Press articles, reviews and essays
Al Hopwood has received critical praise for his public projects from art writers, journalists and academics. The links below illustrate a small selection of the responses to his work over a variety of platforms.
Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic
Saturday Review. BBC Radio 4
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Geoffrey Durham, Naima Khan and Stephanie Merritt
April 2019
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Mark Brown / Abracadabra: London show puts magic props under the spotlight
Review in the Guardian
April 2019
Dominic Maxwell / Behold! Why we’re still suckers for the vanishing ball trick
Feature in The Times
April 2019
Tabish Khan / Wellcome Collection Dazzles With The Psychology Of Magic
Review in Londonist
April 2019
Simon Ings / The psychology of magic and how it plays with our minds
Review in New Scientist
May 2019
Helen Whitehouse / Secrets behind some of the most famous magic tricks has been revealed
Review in The Mirror
April 2019
A.R. Hopwood's False Memory Archive
Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby / Diving For Seahorses
Book published by New South Publishing
(with extracts from the False Memory Archive)
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Article in NRK, Norway
July 2017
Julia Shaw / The Memory Illusion
Book published by Penguin Random House
(with extracts from the False Memory Archive)
July 2016
Chris French / Social Recall: factors that can affect false memory
Essay for the Guardian
March 2016
Nicola Davis / Exploring the Edges of Consciousness
Exhibition Preview: States of Mind, Wellcome Collection
January 2016
Megan Carnegie Brown / The Truth about False Memories
Interview with The Observer
February 2016
Kate Hilpern / AR Hopwood’s ‘False Memory Archive’
Feature and interview in the New Review Magazine (Independent On Sunday)
January 2016
Emma Lewis / A Case of Misplaced Faith: Photography, Memory, and AR Hopwood’s ‘False Memory Archive’
Photomonitor Essay
September 2014
Julia Langbein / Critics' Pick
A.R. Hopwood: False Memory Archive
ArtForum review of Carroll/Fletcher and Freud Museum exhibitions
September 2014
Helen Sumpter /
A.R. Hopwood False Memory Archive
ArtReview review of Carroll/Fletcher and Freud Museum exhibitions
September 2014
Melissa Hogenboom /
Why Does The Brain Create False Memories?
BBC News article about False Memory and the False Memory Archive
September 2013
Dan Damon / BBC World Update
False Memory Archive
BBC Interview about False Memory Archive.
October 2013
John Sopel / BBC Global News
False Memory Archive
BBC Interview about False Memory Archive.
October 2013
Crudely Erased Adults / Big Picture Feature
False Memory Archive
Pull-out centre page commission from The Psychologist Magazine
April 2014
Kate Hilpern / The False Memory Archive: Did that really happen
Article about False Memory and False Memory Archive in The Independent
Febuary 2014
Tiffany O'Callaghan / Remembering things that never happened
Article about A.R. Hopwood's residency at the APRU and the FMA.
January 2012
Zing Tsjeng / The False Memory Archive
Feature about A.R. Hopwood's False Memory Archive for Dazed Digital.
September 2013
David Pollock / Interview: artist AR Hopwood discusses The False Memory Archive
Interview about False Memory Archive at Talbot Rice for The List.
March 2014
Tom Jeffries / The False Memory Archive: An interview with A.R. Hopwood
Interview about False Memory Archive for Spoonfed.
February 2012
Phyllis Stephen / Talbot Rice Gallery: The False Memory Archive
Preview about False Memory Archive at Talbot Rice for The Edinburgh Reporter.
March 2014
The False Memory Archive
Editorial about False Memory Archive at The Exchange for The Cornishman
October 2013
Eryn Newman & Professor Elizabeth Loftus / Updating Ebbinghaus on the Science of Memory
Editorial in Europe's Journal of Psychology including information about the FMA.
October 2013
WITH (withyou.co.uk)
Skye Sherwin / Resident: The WITH Collective
Preview for Chapter exhibition
October 2011
JJ Charlesworth / Memories.... you're talking about
memories
Commissioned essay by JJ Charlesworth for Resident at Chapter
October 2011
JJ Charlesworth / Hidden Intentions
ArtReview Feature about WITH, Ryan Gander, Christoph Büchel and others.
November 2011
Skye Sherwin / Pick of the Week
WITHSTORE_001 critics choice in the Guardian
September 2010
Jack Hutchinson / WITH: Live Life Vicariously
Preview for WITHSTORE_001 at Rokeby London
September 2010
Yinan Zhang & Philippa Warr / WITHSTORE 001
Two short essays about WITHSTORE at Rokeby London
September 2010
Sandra Rehme / AND: The WITH Collective
4* Time Out Review about AND: A New Fund For New Times at Artprojx
February 2009
Editorial / Selected Exhibitions: Ten new UK shows Art World recommends.
Preview for AND: A New Fund For New Times at Artprojx London.
January 2009
Jennifer Thatcher / WITH (withyou.co.uk)
Review about WITH (withyou.co.uk) at Rokeby London
October 2008
Jessica Lack / WITH (withyou.co.uk)
Preview of exhibition at Rokeby London in The Guardian
August 2008
Rebecca Geldard / Top 10 shows in London
Preview about WITH (withyou.co.uk) at Rokeby London
September 2008
Anoushka Grose / WITH (withyou.co.uk)
Commissioned essay for WITH (withyou.co.uk) at Rokeby in 2008
September 2008
Jessica Lack / WITH: Pick of the Week
Preview and Pick of the Week in the Guardian for solo show at Plymouth Art Centre
April 2007
Sarah Jane Downing / WITH or Without You
Review for solo show at Plymouth Art Centre in the Big Issue.
June 2007
Emma Ridgway / WITH: Life Enhancement Solutions
Essay about solo show at Plymouth Art Centre for the book Between the Vanguard and the Peripheral. Published by PAC.
2007
Jennifer Thatcher / That's Edutainment! Doug Fishbone and WITH.
Essay about early WITH performances and artist Doug Fishbone for the book - The New Art, published by Rachmaninoffs and Zoo Art Fair.
2006
Jessica Lack / We Are With You
Preview about early WITH performances at ICA London.
2005
Ken Scrudato / WITH
Editorial about project with New York based journalist Laura Schooling.
2004
Christian Tjaben / WITH
WITH are described as the 27th best thing ever in German style magazine.
2004