A Public Class: Radical Pub Crawl
Timothea Armour goes on a virtual pub crawl hosted by artist Ruth Ewan and Cooper Gallery, Dundee
Things, tunnels, traces, thoughts: Part One
A momentary gathering of words by Tom Jeffreys in response to new work by Stephanie Mann
COLD TALK
On 29 November 2020 Camara Taylor and Tako Taal met to talk about ‘the cold’: a condensation of their conversation is offered here.
They lay on the floor like starfish
Ben Nicholson looks into Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2021, Thu 29 Apr-Mon 3 May
Transforming Limitation
Caitlin Quinlan talks to Daniella Shreir, editor of Another Gaze, about the new irregular streaming platform, Another Screen
tangents: letters on Etel Adnan PART THREE
Katy Lewis Hood and Maria Sledmere correspond
tangents: letters on Etel Adnan PART TWO
Katy Lewis Hood and Maria Sledmere correspond
tangents: letters on Etel Adnan PART ONE
Katy Lewis Hood and Maria Sledmere correspond
The Coming Bad Days
Anahit Behrooz talks to Sarah Bernstein about her debut novel
Jukebox Jive
Neil Cooper listens in to An Optimism Class: A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World
‘Where did you emerge? What are the creatures like?’
Rhian Williams speaks to Ane Lopez about this year’s Femspectives programme
Intertitles
Fiona Glen reads a new collection, published this week. Quinn Latimer, Laure Prouvost, Charlotte Prodger and Fatema Abdoolcarim are among the 30 contributors
SECOND EDITION of the Self-Illuminating Pen by Sarah Tripp
Following the success of this writer’s notebook, we are delighted to announce a reprint with new cover artwork by Ciara Phillips
Minimal Decay
Minimalist artist Helio Oiticica died in 1980 and has been celebrated by major galleries across the world since. Richard Williams searches out his work in the Brazilian jungle, but discovers it struggling to survive
‘To repeat this circle’
Rediscovering Margaret Tait at 100: Sarah Neely reports on three important exhibitions.
Selective Memory: Scotland and Venice, and Echo Echo
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 8 December 2005–6 March 2006 and Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 8 December 2005–29 January 2006
The skin is an organ
Sam Playford-Greenwell on ECZEMA!, written and directed by Maria Fusco as part of The National Theatre of Wales’ NHS70 Festival
Commission: Alasdair Gray
To commemorate the life of Alasdair Gray, we also republish his MAP commission. “As he prepares for his Glasgow International solo exhibition at Sorcha Dallas, artist and celebrated author of Lanark, Alasdair Gray publishes for the first time his Prologue to The Tragedy of Faust” MAP, Spring Issue, 2008
Dot, dot, dot, space, space, space
Maria Blom revisits three repetitive acts: encountering Magic Block: Contemporary Art from Chile, Rachel Lowe’s film A Letter to an Unknown Person no. 2 and Ceal Floyer’s audio work ‘Til I Get It Right
Jacqueline Donachie and Darren Monckton: Tomorrow Belongs to Me
HUNTERIAN MUSEUM 9 JUN–2 SEP, 2006, Glasgow
Books: between two deaths
Edited by Ellen Blumenstein and Felix Ensslin www.hatjecantz.de English Edition ISBN 978-3-775-2003-8 £24.99
Andreas Dobler: Uncertain Scenes
Steven Cairns examines the fundamentals of painting in the work of Andreas Dobler
Orbus, Ellen Gallagher
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 11 Dec 2004-13 Feb 2005
Commission: Martin Boyce
The artist presents archival material related to new work for this year’s Venice Biennale
Interview: Linder
Linder Sterling has collaborated with Jon Savage on The Secret Public, designed record sleeves for Buzzcocks and performed with her band Ludus at the acienda covered in meat and wearing a dildo. This year she resides over several exhibitions, performances and publications
Report: The Rise of Art Publishing
Artist-led publishing is on the increase, stimulating a growing number of both DIY and institutional publishing events. Kit Hammonds investigates
#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
Emerging: Ann Bowman
Hollywood to Glasgow, this young American artist explores fantasy and glamour with a sharp film-maker’s eye
Q&A: Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan
Mona Casey interviews Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan
Where in the world do art and science meet?
Almost 50 years after CP Snow’s famous ‘Two Cultures’ lecture, are art and science still worlds apart? Julian Kiverstein explores a question of compatability
#28 - May 2013
In the Shadow of the Hand : Object 6a
‘Woman Crawling On Hands And Knees’ Virginia Hutchison responds to Sarah Forrest in the sixth segment of their project ‘In the Shadow of the Hand’. The collaboration can be witnessed on MAP as it unfolds
#37 - July 2016
Notes on The Miraculous at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop [1]
Peter Amoore expands on ‘The Miraculous’ at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Essay published as part of ‘Footnoting the Archive: Endnotes’. Includes comments by Raphael Rubinstein.
Pablo Helguera: The Unanswerable
Karen Archey interviews New York-based artist & writer Pablo Helguera Pablo Helguera, ‘The School of Panamerican Unrest’, 2003-ongoing
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’: An exhibition of a film of a book that never was
17 September–25 October, 2009, The Drawing Room, London
Emerging: Corin Sworn
Isla Leaver-Yap examines radical narratives in Corin Sworn’s practice
But to Go Back
Jenny Brownrigg looks at the meaning of monuments and memory in the work of Croatian artist David Maljkovic
Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Emily Wardill
Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talks to Emily Wardill about her enigmatic film work
Obituary: Steven Campbell
Artist, born 19 March 1953, died 15 August 2007
S1 Artspace
S1 Artspace Curator Louise Hutchinson discusses the history of S1’s gallery and studios and the move to a new venue