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Contents Issue No 266 May 2003 {15} COMMENT Editorial {16} ARTNOTES {22} PROFILE Aleksandra Mir Gilda Williams COVER Isaac Julien Baltimore 2003 video still {0 1 } FEATURES Live and Kicking Extremist, self-indulgent and uncool it may be but live art also offers new possibilities for politically engaged art argues Sally O’Reilly {0 7 } FACT Finding Beryl Graham finds Liverpool’s new purpose-built technology centre to be both artand user-friendly {24} EXHIBITIONS Reviews Hey Production! Ian White {2 5 } Video Acts Alex Mar {26} The Translator’s Notes Sara Harrison {28} Breda Beban Martin Herbert {29} Lorna Simpson Niamh Ann Kelly {31} Jane & Louise Wilson Cherry Smyth {32} Langlands & Bell Dan Smith {34} Cristina Iglesias Morgan Falconer {3 5 } Christopher Wool Nicky Bird {36} Blinky Palermo Mark Harris {39} REPORT Letter from Los Angeles JJ Charlesworth {41} POLEMIC Criticism Peter Suchin {42} EDITIONS Artists’ Books In between History Gilda Williams {43} BOOKS 90s Nostalgia Marcus Verhagen {44} NET WORKS Data Knitting Michael Gibbs {45} ARTLAW Estates Henry Lydiate {4 6 } LISTINGS Exhibitions Art Monthly 4 th Floor 28 C haring Cross Road London WC2H ODB U n ite d Kingdom T e le p h o n e 020 7240 0389 Fax 020 7497 0726 Em ail in fo@ a r tm on th ly .c o .u k www.artm onthly.co.uk ISSN 0142 6702 A rt Monthly is pub lis h e d 10 t im e s a y ear Annual subscription rates INDIVIDUALS UK £34.00 Rest of E u ro p e £43.00 Rest of World £55.50 N America US$60.00 INSTITUTIONS UK £41.00 Rest of Europe £51.50 Rest of World £66.00 N America US$65.00 Editor P a t r ic ia B ickers Managing Editor Letty Mooring Deputy Editor Andrew Wilson Editorial Assistant F r e d e r ik a W h ite h ead Listings C la ire B a r r e t t Advertising M att Hale Circulation Laura Moffatt Nell W endler Publishers J a c k & Nell W endler Design Area 725274812660 Published by Britannia Art Publications Ltd. All editorial, advertising and subscription enquiries to A r t Monthly 4th Floor, 2 8 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODB, T 0 2 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 8 9 , F 0 2 0 7 4 9 7 0 7 2 6 , info@artmonthly.co.uk. Printed in Great Britain by Brown Knight & Truscott, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3BW. Bookshop/Gallery Retail Distribution: Central Books Ltd, 9 9 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, T 0 2 0 8 9 8 6 4 8 5 4 , F 0 2 0 8 5 3 3 5 821 , email orders@centralbooks.com; Newstrade Distribution: Comag Specialist Division, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middx UB7 7QX, T 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 0 F 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 01 ; USA: Ubiquity Distributors, 6 0 7 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 1 1217 , USA, T 718 8 7 5 5491; Trucatriche, 7 1 0 East San Ysidro Blvd # 1 5 6 0 , San Ysidro, CA 9 2 1 7 3 , USA, T 6 1 9 6 6 2 3 766 , F 6 1 9 6 62 3 7 8 2 , email info@trucatriche.com. Periodicals postage paid at Middlesex, New Jersey. POSTMASTER: address changes to A r t Monthly, c / o PO Box 177, Middlesex, New Jersey 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. US Agent: Pronto Mailers International, 2 00 Wood Avenue, Middlesex, NJ 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. USPS 0 0 9 8 57 . The views expressed in A r t Monthly are not necessarily those of the Publishers or Editors. Articles submitted for possible publication and accompanied by SAE are welcomed, but it is advisable to contact the Editorial Department beforehand. While every effort will be made to safeguard unsolicited mss, photos and other material submitted, the Editors will not accept responsibility for loss or damage. A r t Monthly is available on audio tape for the visually impaired from TNAUK, T 0 1 4 3 5 8 6 6 1 0 2 . The electronic version of A r t Monthly is available on the A r t Index http://www.hwwilson.com. © No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced in any way without permission. c . C O * , Or < L

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Contents Issue No 266

May 2003

{15} COMMENT

Editorial

{16} ARTNOTES {22} PROFILE

Aleksandra Mir Gilda Williams

COVER Isaac Julien Baltimore 2003 video still

{0 1 } FEATURES

Live and Kicking Extremist, self-indulgent and uncool it may be but live art also offers new possibilities for politically engaged art argues Sally O’Reilly

{0 7 } FACT Finding

Beryl Graham finds Liverpool’s new purpose-built technology centre to be both artand user-friendly

{24} EXHIBITIONS

Reviews Hey Production! Ian White {2 5 } Video Acts

Alex Mar {26} The Translator’s

Notes Sara Harrison {28} Breda Beban

Martin Herbert {29} Lorna Simpson

Niamh Ann Kelly {31} Jane & Louise Wilson

Cherry Smyth {32} Langlands & Bell

Dan Smith {34} Cristina Iglesias

Morgan Falconer {3 5 } Christopher Wool

Nicky Bird {36} Blinky Palermo

Mark Harris

{39} REPORT

Letter from Los Angeles JJ Charlesworth

{41} POLEMIC

Criticism Peter Suchin

{42} EDITIONS

Artists’ Books In between History Gilda Williams

{43} BOOKS

90s Nostalgia Marcus Verhagen

{44} NET WORKS

Data Knitting Michael Gibbs

{45} ARTLAW

Estates Henry Lydiate

{4 6 } LISTINGS

Exhibitions

Art Monthly 4 th Floor 28 C haring Cross Road London WC2H ODB U n ite d Kingdom

T e le p h o n e 020 7240 0389 Fax 020 7497 0726 Em ail in fo@ a r tm on th ly .c o .u k www.artm onthly.co.uk

ISSN 0142 6702 A rt Monthly is pub lis h e d 10 t im e s a y ear

Annual subscription rates

INDIVIDUALS UK £34.00 Rest of E u ro p e £43.00 Rest of World £55.50 N America US$60.00

INSTITUTIONS UK £41.00 Rest of Europe £51.50 Rest of World £66.00 N America US$65.00

Editor P a t r ic ia B ickers Managing Editor Letty Mooring Deputy Editor Andrew Wilson Editorial Assistant F r e d e r ik a W h ite h ead Listings C la ire B a r r e t t Advertising M att Hale Circulation Laura Moffatt Nell W endler Publishers J a c k & Nell W endler Design Area

725274812660

Published by Britannia Art Publications Ltd. All editorial, advertising and subscription enquiries to A r t Monthly 4th Floor, 2 8 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODB, T 0 2 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 8 9 , F 0 2 0 7 4 9 7 0 7 2 6 , info@artmonthly.co.uk. Printed in Great Britain by Brown Knight & Truscott, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3BW. Bookshop/Gallery Retail Distribution: Central Books Ltd, 9 9 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, T 0 2 0 8 9 8 6 4 8 5 4 , F 0 2 0 8 5 3 3 5 821 , email orders@centralbooks.com; Newstrade Distribution: Comag Specialist Division, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middx UB7 7QX, T 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 0 F 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 01 ; USA: Ubiquity Distributors, 6 0 7 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 1 1217 , USA, T 718 8 7 5 5491; Trucatriche, 7 1 0 East San Ysidro Blvd # 1 5 6 0 , San Ysidro, CA 9 2 1 7 3 , USA, T 6 1 9 6 6 2 3 766 , F 6 1 9 6 62 3 7 8 2 , email info@trucatriche.com. Periodicals postage paid at Middlesex, New Jersey. POSTMASTER: address changes to A r t Monthly, c / o PO Box 177, Middlesex, New Jersey 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. US Agent: Pronto Mailers International, 2 00 Wood Avenue, Middlesex, NJ 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. USPS 0 0 9 8 57 . The views expressed in A r t Monthly are not necessarily those of the Publishers or Editors. Articles submitted for possible publication and accompanied by SAE are welcomed, but it is advisable to contact the Editorial Department beforehand. While every effort will be made to safeguard unsolicited mss, photos and other material submitted, the Editors will not accept responsibility for loss or damage. A r t Monthly is available on audio tape for the visually impaired from TNAUK, T 0 1 4 3 5 8 6 6 1 0 2 . The electronic version of A r t Monthly is available on the A r t Index http://www.hwwilson.com. © No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced in any way without permission.

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