http://www.axisweb.org/dialogue Most recent essays,transcripts and forum discussions on Dialogue kara@axisweb.org (Kara Chatten) http://www.axisweb.org/images/linkexchange/axislink-dialogue.gif http://www.axisweb.org/dialogue Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:07:35 GMT (c) 2005-2010 Axisweb en-GB info@axisweb.org (Axis) Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18074 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18074 The festival season is nearly upon us. That time each year when you emerge from the hangover of Christmas into a seething mass of exciting arts festivals and events. My festival bag is nearly packed...... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18077 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18077 Axis have negotiated 15% off the current Delegate Registration rate for the FutureEverything Festival and Conference taking place in Manchester between 12 - 15 May 2010.?Read on to find?out more about...... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18080 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18080 FutureEverything?(formerly Futuresonic) is an art, technology and social innovation organisation that runs an annual festival of art, music and ideas. FutureEverything 2010 takes place 12-15 May in...... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18075 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18075 Our new Ranter-in-Residence for February, Shaun Belcher,?starts off on a topical, if controversial?note, asking?'has Arts Council England (ACE) failed? Do we really need it anyway?'. Shaun asks if the...... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18076 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18076 This week Shaun plunges into the world of the semi-professional art guru - or the 'curatoriat', as he has termed the ever growing army of art school graduates working not as artists, but as...... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Webzine article http://www.axisweb.org/dlFull.aspx?ESSAYID=214 http://www.axisweb.org/dlFull.aspx?ESSAYID=214 Want to know what people said about the AV Festival on Twitter? See the archived live feed from Twitter comments, which also includes photos from many of the events and exhibitions.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18078 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18078 Artist Liliane Lijn's work is concerned with light and its relationship to matter. She describes relationships as being the key to her practice because she sees relations as being the crux of reality....... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18081 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18081 In keeping with the theme of?this issue our new?Ranter Becky Hunter asks us if political art can ever empower us? Or does it just reduce the anarchistic spirit to aesthetics and art dollars? Can art...... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Webzine article http://www.axisweb.org/dlFull.aspx?ESSAYID=215 http://www.axisweb.org/dlFull.aspx?ESSAYID=215 Planetary Breakdown: autonomous infrastructures for a sustainable future?was a one day event in?Gateshead on 10 March 2010, investigating artistic strategies for sustainability and survivability...... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Forum discussion http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18073 http://www.axisweb.org/dlForum.aspx?ESSAYID=18073 As large-scale posters of a wrinkle-free David Cameron hit our streets, the Conservative Partys plans for arts and heritage spending are coming sharply into focus. They have a 10% lead in the opinion...... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Thread was being aborted.