Corridor8 #2 and Events

Posted on | August 5, 2010 | No Comments

It’s has been a long year since the launch of ‘Corridor8, Art and the Supercity’. Since then, the editorial team has been busily working away on the new issue. Due to launch this October, the ‘Borderlands’ edition, Strange Weather, extends our northern focus to the far-flung reaches of the UK from the midlands to the borders and beyond, and will feature the same mix of in-depth critical writing, profiles, art and literary writing we established in Issue 1.. Included this issue are features on the field recordings of sound recordist and ex-Cabaret Voltaire member Chris Watson (with free CD), Iain Sinclair’s rare audio-recorded journey from the heart of Manchester, new fiction from the Manchester University Creative Writing Centre’s Ian McGuire, interviews with the art collectors of the Norths of England and Ireland, as well as the science fiction work of artists Ivan and Heather Morrison, the pioneering 1960’s art and writing publication New Worlds and others. International curator Axel Lapp will this time assemble ‘Flash Artists’ pages we began in Issue One.

More news of this soon!

To coincide with the launch we are developing a programme of events that will expand and explore the newly published content.

Art School Alternatives
Liverpool John Moores’ University
7th October 10 – 6pm

A participatory symposium that looks to the communal and collaborative in the current debates on art education.

‘Is school a place, an institution, a set of facilities, a situation, a circumstance, an attitude, or a constellation of relationships of the transfer of acquired, invented, and accumulated knowledge…?’ Raqs Media Collective, ‘Art School: Propositions for the 21st Century’, MIT Press (2009)

The symposium will explores methods of learning and ideas of school, and draws together a range of practitioners including Department 21, Heath Bunting, Kate Rich, Islington Mill Art Academy, Lady Lucy, Circa Projects, Megan Wakefield, Black Dogs, A Latento, No Fixed Abode, and Artmarket/Kunstfreund.

The event will also include a preview screening of a new film work by audio-visual artist Paul Rooney.

Art School Alternatives is supported by Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool John Moore’s University.

The event is free but booking is required. Please visit www.artschoolalternatives.info for more information

Bewilderbeast
Monday 18th October, 1pm
Cornerhouse, Manchester

As part of Manchester Literature Festival Corridor8 join Bewilderbeast magazine for a lunchtime of reading and discussion with the editors.

Bewilderbliss is produced by students on the University of Manchester’s Creative Writing MA programme, showcasing the best new prose and poetry from the rainy city and beyond.

Tickets are free, but booking is advised. Book on 0843 208 0500 or www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

The Manchester Contemporary
Thursday 28th through to
Sunday 31st, October

Launched last year, Manchester Contemporary is an exhibition and art fair for emerging and established artists, showcasing a selected collection of leading UK galleries in the North West.

As a partner organization for Manchester Contemporary, Corridor 8 are working with Mark Doyle Head of the Contemporary Art Society North West to programme a series of talks on collecting in the region – who collects, how to start collecting and why the collecting of contemporary art is vital for the support of emerging north west practitioners.

As last year, we will be taking a table at the fair for the full four-day event.

“Creating a platform for contemporary art in the North, The Manchester Contemporary will showcase some of the most provocative and inspiring art emerging today. Prepare to be challenged and forced to think differently as The Manchester Contemporary presents some of the best talent within the contemporary art scene.” Mark Doyle

Launch of Corridor8 #2
October

Then there’s our launch event in Liverpool.
Details to be announced soon!