Current issue
July 2008 to November 2008
For the Summer/Autumn issue of the journal we have a new layout. Over the course of the issue we will introduce five new sections: INFORM, PROFILE, DEBATE, CRITIQUE and REVIEW. These will feature brand new content from new and established writers and artists who will be delving into current and provocative topics. Another exciting new feature is the ability to comment on selected articles - look out for the option to post a reply. The articles will continue to roll out over the course of the next few months – so keep checking back on a regular basis to see what's new.
INFORM
Current issues and professional practice
The Summer/Autumn issue launches an ongoing investigation into the commercial art market; INFORM will feature articles that seek to unpick some of the mystery around being represented by a gallery and look at the state of play for UK artists outside London. These articles are part of the run up to Axis's exciting new project, Future50: a selling exhibition that will feature the most innovative and significant Axis artists of 2008.
Workplace: A model for commercial gallery development in the English regionsContributed by:
Matt PriceWorkplace in Gateshead is amongst a handful of artist-run spaces in the English regions that are pioneering a model for establishing commercial galleries outside of London. Matt Price talks to the co-directors of Workplace and reflects on the progress they've made since 2003, revealing why it is so important that the development of the English regions is kept on everybody's agenda.
What's it like to be represented? - Editor's interviewsAxis is gearing up to launch
Future50, it's annual selling show in Leeds on 21 November 2008 so Dialogue has decided to investigate what it is like to be involved in the commercial art market from an artists' point of view. Rebecca Stevenson, Petros Chrisostomou and James Evans all take some time out to share their experiences, and to balance it out we have also spoken to Rokeby Gallery to get an idea of how they work and what they do for artists.
PROFILE
Profiling artists and events
Profile of ManifestaContributed by:
Axel LappManifesta 7, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art is hosted by the Trentino - South Tyrol Region from 19 July - 02 November 2008. In Italy for the first time it stretches across an entire regional territory - one hundred and fifty kilometres of crossroads of different cultures and intersecting traditions, rich in historical monuments and in sites of industrial archeology. It involves four cities which together create a single connecting route along the Brenner axis between the north and south of Europe: Fortezza (Bressanone), ex-Alumix factory in Bolzano, the Palazzo delle Poste in Trento, Manifattura Tabacchi and ex-Peterlini factory in Rovereto.
CRITIQUE
In-depth articles looking at pressing issues in contemporary art practice
Making StuffContributed by:
Françoise DupréAxis artist Françoise Dupré discusses her ongoing concerns about the nature of the creative process and the condition and location of art production within the context of her collaborative-participatory and community-based art practice. Using her current work Project B: sebilj as a starting point she reflects on the use of digital technology as a making tool and argues that there can be a place for both relational and material art practice within the same art work.
Forum: Complex relationsContributed by:
Françoise Dupré and
Lucy GibsonIn her article 'Making Stuff' Françoise Dupré uses the term 'collaborative-participatory' to describe her approach to making art. This forum gives you the opportunity to have your say on what you think these terms mean, how they affect artist's practice, and the wider implications of this kind of practice
REVIEW
Read about current exhibitions and events and have your say on them
Double Agent or double crossed?Contributed by:
Matthew CowanDialogue sent Newcastle based Axis artist Matthew Cowan to review the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) touring exhibition,
Double Agent, at BALTIC. We wanted to see what Matthew made of the exhibition where artists use other people as a medium or as part of their work. This is a
COMMENT ENABLED review, so that you can respond, add your own thoughts about the work and discuss the issues raised.