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September 2001
Insider account of Battle of Orgreave, Abigail Reynolds discusses audience participation. International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth; an exhibition resulting from exchanges between North West of England and European cities. Zarina Bhimji discusses the need to work without deadlines or commission agendas. NESTA awards in the news.
Commentaries
Mind Dance
Originally trained as a scientist, I see the similarities between artistic and scientific activity: the intense concentration in pursuit of the possible or the maybe. So when the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine invited me to… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine September 2001
Familiar strangers
I am curious about British reserve and the idea that a silent community exists on trains. As artist in residence on Connex trains during May, I actively engaged with passengers on the London to Brighton Express. Connex sponsored the cost of five… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine September 2001
Communion
Communion was a living, growing artwork, installed within the pedestrian bridge at Tynemouth Metro station near Newcastle upon Tyne. The work consisted of twenty-two paper basins, suspended by strands of muslin and counterbalanced by blown glass… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine September 2001
Reviews
The Stroud Open 2001
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud 7 July – 4 August Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine September 2001
Darren Lago & Co. and Being Here: New Paintings by Estelle Thompson
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
2 June – 9 September Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine September 2001
Daphne Wright: These Talking Walls
The New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury 6 July – 23 September Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine September 2001
Come Closer:
Three Japanese Women Artists
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
16 June – 2 September Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine September 2001
News
Workforce trends revealed
A substantial study by Metier, the national training organisation for arts and entertainment, reveals the sector to be a large and complex one that encompasses some of the most profitable parts of the economy in the recording industry and commercial… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine September 2001
NESTA invests in artists
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) recently announced over forty new awards worth over £3.5 million, as part of its mission to spot and invest in UK innovation and creative talent. This brings the total awards… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine September 2001
Light touch
Installation artist Caitlin Heffernan and mixed-media artist Sandra Beccarelli have joined forces to create 'Collective Pulse', an "unsettling and inspiring environment of pictures to dance to, in an installation to dream in". Both artists are… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine September 2001
Directive unhelpful
In July 2001 the European Parliament and Council of Ministers did something for artists. But before you rush out to open a few bottles of something to celebrate the new EU Art Resales Directive, hold it, as it isn't all it appears. Whilst ostensibly… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine September 2001
Commission sited
As part of environmental improvements to the Clyde and Rutherglen, Joseph Ingelby was commissioned by South Lanarkshire Council to make a sculpture at Dalmarnock Bridge. Made in galvanised steel and copper, Slipstream takes its inspiration from… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine September 2001