Hated Sexuality and Pinochet Porn
Georgia Horgan discusses the work of the late Ellen Cantor and this uncompromising artist’s take on the role of the ‘straight’ woman
The Elegance of the Octopus
Tom Jeffreys reviews Strange Foreign Bodies, a group show at The Hunterian, Glasgow, 28 September 2018 - 10 February 2019
Couldn’t we just bee?
Editorial: an animal-themed season of reviews and features
What moves you?
Rebecca O’Dwyer reports on Transmediale, Berlin, 31 Jan - 3 Feb
Pinochet Porn — Ellen Cantor’s dark feature at Glasgow Film Festival 2019
A MAP screening curated by artist Georgia Horgan
Crone Music
Philomena Epps reviews Beatrice Gibson at Camden Arts Centre, London, 18 January - 31 March
The Ignorant Curator
Katy Bentham visits Festival of the Not by Giles Bailey & CIRCA Projects, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 - 20 January
Gardenlust #4: The Persephone Complex
A monthly column by Isabella Streffen
Extreme times call for extreme heroines
Victoria Horne visits Keepin’ It Clean by Betye Saar at New-York Historical Society, 2 November 2018 - 27 May 2019
Burning Ties
Harry Weeks reviews Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective at Baltic, Gateshead, 19 October 2018 - 27 January 2019
The cheapest notebook purchased hastily and a pencil decorated with the newest generation of Pokemon
Last in a series of research texts by Gordon Douglas reporting on encounters with collaborative practice in Japan.
An upside down triangle with a two-headed arrow between the top two apexes. In the middle of this arrow, a dotted line with ‘SOCIAL’ written on one side and ‘SEXUAL’ on the other
Fourth in a series of research texts by Gordon Douglas reporting on encounters with collaborative practice in Japan
The word ‘Tradition’ with several circles around it indicating it’s been alluded to multiple times in a conversation
Third in a series of research texts by Gordon Douglas reporting on encounters with collaborative practice in Japan
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
Folded multi-page travel itineraries with stage directions
The first in a series of research texts by Gordon Douglas reporting on encounters with collaborative practice in Japan
Unmasterable: an interview with James Bridle
William Kherbek interviews the artist, journalist, technologist and author of New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
Studio: Lotte Glob
In search of the working habits of Scottish artists, writer Ruth Hedges and photographer Luke Watson head north to meet sculptor Lotte Glob
We Who Are About To… Introduction
Project curator Deborah Jackson invites a reimagining of the future
East Art Map: Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe
Edited by IRWIN AFTERALL BOOKS, 2006, £24.95
#16 Winter - November 2008
Remarks: Katy Dove
Katy Dove discusses her two year residency at Platform, Glasgow, and how working with community groups has reflected on her practice.
#23 Autumn - September 2010
Response: Bullshit and Art’s ‘Discursive Turn’
Sean Ashton responds to Joanna Fiduccia’s provocative report on bullshit in MAP #22
#1 - February 2005
State in the Art
Art for art’s sake or social improvement? Catriona Black investigates
Commission: Clunie Reid
Contemporary images expose the future in this new commission
Remarks: Eastside Projects
Gavin Wade, curator of Eastside Projects, which opened in Birmingham end 2008, talks about collaborative work with artists.
#24 - November 2010
Review
Focus: 29th São Paulo Biennial
“There is always a cup of sea to sail in” 25 September–12 December, various venues
Report: Art fair power and glamour is confirmed
Isla Leaver-Yap reports on art world activity.
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
Interview: Dominic Paterson talks to Georgina Starr
Bubbles, brains and what led to I, Cave, a new solo show opening at mima on 7 April 2015.
The International Necronautical Society (INS) 17 January
17 January, Tate Britain, London
In Place of Hate
Jessica Ramm considers the results of Edmund Clark’s three-year residency at HMP Grendon, the UK’s only therapeutic prison. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 6 December 2017 - 11 March 2018
Consequences of progress; remnants for the future
Jazmine Linklater on mutability in the works of Ruth Barker and Hannah Leighton-Boyce at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 9 March - 29 April
Gardenlust #4: The Persephone Complex
A monthly column by Isabella Streffen
MAP Screen | Reading in the Dark
Images from Glasgow Film Festival event curated by Suzanne van der Lingen.
#11 Autumn - September 2007
Commission: Donald Urquhart
The artist known for his party attitude and black and white style, Donald Urquhart brings FOUR WOMEN out of his personal archive and creates a set of drawings, with accompanying text, especially for this issue of MAP