Aesthetica Magazine

In Art
In art, we look at the interplay between digital technologies, performance, and installation with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in his exhibition, Recorders, which opens this September. Stuart Brisley is one of performance art’s instigators; with a prolific career spanning five decades, we review his seminal works from the 1970s. The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today is a new exhibition that surveys over 100 works and illustrates how our definitions of sculpture have been altered by the photograph. Finally, a look at multiplicity and the defiance of categorisation with photographer, Jannica Honey.

In Film
In film, Javier Fuentes-León’s Sundance winning film, Undertow, reaches our screens. Abandon Normal Devices: Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture opens in October, examines the intersection between art and cinema. ....

In Music
In music, Canada’s Born Ruffians are back with their new album, while we chat with Rob Da Bank, Radio1 DJ and the man behind Bestival, about the boutique festival experience.

In Literature
Writer, Maile Chapman, discusses her debut ,em>Your Presence is Required at Suvanto.. and Wesley Stace otherwise known as John Wesley Harding chats about his new book, Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer.

Theatre
In theatre & performance, we examine the crossover between immersive theatre and live action gamming in the The Games of Nonchalance.

Last Words
Finally, Nigel Prince, Curator of Ikon in Birmingham chats about their new show This Could Happen to You: Ikon in the 1970s and the rising challenges that face the sector

With all the best exhibitions, productions, music and new releases of the coming months, this issue provides enough creativity flowing from these pages to inspire you for months. Enjoy.