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Refigure
by Lo Fi Arts
Chris and Rifa sift through their past week in culture and the arts, with a nod to technology and representation. Freshly ground in Brighton on the English south coast.
Episodes
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Ep 99: Berlin - Part Two
It's the 99th Refigure episode! Chris and Rifa are still mooching around Berlin. They go to the Heroines Of Sound all-women experimental music festival and join a guided tour of the legendary Hansa Studios overlooking the Wall, where David Bowie wrote and recorded 'Heroes'. They're also joined by...
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Ep 98: Berlin - Part One
A Berlin Special, as Chris and Rifa dive into that great city's arts and culture worlds, starting with major exhibitions: Cassirer And The Breakthrough Of Impressionism at the Old National Gallery, and Building Community: Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago at the James Simon...
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Ep 97: Grace and The P Word
Chris and Rifa natter about the arts and culture. After abandoning Tip Toe, Chris and Rifa retreat to old episodes of Brighton-based detective series Grace. Then Rifa reports back from her trip to London's Bush Theatre to see The P Word. Chris is reading Michael Bracewell's short, oddball new…
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Ep 96: Dear England and Couples Therapy
Refigure episode 96. Chris and Rifa watch two TV shows on the BBC iPlayer: the fourth season of Showtime's NYC-based reality show Couples Therapy with Dr Orna Guralnik, which gets as close as television can to the reality of a psychotherapist's process, and the hit BBC drama series built from…
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Ep 95: Joelle Taylor and Ren
This episode, we saw Joelle Taylor give an outstanding performed reading of her new book Maryville. We then watched a panel discussion with the rapper / singer-songwriter Ren and his business team. Rifa is reading Samantha Harvey's Booker prizewinning novel Orbital, while Chris is reading John...
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Ep 94: Kate Butch and The Secret Agent
Chris and Rifa enjoy Kate Butch's drag cabaret show Choose Your Own Cabaret at The Old Market in Hove and watch Brazilian thriller The Secret Agent, which has just become available to stream via Mubi. Rifa devotes her 'What You Reading For?' slot to some emails from guys who recommend women...
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Ep 93: Geese and Bait
Rifa and Chris go to Hammersmith Apollo to see the Brooklyn cult band Geese and watch Riz Ahmed's new dramedy TV series Bait. Rifa is reading a short fiction compilation called Re:sisters, while Chris is reading Kate Kennedy's Cello (thanks for the loan, Jon Clayton). Thanks for listening! Follow...
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Ep 92: Tracey Emin, Dadaism, Nigerian Modernism
Chris and Rifa visit Tate Modern to check out the Tracey Emin retrospective Second Life and the major show of Nigerian Modernism. We also watch two art history docs on the BBC: Jim Moir's Gaga For Dada about Dadaism and the Irish film Iarsmaí (Remnants) about campaigns in Ireland to persuade...
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Ep 91: Small Prophets, David Shrigley, 'Tutu' comedy ballet
It's (accidentally) an episode about comedy in different artforms. Rifa and Chris go to a Q&A with David Shrigley for Penryn Art School on tour, hosted by Phoenix Gallery. Then we also watched Mackenzie Crook's offbeat new BBC comedy drama series Small Prophets, about a man growing Humunculi in...
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Ep 90: Waiting For The Out + fine art preview 2026
Long-running bitesize culture review show from Brighton, on the UK south coast, with Rifa and Chris. This episode we watch the BBC drama series Waiting For The Out, then flag up the major art exhibitions we're most looking forward to in 2026. Rifa is reading The Story Of Art and Chris is reading...
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Ep 89: review of 2025
Chris and Rifa look back over their year in arts and culture. Thank you for listening and supporting the show in 2025, we've had a blast, you've made it all feel worthwhile.
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Ep 88: Turner, Constable and Lee Miller
Chris and Rifa do their final art trip of the year, to Tate Britain for the Turner and Constable exhibition and the Lee Miller show. Rifa is reading Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and Chris is reading a book-length essay called Pirate Care from the Vagabonds series of small radical books, published...
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Ep 87: My Bloody Valentine and The Legends Of Them
Chris and Rifa's adventures in culture and the arts. We scooted up to Wembley to see the seminal cult shoegaze / noise-rock band My Bloody Valentine on their arena tour, before checking out former reggae singer-turned-stage actor Lorna Gee's powerful one-woman (autobiographical) music theatre…
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Ep 86: The Haunted Moustache, Celebrity Traitors and George Houston
Rifa and Chris watch the premier of Dr David Bramwell's film The Haunted Moustache at the Duke Of York's Cinema, fail to resist watching The Celebrity Traitors and check out young Irish singer-songwriter George Houston on his first UK tour. Chris is reading a book about pop music and Rifa is...
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Ep 85: One Battle After Another & Long Story Short
Chris and Rifa watch the new PT Andersen film One Battle After Another and Netflix animated series Long Story Short, from the team behind Bojack Horseman. Rifa is re-reading Iain Banks' classic thriller Complicity, while Chris is reading Beans On Toast's collection Wild Folk People. Thanks for...
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Ep 84: Lost Evenings VIII and Brighton Cocktail Festival
A shorter than usual episode. Chris and Rifa chat about their last couple of weeks, which were partly spent separately, as Chris drove up to Scotland for Frank Turner's Lost Evenings, on the way catching the William Kentridge exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, while Rifa went out for a...
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Ep 83: The Pitt, Wallis Island & Paul Foot
A packed episode of Chris and Rifa's bitesize arts review show, we watched US emergency room drama series The Pitt, saw Tim Key's comedy film The Ballad Of Wallis Island and checked out Paul Foot's transformative new stand-up show Dissolve. Chris is reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Message and Rifa…
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Ep 82: The Thursday Murder Club takedown
Chris and Rifa's bitesize adventures in arts and culture get messy as the plucky pair regret watching The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix, so then watch the most different film possible, Hot Milk on MUBI. Chris is reading Emily Herring's biography of Henri Bergson, Herald Of A Restless World…
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Ep 81: Amanda Knox & Emily Kam Kngwarray
Bitesize adventures in arts and culture with Rifa and Chris. We watched the opening few episodes of The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Disney+ and went to Tate Modern to see the major retrospective of Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray. Rifa is reading another bell hooks book, this time on…
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Ep 80: Ithell Colquhoun & Akila Richards
Chris and Rifa's bitesize adventures in arts and culture. We went to Tate Britain for the retrospective of 20th century British surrealist Ithell Colquhoun, and taped that segment in the café. Then Rifa reports back from poet Akila Richards' performance piece Mango Ritual at Brighton Dome. Rifa…
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Refigure Ep 79: Primavera Sound & Glastonbury
Chris and Rifa chat festivals Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Glastonbury in Somerset. Thanks for listening.
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Refigure Ep 78: Miro Foundation & Taskmaster
Chris and Rifa are back for series #8 of Refigure, our bitesize arts and culture podcast. This is episode #78 and we chat about Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona and the 19th season of Taskmaster on Channel 4. Thanks for listening. We are @refigureUK on Insta.
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Refigure Season 8 trailer
Season 8 of Refigure is (finally) coming!
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Refigure Ep 77: London Art Binge Pt 1
Chris and Rifa are in London on a visual art binge. We talk about Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1820 at Tate Britain. We also argue about Judy Chicago: Revelations at the Serpentine Gallery. Rifa is reading the classic Theosophical Society book Thoughtforms: A Record Of…
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Refigure Ep 76: Eno
More adventures in the arts and culture with Rifa and Chris. We watched the new doc Eno at the cinema, about the artist Brian Eno (obviously), which recuts itself and runs differently, every single time it's screened, making a review somewhat moot. Rifa went to an LGBTQI+ 'late' event at the...
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Refigure Ep 75: Barcelona, PJ Harvey, Jeff Wall
Adventures in culture and the arts, with Rifa and Chris. Thanks for joining us! This episode we're in Barcelona for Primavera Sound 2024 and we also checked out some art: photographer Jeff Wall — Possible Tales at La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, and painter and collagist Armand Boua at OOA...
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Refigure Ep 74: Paris, Brancusi at the Pompidou & Sweet Tooth
Chris and Rifa are in Paris to visit the Brancusi retrospective at Centre Pompidou and also stumble on the lost 1950s Parisian painter Requichot's abstract work. They also binge-watch season three of Sweet Tooth. Rifa is reading Katy Hessel's Great Women Artists substack and Chris is reading…
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Refigure Ep 72: Cumbria Seychelles Bollywood
Dipping into Brighton Festival, Rifa and Chris see Sunny Singh in conversation about her new book A Bollywood State Of Mind and watch Natalie Sharp's experimental solo mixed media performance Marra! connecting her heritage in Cumbria and the Seychelles. They also watch a bunch of Netflix stuff...
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Refigure Ep 71: Tubthumping & Reindeering
Chris and Rifa attempt to make it through Richard Gadd's controversial Netflix dramedy Baby Reindeer and enjoy Dunstan Bruce's Chumbawamba documentary I Get Knocked Down. Rifa goes to UXCampBrighton unconference. Chris is reading Richard Norris of The Grid's memoir Strange Things Are Happening,...
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Refigure Ep 70: Yoko Ono & Shōgun
Refigure podcast with Chris and Rifa returns for a 7th season of the homemade culture review show from the English south coast. This week, we're watching the TV series Shōgun on Disney+ and we went to Tate Modern to see Yoko Ono: Music Of The Mind. In 'What You Reading For?' Chris is reading the...
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Refigure VI - Ep 69: Sozzled Review Of The Year
To end 2023, Rifa and Chris reflect on their year in arts and culture, while drinking several glasses of the good stuff.
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Refigure VI - Ep 68: Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé
Chris and Rifa talk about Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé. Rifa is reading Angela Davis - Freedom Is A Constant Struggle and Chris is reading Aflo The Poet's new poetry zine Warm Up. Please send us your questions for next week's Best Of 2023 episode, when we'll try to answer anything you throw at us.
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Refigure VI - Ep 67: End Of The World x2
This week Rifa and Chris dug into two 'end of the world' TV things: they watched Sam Esmail's Netflix movie Leave The World Behind, starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke. They also watched the new TV series A Murder At The End Of The World, made by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij...
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Refigure VI - Ep 66: Squid Game & Women In Revolt
Chris and Rifa are annoyed by the Squid Game gameshow and inspired by Tate Britain's new major exhibition Women In Revolt. In What You Reading For? Rifa is reading Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, while Chris is re-reading John Higgs' The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds.
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Refigure VI - Ep 65: Our Own Creative Shizzle
We didn't have a chance to review stuff together in the midseason break, so this week we chat about our own recent creative stuff. Chris chats about the minitour playing in the band with Jim Bob, as well as an album he's producing, while Rifa unpacks her current adventures in painting with...
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Refigure VI - Ep 64: Eye Filmmuseum & Chila Kumari Singh Berman
Chris and Rifa take the ferry to the Eye Filmmuseum in the north of Amsterdam, see an exhibition by film artist Janis Rafa, 'Feed Me, Cheat Me, Eat Me'. They also chat about Chila Kumari Singh Berman's works in neon, including new commission 'The Shining Lights Of Service', which is hung off the...
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Refigure VI - Ep 63: Sex Museum & Nan Goldin
Rifa and Chris are in Amsterdam, where they visit the infamous Sex Museum and check out Nan Goldin's major retrospective This Will Not End Well at Stedelijk. In 'What You Reading For?' Chris is reading Zoe Gilbert's novel Mischief Acts, while Rifa is reading Women Who Run With The Wolves by...
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Refigure VI - Ep 62: Beckham & Rooney
Chris and Rifa dive into two vaguely football related doc series, the Netflix show Beckham and the Disney+ series Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story. Rifa is reading Regena Thomashaur's book Pussy: A Reclamation, while Chris is reading Ocean Vuong's debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous...
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Refigure VI - Ep 61: Lee Miller & Dreamy Place
A Brighton-heavy episode this week, as Chris and Rifa check out the exhibition Lee Miller: Dressed at Brighton Museum, then hang out at Embodied Realities, at The Old Market, as part of the new Dreamy Place festival. Rifa is reading a book about menopause and Chris is reading Julian Jaynes'…
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Refigure VI - Ep 60: Turner Prize & Taylor Swift's Eras Film
Weekly bitesize arts and culture chat with Chris and Rifa. This week Rifa and Chris go to Eastbourne for the Turner Prize 2023 exhibition. They watch both Taylor Swift's new Eras Tour concert film and Talking Heads' remastered Stop Making Sense at the cinema. Rifa is reading the Black London...
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Refigure VI - Ep 59: The Creator & Reservation Dogs
Welcome to Refigure, a weekly arts and culture conversation with Chris and Rifa. This week we saw The Creator in the cinema and also caught up with season two of Reservation Dogs on Disney+ ahead of season three's UK launch in a week or two. Chris is reading Naomi Klein's new book Doppelganger…
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Refigure VI - Ep 58: Past Lives & Jon Amor Trio
Rifa and Chris chat about new Korean-American film Past Lives, the directorial debut of Celine Song, and check out blues-rock band The Jon Amor Trio in a village hall at a birthday party. Rifa is reading the British Museum's picture book Goddess, written by Janina Ramirez and illustrated by Sarah...
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Refigure VI - Ep 57: A Strange Loop & Blue Zones
Chris and Rifa discuss the musical A Strange Loop with an annoyed sidebar about the state of The Barbican, and chat about Netflix documentary series Live To 100: The Secrets Of The Blue Zones. Rifa is enjoying coffee table books on the artist Hilma af Klint, while Chris is reading Katherine...
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Refigure VI - Ep 56: Tate Britain & Pere Lachaise
Chris and Rifa talk about Tate Britain's permanent collection rehang, visiting Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and the Black Brighton Market. Rifa is reading Hafsa Zayyan's We Are All Birds Of Uganda and Chris is reading David Grann's The Wager.
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Refigure Check-in E55 – The Assistant & The King
Chris and Rifa's weekly review of our adventures in the arts, diversity and culture. This week we watch unsettling low key film The Assistant, starring Julia Garner, which shows the entertainment industry normalising abuse and suppressing dissent. We also watch Beyoncé's vivid and arresting...
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Refigure Check-in E54 – Mrs America & Get Shorty
Chris and Rifa's bitesize arts and diversity review show. This week we watch Mrs America on the BBC iPlayer, starring Cate Blanchett and Rose Byrne, set in the 1970s USA, telling the story of the battle for the Equal Rights Amendment. We also bing-watch all three seasons of Sky dramedy Get…
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Refigure Check-in E53 – How Not To Build A Film About A Girl
Welcome to Chris and Rifa's bitesize arts, diversity and culture review show. This week we watch the third season of Norwegian viking comedy Norsemen on Netflix. Then Rifa has an unexpectedly strong reaction to new film How To Build A Girl, starring Beanie Feldstein, directed by Coky Giedroyc and...
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Refigure Check-in E52 – I May Destroy You
Welcome to Refigure with Chris and Rifa, a weekly podcast about the arts, diversity and culture. This week we are both blown away by Michaela Coel's acclaimed new comedy-drama series I May Destroy You on BBC iPlayer. We also binge-watch the entire run of Danish/Swedish mystery thriller The…
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Refigure Check-in E51 – Iceland & Disclosure
Chris and Rifa's weekly bitesize review of the arts, diversity and culture. This week we watched Will Ferrell's new comedy Eurovision, which sent us down a rabbit hole of watching Icelandic films and documentaries. Then we watched the powerful new Netflix documentary Disclosure, about the history...
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Refigure Check-in E50 – The Floor Is Lava & The Mystic Pop Up Bar
Welcome to Refigure, Chris and Rifa's continuing home-based bitesize covid-avoiding adventures in the arts, diversity and culture. It's the fiftieth episode of Refigure but we're so hardcore we forgot to even mention it in the show. Yes please to cake, though, if you insist. This week we...
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Chris and Rifa sift through their past week in culture and the arts, with a nod to technology and representation. Freshly ground in Brighton on the English south coast.
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