Directed by artist, curator and writer Sonya Dyer, the Artists and curators talking programme of practice-led discussions on hospitality, space and contemporary art making, provided much food for thought. Here, Sonya Dyer explores some of the issues and outcomes.
A-n and Axis are launching a new programme of dynamic, practice-led discussions on hospitality, space and contemporary art making, researched and directed by artist, curator and writer Sonya Dyer. Here, she sets out her thinking for the programme.
It’s great to have critical writing by Sonya Dyer on the Mobile Conference in the May issue of a-n Magazine, but can I correct some inaccuracies in her coverage?
Peckham Space is open to continuing the debate on Mobile Conference initiated by Sonya Dyer in a-n Magazine (Debate, May 2009).
Sonya Dyer responds to the Mobile Conference event at Peckham Space, 15 March
Published this month is the fourth in the a-n Research paper series – presenting and distributing across our wide constituency – Sonya Dyer’s Boxed in: how cultural diversity policies constrict black artists1
We’re proud of what a-n Magazine has achieved over its thirty-two years. On the occasion of the last print edition we invited many of our collaborators and contributors to help us celebrate and mark this moment by giving us a ‘few words’ – a short testimonial of what a-n means to them. Here, they reflect on our significant role for artists and on the value of a-n Magazine, publications or initiatives.
Pippa Koszerek and Eleonora Schinella consider relationships between artists, activism and social justice following the 2011 Triangle Network conference in London.
As a new generation of artists embark on a career in the visual arts this month, the #degreeshows Twitter campaign again draws attention to their sheer hard work, determination and achievements during an exceptional period in higher education.
Artists and curators talking in Leeds, Contemporary Art Society in Newcastle and State of the Arts conference in London.
In Time, a collection of case studies recently published by Live Art UK represents some of the innovative and pioneering ways in which live art has both posed and responded to exciting cultural challenges of our times.
In a recent editorial I recalled a-n’s Code of Practice for artists and how its list of key principles can be used to inform decision making and negotiations in all aspects of an artist’s professional work. The first of the four principles – Contribute Confidently – seems particularly apt to this issue, in which the theme of Risk is identified as an underlying condition to several stories and features.
Suki Chan’s first exhibition as a curator takes place at Jerwood Space, London, 3 March – 1 April.
Organised by Sophie Hope, co-facilitated with Veronica Restrepo and held at London
As we welcome in 2008, we looked back into the a-n archive of editorials to explore contexts preceding and also asked some artists for their ‘new year’s resolutions for the arts’.
Contents include: Letters on ACE cuts to pay for the 2012 Olympics, plus ACE response to diversity issues raised in Sonya Dyer’s Research paper: ‘Boxed in’. Building a rice pavilion for Brighton and eating hotdogs in Newcastle upon Tyne, plus […]
No one likes to be ‘boxed in’; for an individual with all their human complexity to be reduced to a cipher.
As I was chaperoned around the 8th Sharjah Biennial: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change, the Emirate reminded me of Phoenix Arizona, but instead of US patriotism pervading, Islam sits relaxingly alongside the logos of KFC, Dunkin’ Donuts, Burger King, Pizza Hut, shopping malls and building construction.
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