Debate – 2012 May
Katie Smith asks: are social media-led artists’ projects a challenge to the traditional model of participation in the arts?
Katie Smith asks: are social media-led artists’ projects a challenge to the traditional model of participation in the arts?
The term amateur, until quite recently, described a person pursuing an activity purely for pleasure rather than remuneration. Derived from the Latin ‘Amator’, meaning ‘lover of’, the Victorian amateur may typically have been a sporting gentleman of independent means, but working class amateurism has a strong and colourful history, from photography to astronomy.
Corrections from the September issue of a-n Magazine.
It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.
Do you work with fine/contemporary art, photography, new media or other visual arts projects which result in participants’ work being exhibited? It may be alongside the artist’s work, as part of the artist’s work, or separately as a spin-off project. […]
Lauderdale House runs a programme of events and exhibitions that feature both established and emerging artists. The gallery hosts an annual show by students from Central St Martins; runs open competitions in gay and lesbian arts and photography; and hires […]
The Culture Company, an independent commissioning agency based in Huddersfield, aims to promote surprising and creative interventions in everyday places. Their remit combines the programming of events as diverse as exhibitions, festivals, conferences and commissions, working with both public and […]
After responding to an opportunity listing in the October 2001 issue of [a-n] Magazine for a residency in Charing Cross Hospital, Clare Johnson was selected and invited to start work in December. The project organised by the Arts Committee for […]
Combining new computer drawings with composed soundtracks, my recent installation at domoBaal in London reflected my interest in the cinematic use of music. ‘Cabins and Other Difficulties’ took us into a landscape where isolated dwellings evoked Thoreaus Walden, and made […]
I am working as artist team-leader on Artlink’s FUSION project that has been taking place in hospitals throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians. In my time on this programme, I have explored new ways of working through creative collaborations with patients, […]
Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1992, I have pursued a parallel career as a practising artist producing work for exhibition and as a tutor. I am currently a part-time tutor at the Visual Arts Studio @ Tramway, […]
‘Perceiving the Invisible’ is a series of interactive works that result from my six-month Year of the Artist residency in the physics department of University of Cambridge. The Cavendish Laboratory has been host to cutting-edge discoveries since 1874, including the […]
‘Home (Between 8 and 10pm)’ was an exhibition curated by MASS, that began by looking at aspects of taste and home-ownership. However, this was not about unfathomable DIY assembly packs from Sweden, nor Sir Terrance Conran’s call for cool austerity […]
Turning our heads to view something that has caught our attention is a subconscious reflex. When doing so, we tend not to get the full picture and leave it up to our imagination to fill in any missing elements. Our […]
In the September 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Tyne and Wear Museums Service advertised for an Assistant Art Exhibitions Officer at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. The post, working on exhibition and outreach projects with community groups, artists and art groups, received ninety applications. The successful candidate was Dominic Smith – an artist based in Newcastle.