Features
Watching you, watching me: Surveillance cinema
Following on from last Friday's feature on censorship and the arts, Garan Holcombe takes a look at ‘surveillance cinema’, which…
Heading for Edinburgh: Shazia Mirza, comedian
Shazia Mirza is a comedian in huge international demand. Dressed in her traditional Muslim headscarf, Shazia gained much notoriety early…
Hear no evil
In the wake of 9/11 many artists have consented to self-censorship so as not to upset the apple cart, and…
Career Profile: Roger Burton, curator and stylist
Roger Burton, former mod and fringe stylist extraordinaire was commissioned to design Westwood and McClaren's Worlds End shop after a…
Keep the work rolling in: How to survive as a performance artist
Nearly half of those working in the UK performance industry earn less than £6,000 per year as performers, or within…
Art and Money: Strange Bedfellows
“A starving artist…sacrifices material well-being in order to focus on their artwork. They typically live on minimum expenses, either for…
Ghosts of Cité Soleil: This ain’t no Hollywood movie...
Danish filmmaker Asger Leth travelled to Haiti in February 2004, just as the Aristide government finally collapsed. Ghosts of Cité…
Career profile: Maeve Davey, communications and co-ordination at The Beat Initiative
Meabh Ritchie talks to Maeve Davey who works for The Beat Initiative, co-ordinating community and carnival arts production in Belfast…
How to write a best seller: An interview with Rusty Young
What does it feel like to write a best-selling book? Rusty Young published Marching Powder in 2003 and its ingredients…
Interview with Walter Keeler, Welsh Artist of the Year
Walter Keeler has been a potter for over forty years and has just been made Welsh Artist of the Year.…