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#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
Solastalgic Soliloquy
MAP screens a new film by Ayla Dmyterko, with an accompanying text by Ranjana Thapalyal
Ambiguous Heterotopias
James Bell reviews Seized by the Left Hand at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Re: [Video Positive] Archiving Video Positively
31 August–4 November 2007, FACT, Liverpool
Thank you for writing to me so often, you are revealing yourself to me in the only way you can
Laura Edbrook reflects on the reading and discussion group ‘Sick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women’ co-run with Emma Balkind and presented by MAP between autumn 2013 and autumn 2014. ‘Sick Sick Sick’ was an open reading project based online and at the CCA, Glasgow and examined a radical or ‘bludgeoned’ subjectivity of female writers
Are you going my way?
Rachel McBrinn’s new film screened on MAP online until 18 May, 2023
STONE ARCHES HOLD NO HUMAN HEAT / BLOODLINES BY AMIE SIEGEL
by Juana Adcock
Kate Davis: Could we? I am asking
John Calcutt finds the work of Kate Davis complex, subtle, powerful and bravely questioning of gender perspectives. Born in New Zeland, and now resident in Glasgow, Davis is attracting increasing international recognition
Hands Off
Mantra Mukim reflects on repair, work and touch in a painting that has stayed with him over time
Matthew Barney
20 September–11 November 2007, Serpentine Gallery, London
A Feminist Chorus: Publication
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Panel
Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan, the curators behind Panel, a recent design initiative based in Glasgow, discuss upcoming projects
Demystification Through Participation
Theo Carnegy-Tan considers Ruth Beale’s call to engage, belong, and re-common the commons
Paul Carter: You’re Not Alone
4 March 1970-12 August 2006 Earlier this year, Edinburgh artist Paul Carter tragically died. These thoughts and memories of the man and his work have been contributed by colleagues and friends
Emerging: In the Fields
We introduce two pairs of artists who attracted attention at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2006; and two individual artists who are making a visible mark on the landscape of environmental art
TENANCY
‘What is a tenancy agreement?’ MAP’s guest commissioning editor Helen Charman begins a new project which invites writers and artists to join her investigation into the nature of renting. Pieces will be published on the 1st of every month for 12 months, beginning here, on April Fool’s day.
Map Commission: Goya Vs Yoko Ono
‘Goya Vs Yoko Ono’, by Glasgow-based artist Alex Hetherington, is the first MAP commission
Is She One of Us?
A new film by Megan Rudden. Streaming on MAP until 31 October
The Monarch of the Glen: Landseer in the Highlands
Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh, 14 April-10 July
A Year of Carte Blanche & Other Chimeras
The Sick Train, Part 1
by Gemma Blackshaw
Curatorial Bondage
A lack of faith in the solo show leaves The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg In Dialogue bound and tied, writes Jamie Limond