ror b2b giving you only the best Oxford has to offer. Give 'em a listen and make sure to be at Cellar this Thursday

Listen to SW007 by S_W_

22/05/2017

Get down to the Cellar Thursday night to boogie to the the amazing tracks of Katiusha!

Listen to Warmup for Pitch Black w/ Jay Clarke (Recorded Live 22/04/2017) by Katiusha on

07/03/2017

In her inaugural blog first, Abigail Eardley discusses stigma and misconception around invisible diseases

23/02/2017

Haven't seen PAN yet or don't have a copy? Get a beautiful print edition now, full of powerful new writing and visuals. And just £3!

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Get your own copy of Oxford's stunning arts and liberation politics magazine! This is our first edition, wonderfully printed and full of powerful, beautiful content from some of the best student wr...

17/02/2017

Life's Good Simpkins sits down with Matthew Shaw, president of Glitterball 2017, and Molly Moore, OU LGBTQ+ Society president, to discuss their new Glitterball

It’s a fairly obvious one, but where did the idea for Glitterball come from and how did it all get started?

Molly: The idea for Glitterball was conceived several years ago, but at the time the society did not have the resources to host it. This acad

17/02/2017

PAN is now available to buy in selected magazine stores in London!

Don't miss your chance to get yourself a copy in Oxford tonight!

13/02/2017

Check out this sneak preview of Panoptica Magazine's Issue 1 cover photoshoot. Our video team went behind-the-scenes in October to give you a unique insight into the creative process of a fashion shoot, alongside Issue 1's Co-Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director Emmanuelle Soffe

Panoptica Magazine will be out in print later this week and available to purchase at our drop-in launch event at TSK on Friday evening 6:30-8:30pm. See event for more details!

With thanks to:

Video Team Liv Grant and Henry Ludlam
Hair & Make-up Brothers Oxford
Photographer Ian Wallman
Fashion styling TDS [The Design Studio Hawarden]
Models Nicole Rayment Issy Rawlinson Tess Hulton
Assistant Hannah Kelly

Check out this sneak preview of Panoptica Magazine's Issue 1 cover photoshoot. Our video team went behind-the-scenes in October to give you a unique insight ...

15/01/2017

Photoshoot by Cynthia Moyo, collector of vintage Japanese kimonos. Her brand Uber Dandy mixes traditional Japanese patterns with western concepts.

photoshoot | vintage | kimono | Uber Dandy |

19/12/2016

"My sister and her boyfriend were visiting. We got high and we half-baked a plan to while away the winter months somewhere sunny. ‘Why not Hawaii?’ Why not indeed"

Amir Yashai discusses her time spent in Hawai'i.

It was 3:30am when I booked my flight to Honolulu. The leaves were just starting to turn, marking what should have been the second month of my second year of journalism school. I’d dropped out immediately after first year in favour of ‘seeing the wor

18/12/2016

"While there, I heard how another travelling Oxford student had quickly become for a period the face of China’s bestselling ‘Tsingtao’ beer, and another group of students had been given on-screen roles on ‘China Star’, a hugely popular X-Factor equivalent."

Oliver Wu discusses his time and experiences in Sanlitun, one of Beijing's trendiest districts.

Immaculate white Lamborghinis staffed by smartly-dressed chauffeurs, boredly waiting for their passengers to return. A cavernous nightclub with red-carpet entrances and marble floors that vibrate to the sound of Shakira, Katy Perry or Lady Gaga’s lat

17/12/2016

"Wearing 3D glasses in an underground carpark, transfixed by vivid drone footage shot from inside a firework display, the explosions intermingled with hyperlapses of dancing flora whilst an Anton Ellis sample loops, booming through the cavernous space—this wasn’t just consuming art."

Shakeel Hashim discussed the Hayward Gallery's new video installations

In a normal art gallery, video often fails to engage. It’s time consuming and effortful, and stands in stark contrast to the blitz-through method…

16/12/2016

"In the case of the Rijksmuseum, their choice to change the titles of certain paintings is a troubling one, notably because it removes their implicit involvement in a history of perpetuated racism and slavery."

Elise Bell discusses the art world's reaction to safe space culture.

“Is art ever safe?”

This was what came to mind when lecturer, Dr Lucy Weir asked students to put up their hand if they felt uncomfortable when looking at an image on the screen.

The image in question was a still from Shigeko Kubota’s “Vagina Pa

07/12/2016

the PAN exec team are hard at work editing our first issue this week, watch this space!

01/12/2016

Our lovely models on set today for yet another magazine editorial shoot, directed by Nicole Rayment.

Not long now until you can get your own copy of PAN Magazine !

09/11/2016

Insights and grounding from Chloe Lim, Harry Smith and Hanna Arndt.
three views | racism | voices | strength

three views | racism | voices | strength

08/11/2016

'In a sentence: these videos are an attempt to convert statistics back into individuals.'

Ella Gannon with Hannah CM, Francesca Maria Forristal and Olivia Braddock speak frankly and powerfully on their experiences as students and artists.

video | mental health | art | students

04/11/2016

| models on set today for our gender non-binary photoshoot for our first print issue, out in January |

Creative Director: Emmanuelle Soffe
Photographer: Richard Wakefield
Hair & MakeUp: Brothers Oxford
Assistant: Laura Simpkins
Models: Naomi Eve Barker, Elena Zanchini, Sally Schwartz, Luka Nikolic, Raf Spilman and Ben Christopher

04/11/2016

'Users assume different appearances in the Nether: but all who enter The Hideaway are consenting adults, even those who appear as young children.' Claudia Graham on The Nether // 2-5 Nov // Oxford Playhouse.
review | realities | binaries | unrealities

review | realities | binaries | unrealities

04/11/2016

'As a piece of proto-queer theatre, Albert Herring offers hope that individual subjectivity and the pleasures of sexuality can thrive, even in the face of a constrictive, moralising society.'

Director Peter Tkt narrates the stages of the journey towards orchestrating Benjamin Britten's opera, Albert Herring at St Peter's College.

opera | albert herring | proto-queer | theatre

opera | albert herring | proto-queer | theatre

27/10/2016

"Aside from your other under-researched points, you make one further critical error of judgement in your reference to Gombrich and Clark as the ‘last greats.’ Though they were both important thinkers, their focus is both “Western-centric” and as pointed out, “male-centric;” much like your own it seems."

The second years at the History of Art Department, University of Oxford write a damning response to Jonathon Jones, after AQA drops Art History at A-Level.

letter in response | jonathon jones | art history a level | oxford

25/10/2016

'The subtle circular interplay of interior and exterior, opaque and transparent, subterranean and superterranean galleries encourages curators to play with work. Artists have exploited these possibilities successfully and unsuccessfully but at least there is the scope.' Surya Bowyer

tate modern | interiority | space | mass

_______ | ______ | ___________ | ___________

25/10/2016

'We listened, momentarily transfixed, speechless.'
Daniel Keane remembers his first experience of Bon Iver and reviews their new album.

review | Bon Iver | disorientation | indie-folk

review | Bon Iver | disorientation | indie-folk

24/10/2016

"You will never love anything like that hand that touches that leg.
In the marble there is hand and leg apart,
The skill, thus."

poetry | hades | persephone | marble

poem | hades | persophone | marble

14/10/2016

| It's the end of a very long day for our three lovely models & camera/video/production team in the woods for PAN Magazine cover shoot |

| using furs |

| follow our Instagram for an exclusive behind the scenes Instagram story |

creative director: Emmanuelle Soffe
Photographer: Ian Wallman
hair & make up: Brothers Oxford
assistant: Hannah Kelly
models: Nicole Rayment, Issy Rawlinson, Tess Hulton
video team: Henry Ludlam

13/10/2016

Faux fur bomber jackets by The Design Studio have arrived for our photo shoot tomorrow!

01/10/2016

PAN has gained new information on the York university 'walkout protest' reported by The Independent.

Here with perspectives on consent and consent classes by Oxford Students Women's Equality Party founder Emily Dillistone and Daniel Curtis.

exclusive | consent workshops | 'meninism' | analysis

27/09/2016

'Long may this glass endure and brim with wine,' wrote T.S. Eliot. In Abi Ashford's photography empty glasses hold more poetry.

new photography | shadows | glass distortions | winelessness

new photography | shadows | glass distortions | winelessness

26/09/2016

Some apartheids have been kept quiet.

colonialism uncovered | white supremacy | Empire
Aneeka Bartlett

colonialism uncovered | white supremacy | Empire Aneeka Bartlett

23/09/2016

"I woke up from that trance two moments later: fell over the edge of the pool- dripped silently into a padded waterbed without water,
and sought hydration in saliva."

raw poetry by Emmanuelle Soffe and new art from Abi Ashford

poem | lost | fragmentary | lust Emmanuelle Soffe

14/09/2016

"Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness...it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow." - King Hussein of Jordan

travel photography from Jake Boswall | jordan | desert sculpture | city portraits

Jake Boswall's enrapturing photos transport you to the Middle East

12/09/2016

"I stepped into Yayoi Kusama's exhibition with one sole intention. I needed to get a photograph worthy enough for my Instagram feed and I needed to do this in a fleeting thirty seconds." - Rosie Coleman Collier

exhibition experience | social media | narcissism | value

When it comes to art, cameras stand in the way of any appreciation and understanding of the work - and leave you feeling unfulfilled.

04/09/2016

Walking through MoMA, you will encounter an object of exquisite beauty. It is a carefully proportioned cuboid of glassy transparency, with a circular form at its core echoed by the indentation on its side.

It is a sticky tape dispenser.

Fionn Montell-Boyd explores the presence of 'nonart' in art galleries.

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art | cross disciplinary | manufacturing | modern seeing |

'Nonart' is everywhere in MoMA. But does it belong?

03/09/2016

submissions are open for PAN print edition

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graphic design: Ryan Walls

02/09/2016

Emily Pritchard's stunning photography brings the wildlife of Tanzania to life.

travel photographs | wildlife | savannah | nature's textures

Go on safari in the mesmerising landscapes of Tanzania