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Kirstie Bevan on Neil Armstrong

Masa Kepic helped instigate a-n’s first live Twitter debate, here she gives an overview of the issues raised.

Jack Hutchinson gets to grips with the latest digital networking tool and asks: how and why should artists be using it?

Flow is a tidemill, a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal water wheel and houses a range of musical machinery that responds to the river. It is one of the twelve Artists taking the lead’ commissions to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. ~Flow is the brainchild of the artist group Owl Project and producer Ed Carter: To bring their fantastical idea to life required the skills and expertise of a diverse range of professionals, including Nicky Kirk, a chartered architect; Amble Boat Company; and David Willcox, a waterwheel designer. Here David, Ed and Owl Project talk about their experience.

Annie Carpenter, Defying Entropy Attempt #1, sculpture, 2011.

Angela Smith, Canine, gloss, enamel and oil on canvas, 38x38cm, 2011.