Aesthetica

This article is about an arts magazine. For the philosophical concept, see Aesthetics. For the album by Liturgy, see Aesthethica.
Aesthetica

Cover of Aesthetica, February/March 2010
Editor Cherie Federico
Categories Art, Photography, Film, Music, Performance
Frequency Bi-monthly
Publisher Cherie Federico, Dale Donley
Year founded 2002
First issue 2003
Company Aesthetica Magazine Ltd
Country United Kingdom
Based in York
Language English
Website website
ISSN 1743-2715

Aesthetica is an international art and culture magazine, founded in 2002. The magazine is published bi-monthly and covers contemporary art from around the world, featuring photography, visual art, design, film, music and theatre. The magazine offers a respected opinion on visual art and culture.[1] It has a print and digital readership of over 284,000 and national and international distribution.[2] Cherie Federico, Managing Director and Editor of Aesthetica was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2008.[3]

History

Aesthetica was founded by Cherie Federico and Dale Donley, when they were students at York St John: A College of the University of Leeds (now York St John University) in 2002.[4]

In 2003 the magazine received distribution at Borders. In 2006 editor Cherie Federico won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[5][6] In 2007, the magazine began to be stocked in WHSmith high-street stores and in major galleries including the ICA, Tate and Zabludowicz Collection in London, Arnolfini in Bristol and the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.[7][8]

In 2009, Aesthetica significantly increased its distribution network and is now stocked at major airports and train stations nationwide, department stores such as Selfridges and Harrods and is exported to over 20 countries worldwide.[9]

Content

Aesthetica includes features on art, design, architecture, fashion, film, music and performance, highlighting notable new exhibitions around the world and showcasing photography. The publication covers work by leading artists, such as Steve McQueen, Martin Creed,[10] Henri Cartier-Bresson[11] and Ernesto Neto[12] among others.

Articles have explored subjects such as European art and politics,[13] the development of light art,[14] and architectural innovation.[15]

Photography

A large section of the magazine is dedicated to photography and has featured photo essays from artists such as Richard Tuschman and Stephen Shore.[16] It has also published photography by Robert Capa, Formento & Formento, Viviane Sassen, Ryan Schude, Kevin Cooley and Emily Shur.

Recent cover photographers include creative duos Sally Ann & Emily May, JUCO, Yossi Michaeli, Eugenio Recuenco, Daniel Korzewa and Jacques Olivar.

Exhibitions

Aesthetica covers the latest exhibitions opening around the world at major art institutions. Previous editorial features have covered Hello, my name is Paul Smith at the Design Museum, London; What is Luxury? at the V&A, London; the Future of Fashion is Now at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Frank Gehry’s retrospective at Centre Pompidou, and Anne Collier at MCA Chicago. The 10 to See section showcases some of the best upcoming exhibitions globally.

Film

The film section in Aesthetica reviews and explores new films, with a focus on works of artistic merit. Films covered include works by Ben Wheatley,[17] Richard Ayoade,[18] Atiq Rahimi,[19] and Michel Gondry.

Films reviewed by Aesthetica include BAFTA winning Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski, BAFTA-nominated '‘71 by Yann Demange and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth following the life of Nick Cave, which won the Editing Award and the Directing Award at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary category.[20]

The film section also often explores film festivals[21] and interviews festival programmers, cinematographers, directors, writers and more.[22]

Performances

The articles on performance cover a diverse range of disciplines including dance, theatre, puppetry and circus.[23] Theatre pieces have covered work from world-renowned companies and institutions such as Punchdrunk,[24] Battersea Arts Centre,[25] National Theatre Wales[26] and acclaimed directors and practitioners including Robert Wilson[27] and Joe Murphy.[28] Akram Khan,[29] Carlos Acosta[30] and Shen Wei Dance Arts[31] have also featured as part of the magazine's coverage of dance performance.

Music

Aesthetica's music section offers an insight into a wide variety of genres and musicians. Topics covered include manipulating found sounds,[32] creating music from video games,[33] the rise of YouTube and the evolution of the music video.[34] Other subjects include opera, dance music, instrument design, musical comedy, production and packaging[35] as well as interviews with award-winning musicians such as Alt-J[36] and Submotion Orchestra.[37]

Last Words

At the end of each magazine is the section Last Words, which features work and a statement by a prominent artist. Previous artists include Cornelia Parker,[38] Abdulnasser Gharem,[39] Pedro Reyes,[40] Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Deacon and Linda Bengalis.

Artists' Directory

Aesthetica also offers the Artists' Directory network for emerging and established practitioners. This provides an opportunity for artists to connect with art collectors and gallerists.

Ann Russell says of her experience in the Artists' Directory: “Being part of the Artists’ Directory has been a very sound investment for me. As the magazine is internationally respected, you can be sure that the right people are looking at your work. I have been contacted by artists, gallery managers and curators from all over the world, many of whom saw my work in Aesthetica. Next year I will hold a solo exhibition in New York, a direct result of exposure in Aesthetica.”[41]

Awards

BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival

The BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) is hosted by Aesthetica. It is an international film festival which takes place annually in York, UK, at the beginning of November. The festival is a celebration of independent short film from around the world, and an outlet for supporting and championing short filmmaking.[42] The programme includes film screenings, masterclasses, hosted networking sessions and panel discussions.

The festival opens for entries in December and closes on 31 May. ASFF welcomes film submissions from emerging and established filmmakers from around the world. It accepts films with a maximum running time of 30 minutes in all genres, including: advertising, animation, artists’ film, comedy, documentary, drama, experimental, fashion, music video and thriller.

Aesthetica Art Prize

The Aesthetica Art Prize is an annual award, established in 2007. The prize provides a platform for artists to showcase their work to a wider audience and further their involvement in the international art world.

Prizes include £5,000 courtesy of Hiscox; group exhibition in partnership with York Museums Trust; publication in an anthology of 100 contemporary artists, and editorial in Aesthetica magazine.[43]

Finalists in the 2016 edition include Rachel Ara, Winner of the 2016 Aesthetica Main Prize; Manchester-based artist Liz West, recipient of an RBS Bursary Award 2015, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London; and Andrea Luka Zimmerman, artist and lecturer at Central St Martins, who was recently shortlisted for Film London’s prestigious Jarman Award.

Previous finalists include John Keane, former official British war artist (1991);[44] Julia Vogl, also shortlisted for New Sensations – Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4′s Prize; Ingrid Hu, former designer at the Lubetkin-winning Heatherwick Studio; Marcus Jansen, a leading modern expressionist; Bernat Millet, also shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, Damien O'Mara whose winning work was acquired by Gold Coast City Gallery.[45]

The Art Prize is judged by a panel of industry leaders, and for the 2015 exhibition it included artist Anna Vogel; Senior Curator of Art at York Art Gallery, Jenny Alexander; Managing Director of Flowers Gallery, Matthew Flowers; Professor Rob Dickins, CBE; Curator at the Hepworth Wakefield, Dr Sam Lackey; Artistic Director at HOME, Sarah Perks and Independent Advisor and Curator of the Hiscox Collection, Whitney Hintz.

The judges for the 2016 exhibition include Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs Collection at the National Portrait Gallery; Alex Newson, Senior Curator at the Design Museum; Dr Sam Lackey, Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield; Karin Askham, Dean of School of Media, London College of Communication; Clare Lilley, Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Pavel S. Pyś, Exhibitions & Displays Curator, Henry Moore Institute; John Keane, Aesthetica Art Prize winner 2015; Whitney Hintz, Independent Advisor and Curator at the Hiscox Collection and Laura Turner, Senior Curator of Art, York Art Gallery.[46]

The call for entries opens in January and closes on 31 August. The prize welcomes submissions from emerging and established artists in the following categories: Photographic and Digital Art; Three Dimensional Design and Sculpture; Painting and Drawing, and Video, Installation and Performance.

Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium

Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium is a two-day event, first held 26–27 May 2016 at York St John University. The event presents a series of lectures, panel discussions, portfolio reviews and film screenings for artists, those working in the sector and the public. These sessions are led by some of the UK's leading art organisations, publications, artists and curators.[47]

Topics include The Future of Art and Culture: Talent Development and Responsibility; Fuelling Creativity: Funding and Commissions; Discovering Creativity: Art Prize Recognition, Exposure and Progression Routes; Artists’ Film and the Moving Image: The Crossover Between Practice & Cinema; Breaking New Ground: Photography in the Digital Age; Taking the Risk: Acclimatising Audiences to New Practices; Contemporary Painting: Traversing Conventional Boundaries and many more.

Speakers from the following organisations attended in 2016:

Arts Council England / Arusha Gallery / Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow / Central St Martins / Delfina Foundation / Diffusion / Don’t Panic / Ffotogallery / Film London / Flowers Gallery / Leeds Art Gallery / Leeds Beckett University / Flux / Frieze / Glasgow School of Art / Hepworth / Hiscox / Holden Gallery / Horniman Museum and Gardens / Impressions Gallery / It’s Nice That / Jerwood Foundation / Liverpool Biennial / Lumen Prize / Manchester Metropolitan University / National Media Museum / Northern Film and Media / Norwich University of the Arts / O Street / Random Acts / Royal College of Art / Sheffield Museums / Suitcase Magazine / The Art Newspaper / University of Chester / University of York / Whitechapel Gallery / Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network / York Museums Trust / York St John University / Zabludowicz Collection.

Future Now is sponsors and partners include Arts Council England, York St John University and Virgin Trains.

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize for established and aspiring poets and writers.[48]

Prizes include publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Annual.;[49] £500 cash prize each; a consultation with literary agent Peter Cox, Managing Director of Redhammer Management; a Full Membership to The Poetry Society; a subscription to Granta, and books courtesy of Bloodaxe Books and Vintage.

The judging panel consists of literary experts, including Arifa Akbar, journalist and literary critic and former Literary Editor of The Independent and i newspapers and poet Oz Hardwick.[50]

The call for entries opens in January and closes on 31 August. The award welcomes submissions in the categories of Poetry and Short Fiction.

References

  1. ↑ "Photography Exhibitions Guide", "The Guardian"
  2. ↑ "Aesthetica Film Festival in York Given BAFTA Accreditation", "Yorkshire Times", 10 September 2014
  3. ↑ "Cherie Federico", "LinkedIn"
  4. ↑ "Aesthetica Film Festival In York Given BAFTA Accreditation". Yorkshire Times. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ artinliverpool jackson (9 August 2007). "Aesthetica Magazine". Art in Liverpool. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Aesthetica 15, edited by Cherie Federico". York Press. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cherie up for Brits award". York Press. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Shop - Stockists". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Shop - Stockists". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Inclusive Practice: Martin Creed", "Aesthetica", 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 8 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Historical Narratives: Henri Cartier-Bresson", "Aesthetica", 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 8 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "A Sensory Experience: Ernesto Neto", "Aesthetica", 1 April 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Cultural Politics: Art in Europe since 1945", "Aesthetica", 1 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "Enlightened Spaces", "Aesthetica", 1 February 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Realigning Architecture", "Aesthetica", 1 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Art & Design", "Aesthetica"
  17. ↑ "Ben Wheatley". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Parallel Opposites". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Exposing Secrets". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "20000 Days on Earth". 20000 Days on Earth.
  21. ↑ "Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013". Aesthetica Magazine. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "BAFTA Shorts 2013". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Performance". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "The Creation of a World", "Aesthetica", 1 August 2013
  25. ↑ "An Intimate Performance", "Aesthetica", 1 April 2011
  26. ↑ "For Mountain Sand and Sea", "Aesthetica", 1 June 2010
  27. ↑ "Relinquishing Control", "Aesthetica", 1 June 2011
  28. ↑ "Expanding Narratives", "Aesthetica", 1 December 2013
  29. ↑ "Akram Khan", "Aesthetica", 1 April 2013
  30. ↑ "Danza Contemporanea de Cuba", "Aesthetica", 1 February 2010
  31. ↑ "Shen Wei Dance Arts", "Aesthetica", 1 August 2011
  32. ↑ "Found Sound". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  33. ↑ "Game Music Levels Up", "Aesthetica", 1 April 2013
  34. ↑ "YouTube Killed the Video Star", "Aesthetica", 1 February 2013
  35. ↑ "Music". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  36. ↑ "Alt-J". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  37. ↑ "Submotion Orchestra". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  38. ↑ "Cornelia Parker". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  39. ↑ "Abdulnasser Gharem". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  40. ↑ "Pedro Reyes". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  41. ↑ "Artists' Directory Testimonials" (PDF). Aesthetica.
  42. ↑ "Review of ASFF 2014". The Double Negative.
  43. ↑ "Aesthetica Art Prize". York Press.
  44. ↑ "John Keane". Flowers Gallery.
  45. ↑ "Art Prize In Pictures". BBC.
  46. ↑ Art Prize Judging Panel Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  47. ↑ "Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  48. ↑ "Short Stories". The Independent.
  49. ↑ "Lecturer's short story shortlisted for Creative Writing Award". University of Bedfordshire.
  50. ↑ "Creative Writing Award". Aesthetica Magazine. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.