Listen To This
Neil Cooper explores a host of meditations and recent listenings on ‘the impossibility of silence’ unfolding through the past, present and uncertain future
Attention Economies
William Kherbek attends Glasgow International’s Digital Programme 23 April - 31 May 2020
Cottaging The Hedgerow: Part 2
A four part chronicle by Mathew Parkin, foraging queerness and rurality in recent artist moving image
THE TRAIN
Maria Howard recalls a train journey, a film and counterfeit memories of collective grief
ALCHEMY FILM FESTIVAL, LIVE
Alexander Storey-Gordon tuned into (and out of) the digital programme, 1-3 May 2020
LIONISING
Calum Sutherland reflects on Charlotte Prodger’s ‘SaF05’ and the lions of Venice during a trip to the Biennale in 2019
Cottaging The Hedgerow: Part 1
A four part chronicle by Mathew Parkin, foraging queerness and rurality in recent artist moving image
Different kinds of now
Anna Chapman Parker reads Funny Weather, Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing, Picador, London 2020
Why, They Call it Idlewild
Erica Scourti remotely reviews Helen Cammock’s exhibition ‘They Call It Idlewild’ at Wysing Arts Centre, affirming a vision where respecting the human need for downtime is a vital act of care.
Mardi Barrie and her transpositional quest
‘It is not women’s inferiority that has determined their historical insignificance: it is their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority.’ Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949. Lauren Dyer Amazeen is drawn to the work of this Edinburgh artist
she didn’t paint the sea, after Joan Eardley
by Daisy Lafarge
Introduction
Susannah Thompson and Marianne Greated introduce a MAP mini series, part of their recently launched, ongoing project Women Painting: Scottish Art 1940-1980
TENANCY—May Day Parade: Clause iv
Shirking on Rented Space-Time by Nisha Ramayya
#2 - May 2005
Bulletin
A round-up of journeys, events and spaces. Contact Jess Dolan with details of new projects, residencies or opportunities.
Tony Swain: Concrete Planes
Isla Leaver-Yap visits Tony Swain’s studio in Glasgow and finds him among stacks of yellowing newsprint reworking 20th century techniques towards uncharted landscapes
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
Published by Phaidon, 2005, ISBN 0714845450
Wanderlust
Dominik Czechowski reviews Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, Journeys 1967-2017 at UB Art Galleries, New York, 7 September - 31 December 2017, touring to the Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, 17 February - 13 May 2018
#13 Spring - March 2008
Wilhelm Sasnal: Deluxe Punk
‘You are telling me things, but what do you actually mean by that? Whats your point? Lukasz Ronduda digs deep into the work of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal
#16 Winter - November 2008
Review
On Knowledge Production: A Critical Reader in Contemporary Art
Maria Hlavajova, Jill Winder, Binna Choi (eds.) £20 www.bak-utrecht.nl
Asymmetrical Response
Philomena Epps reviews a collaborative exhibition by Cory Arcangel and Olia Lialina at Art Projects Ibiza, 20 June - 16 December 2017
Gardenlust #10: The Slug Murderers
A monthly column by Isabella Streffen
#22 - June 2010
Fiona Mackay, Morag Keil and Manuela Gernedel: 84 Paintings
Barry Schwabsky talks to Fiona Mackay, Morag Keil and Manuela Gernedel about their unique collaboration
Hated Sexuality and Pinochet Porn
Georgia Horgan writes about the work of the late Ellen Cantor and this uncompromising artist’s take on the role of the ‘straight’ woman.
Back In To It
Darren Rhymes puts words together with new ‘Write Ups’ made for these pages by Sue Tompkins, an artist known for her performance and works on paper
Ryoji Ikeda, Nuit Blanche 4/5 October, Tour Montparnasse
11 October 2008–12 January 2009 Le Laboratoire, Paris
#37 - January 2016
edits-while-u-wait: Video Documentation
Video documentation of the second session of edits-while-u-wait, April 2015, ESW
#21 Spring - March 2010
Emerging: Adrien Missika
Aoife Rosenmeyer examines the past and present modernities at work in Missika’s images
#24 - November 2010
Emerging: Audrey Reynolds
Gemma Sharpe probes the mixing of incidental and appropriated materials in Audrey Reynolds’ paintings and installations
I, THE OTHER, THE SPACE BETWEEN: READING IN THE DARK
Essay by Suzanne van der Lingen
BAD LUCK
First in a series of dark fairy tales by Ester Krumbachová, published in conjunction with the exhibition and film programme of the Czech artist’s work at CCA Glasgow, 7 December 2018 - 27 January 2019
Remarks: Moot Moves
Tom Godfrey, one of four artist/directors of Nottingham’s Moot organisation is excited about new prospects opened up by the occupation of new premises.
Once you cut off your braid, where do you reattach it?
Tereza Hrušková reviews the exhibition ’33 – ’29 – ’36 at UM Gallery, Prague, until 25 February
BEFORE, ROAD, INTUITION
Three texts by Sarah Rose. “I remember the score Native by composer Pauline Oliveros which instructs us to, ‘Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bottom of your feet become ears.’”
Books: After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art
Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princnthal, Sue Scott www.prestel.com ISBN 978-3-7913-3732-6 £25
Handwritten personal details on a deck of fluorescent green playing cards
Second in a series of research texts by Gordon Douglas reporting on encounters with collaborative practice in Japan
Stephen Willats
14 November 2009–16 January 2010, Balice Hertling, Paris
#39 - July 2017
Review
For Now / Six Propositions
Elizabeth Reeder responds to a series of performances by Siobhan Davies Dance company at Tramway
Part 1: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’
A short MAP season dedicated to a series of interviews between Eastern European national participants at the 58th Biennale di Venezia and artist writers Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl. Introducing the project, Bajec and Wohl are in conversation with writer/filmmaker Juliet Jacques.
Diary: Nicola Atkinson Davidson
Nicola Atkinson Davidson writes from Los Angeles as she opens the final installment of her ‘Black Suitcase from Karachi’
Remarks: New Commission for Threshold
In his first solo show in the UK, Igor Krenz creates new work for Threshold artspace’s permanent collection. Here, he talks about the commission ‘Circles and Squares’ and his YouTube Mix.