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April 2001
Artists save the world? Emma Safe on ecological approaches. Belfast performance festival profiled and Kira O'Reilly on using live art to investigate gender. Film and Video Umbrella uncovered and Neil Purcell explores Independent Artists Network. David Mackintosh on his productive process plus reviews from Nottingham, London, Brighton and Leeds.
Artists stories
David Mackintosh
My work spans many different media – from sculpture to performance. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine April 2001 as ‘Productive process’
John Mackechnie
A five-week photographic expedition to the USA in 1982 gave me the opportunity to travel to Miami, New York, Washington, Chicago and San Francisco. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine April 2001 as ‘Urban myth’
Kira O'Reilly
Kira O'Reilly is the latest in a long line of female practitioners to investigate issues surrounding representation of the body and gender via that most direct tool of the artist's palette: performance art. Below she writes about the principle concerns of her practice, whilst also assessing suitable contexts for the mediation of such work. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine April 2001 as 'One hundred wound sites or more'.
Features
Artists save the world?
"Imagine an ecological city, where communities are based on voluntary cooperation not competition, mutual aid not private profit, cultural diversity not globalised monoculture, permaculture not consumer culture".1 Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
FIX98
FIX is a biennial live performance and video festival organised by Catalyst Arts, Belfast. FIX has been in existence since 1994 but it was felt that FIX98 should have its profile raised and become a more prestigious event through the invitation of… Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
Film and Video Umbrella
Film and Video Umbrella (FVU) is a curatorial agency based in London.
The organisation was established in 1989 to promote and develop artists' single-screen works in film and video, and is now one of the principal touring agencies for artists' film, video and digital media in the UK.
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Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
Independent Artists Network
Neil Purcell explains the background to this artists' group and its first project. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
Inside out
This is the first of a series of articles that focus on artists living and working in different cities across the world. Each gives insight into the artist's practice, the influence of the city and their thoughts on the relationships between the two. The artist's have also been asked to identify places they recommend for visitors, as well as key arts organisations to contact for further information. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
NICC
Returning from a research trip to Antwerp, ICE report on the activities of NICC, Belgium's leading artists' organisation. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
VANE Export/Outlanders
Showing abroad is not necessarily just another chance for an artist to exhibit their work, it can also be the start of future opportunities for collaboration. For myself, this couldn't be more true than my participation in 'VANE Export', an… Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine April 2001
News
Case history wins prize
Ukraine artist Boris Mikhailov is this year's winner of the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize. Worth £15,000 and organised by The Photographers' Gallery, the prize aims to annually acknowledge a photographer who is judged to have made the… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine April 2001
Glass innovation
A major new glass and water feature has recently been unveiled at Cardiff's Bute Square. The work by David Pearl and Amber Hiscott uses the most advanced of the new generation of glass enamels and a highly engineered lightweight stainless steel… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine April 2001
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