Elaine Speight considers how issues raised by the Import/Export event held in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 2005 might apply to artists and networks in provincial locations.
Catherine Bertola and Emilia Telese explain the thinking behind the event.
Index of organisations visited or mentioned during the event.
Biographies of Import/Export speakers.
Samuel Dowd and Hayley Skipper of SpRoUt respond to Import/Export.
Janie Nicoll reflects on her continuing relationship with NAN events.
Gillian McIver on international networking.
Isabella Streffen on her own research and its relationship to the Import/Export event
Jonathan Swain introduces a new series of articles resulting from Close proximity, a two-day NAN event that took place at New Greenham Arts in Berkshire, 21-22 May 2005.
Helen Sloan looks at changing opportunities for UK artists in the current cultural climate.
Poet Markus Lloyd offers his solution to creative isolation.
Emily Collins offers her views on what she saw, heard and learnt at Close proximity.
Improving local networking was one of the main conclusions of Close proximity. Artist David Thomas offers his views.
Close proximity offered different means of debate in different locations, Polly Carter examines her reaction.
Close proximity speaker, David Cotterrell gives his view of the pitfalls and advantages of work in the public realm.
Chris Brown of g39 and Louise Short of Station, devisors of Quo Vadis, reflect on the motives, intentions and themes of the event.
Paul Glinkowski on the circumstances around cultural barriers and how they can be breached or transformed.
Philip Babot on the cross-border and international achievements of artists’ organisations in South Wales.
Or: Where do you go? Who goes there? Who are we anyway? Carolyn Black enquires.
Sarah Jane Pell with an Australian perspective on the impact of this ‘jam-packed’ weekend.
Heidi Campbell presented the challenges created by religious online social networks.
Professor Dennis Tourish presented Cults in politics: the psychological dynamics of influence.
Stewart Noble’s presentation on the benefits and effects of Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS).
John Beagles considers the cult-like behaviour of the art world.
Michelle Cotton reviews Sue Tompkins’ performance and considers its relation to the themes of the day.
