Every Artist, a Journalist [electronic resource].

V2_ 2011

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Every Artist, a Journalist is the second Blowup Reader. It collects texts on the subject of art as a form of journalism. In this, the second edition of the Blowup Reader series, each of our participating speakers is represented along with two additional texts. The Reader begins with an excerpt from Alfredo Cramerotti’s book, Aesthetic Journalism, followed by an essay by Ken Hollings delving into the history of the Dounreay Fast Reactor, which is the subject matter in Gair Dunlop’s latest work. A text I have written, written deliberately in newspaper journalism style, gives context about the beginnings of Lino Hellings’ Participating Artists Press Agency project. Also included in this Reader is a key text about truth, reality, and the ‘documentary turn’ in art by Mark Nash, and from the V2_ archive, a text by Alexei Shulgin, exploring fundamentals of how we communicate and manipulate with art…
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Michelle Kasprzak
Alfredo Cramerotti
Ken Hollings
Mark Nash
Alexei Shulgin
Arjen de Jong
Buro Duplex