On Being Curious: New Critical Writing on Contemporary Art From the North West of England / Robertson, L (eds) / Liverpool : Double Negative : 2016

Bibliographic Record

Access Point

E.RL.48.BC

Title and Statement of Responsiblity

On Being Curious: New Critical Writing on Contemporary Art From the North-West of England / Edited and with an introduction by Laura Robertson; Design by Mike Carney; Illustration by Paul McQuay; Printed by Printfine, Liverpool, UK

Summarization of Content

Research publication which was the result of the Art:ADDS (Art: Audience, Development, Discourse, & Skills), a visual art project which aimed to concentrate upon the perceived gaps in art ecology in north-west England. Features a series of articles examining the art provision in the region including: 
  • 'What is art school for?' by Laura Robertson
  • '"Dorothy, your a blini": Lucy Beech on Women Empowering Everything' by Amelia Crouch
  • 'From Global Revolution to Creative Catalyst: 30 years of CFCCA' by Katrina Houghton
  • 'Turner Prize 2015: A Fable for the Socially Engaged Arts' by Laura Harris
  • "Why can't great art happen in Pennine Lancashire?": Introducing Super Slow Way' by Jack Welsh
  • 'Islington Mill Art Academy: Investigating what artists need' by Dara Jaspan 
  • 'Contemporary Artists Make History' by Lara Eggleton
  • 'Getting from A to B: Commuting the Cultural Corridor' by Lauren Velvick
  • "It's my dream job, but it voluntary": Trail and Triumphs at the Royal Standard' by C James Fagan
  • 'Why #writecritical' by Sue Flowers. 

Edition Statement:

Publication/Production/Distribution Information

Liverpool, United Kingdom : The Double Negative , 2016

Identifier for Manifestation

ISBN 978-1-5262-0237-6

Extent

68 pages 57 photographs (22.7cm x 18.8cm x 0.7cm)

Content Form and Media Type

text , still image : unmediated

Location

esea contemporary Library Collection ➔ Research Lab ➔ Reference

Access and Use

Conditions on Access

This publication is available in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.

Related Information

People and Organisations

Richard Smith, writer ; Robertson, Laura ; Mitchell, Liz ; Crouch, Amelia, artist ; Houghton, Katrina ; Harris, Laura ; Welsh, Jack ; Sara Jaspan, writer ; Eggleton, Lara ; Velvick, Lauren ; Fagan, C. James ; Sue Flowers, writer ; Cheung, Gordon, (b. 1975), artist ; The Double Negative, (2011-) ; North West Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN)

Places

United Kingdom ; Liverpool

Keywords & Terms

text ; still images ; English ; Latin (script) ; polychrome ; Photographs ; unmediated ; books ; research (documents) ; On site

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Note

Formerly S6.001

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