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December 2000
Ceramicist Taslim Martin discusses working with industry, a report from Clay 2000 conference on ceramics in architecture. Cultural exchange and collaboration explored between Bulgarian and UK artists, in news ACME investigates socio-historical impact of artists in the East End of London. Jenny Brownrigg reviewed at Grizedale.
Artists stories
Jim Medway
My drawings are based on the observations, or are extrapolations from objects such as ice pop wrappers, empty boxes of bangers, and pledges of love scrawled on bus seats. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine December 2000 as ‘Urban other’
Sean Fairman
I wanted to create a painting that resonated the sense of an echo, a rolling rhythm, a song without words, a version of creation. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine December 2000 as ‘Harnessed matter’
Features
Clay 2000: Ceramic Architectural Detail
Gareth Mason reports on a two-day event organised by Taslim Martin within his residency at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell that explored how the skills of studio practice can be applied to public-sited work. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine December 2000
Digital Assets
After a year of on-line communication and collaboration, in September six Manchester artists arrived in Bulgaria to work with four Bulgarian artists on 'Urban Cycles'. Initiated by Interspace Media Centre in Sofia, the project will also be presented at IDEA in Manchester next April. Here, project curator Galia Dimitrova and participating artist Jen Southern discuss this cultural exchange. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine December 2000
Industrious liaisons
Ceramicist Taslim Martin describes his experiences of working with industry to realise two projects. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine December 2000
Public Posting
John Newling discusses the collaboration, negotiation and patience involved in realising a major public art work for Birmingham's Royal Mail building. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine December 2000
Switchspace
A recurring issue for artists is the constant search for a suitable space in which to work and exhibit. Artists have increasingly addressed this through improvisation and adaptability, to the point where spaces run by artist collectives have become almost synonymous with formerly disused (or unwanted) spaces. As Malcolm Dickson noted in his comment on artist-run spaces (October issue) – "The motivation now is more pragmatic by necessity, in that you just have to do it in order to get work shown (whether your own or other artists)". Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine December 2000
News
Chelsea Award winners
Of the many awards presented at this year's Chelsea Craft Fair, The Adrian Sassoon Award for the Arts of the Kiln is a new award set up to promote awareness of the crafts in British Museums. The award, made to one maker from each week of the fair,… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine December 2000
Distance yearning
It could be said that people who live in cities have a unique sense of distance in relation to space, tending to measure distance not only in terms of how far away something is, but also by how long it takes to get there. The UK's recent… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine December 2000
East London artists examined
Studio organisation Acme is behind a major project to investigate the socio-historical impact of the artist community in East London. A feasibility study now underway by design historian Sue Wilson aims to map the research process and establish the… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine December 2000
Independent art school conference
Not for the first time in the history of student activism, Kingston upon Hull became a centre for dialogue and debate about education. October saw the Independent Art School Conference, a two-day event organised by Pippa Koszerek, a third-year… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine December 2000
International dimensions
"Art is increasingly international" states the NAA in the preface to its Art Exchange debate on 2 December at Tate Modern. Without doubt, improved transport and communications technology has led to an increase in inter-country dialogue and the wider… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine December 2000
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