Words & Pictures
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Words & Pictures was an object-based art magazine published between 1994 and 1997, each issue in a signed and numbered limited edition. It was published by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
. Complete sets exist in several public collections, including the Tate Gallery
in London, the National Art Library
at the Victoria and Albert Museum
, Yale Center for British Art
in the USA. Over 200 artists and writers contributed to the project, including several Turner Prize
winners.
. They were influenced by the DIY ethic
of punk
and fanzines being produced in the British independent music scene. The first issue was launched at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
in London in November 1994. It included contributions from 35 artists, who each hand-made their contribution in a limited edition of 100 copies, which are each signed and numbered by the artist. The 'object-magazine' was contained inside an A5
sized cardboard box. Also inside each box was a printed booklet produced by Forsyth and Pollard that contained information about each contributor and a specially commissioned preface and introductory text. Issues 2-9 included contributions from 20 artists, with issue 10 returning to the format of issue 1 and including 35 artists. The magazine was published three times per year, until November 1997 when the final issue was again launched at the ICA in London.
Every issue of the magazine was accompanied by a launch party, some of which included live music and performances from some of the contributors. Launch venues included the Artist Book Fair at the Royal Festival Hall
, The Cabinet Gallery in Brixton, The Serpentine Gallery
Bookshop, the Barbican Centre
and the Eagle Gallery in Farringdon.
Although named only Words & Pictures for the pilot issue, from issue 1 onwards the title was expanded to include a phrase created by Momus
in his preface text for the issue, giving the project the full title it would be known by for the remaining ten issues: Words & Pictures - Ultra-Paranoid (Extra-Spatial) Portable Art!
Russell Bamber, Roger Bates, David Campany, JJ Charlesworth, Martin Creed
, Jeremy Deller
, Ben Dray, Nick Dunn and Philip Jones, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
, Sarah Hardy, Matthew Higgs
, MH Holmes, Daniel Howard-Birt, Andrew Hunt, Mark Jessett, Tony Kemplen, Magnus Lawrie, Peter Lewis, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard with the Institute of Open Studies, Dermot O'Brien, Kevin O'Neill, Jane Ormerod, Simon Periton, Hadrian Pigott, Giorgio Sadotti, David Shrigley
, Lesley Smailes, Bob and Roberta Smith, Polly Staple, Georgina Starr
, Andre Stitt
, John Timberlake, Gavin Turk
, Jessica Voorsanger
Issue 9 July 1997
Tim Bailey, Russell Bamber, Roger Bates, David Campany, Imogen Clarke, Alistair Dickson, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Anne Hardy, Louise Hayward, Daniel Howard-Birt, Elisa Hudson, Andrew Hunt, Anne-Marie Lequesne, Wayne Lloyd, Matthew Maxwell, Adam J Maynard, Anna Mossman, Jane Parrish, Tim Smare, Fiona Wright
Issue 8 March 1997
David Adkins, Becky Beasley, Nicholas, Andrea Draper, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Christopher Helson, Raymond Henshaw and Paul Gratten, Andrew Hunt, Karen Hurd, Samira Kafala, Alan Kane, Tony Kemplen, Daniel Kidner, Adam J Maynard, Kevin O' Neill, Deb Rindl, Giorgio Sadotti, Melanie Verhille, Michael Wilson, Carol Ann Wingrave
Issue 7 November 1996
Ingrid Alexandra, Iris Athanasoula, Robert Bird D Breckon, Patricia Collins, Paul Deller, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Gill and Grant, Simon Goodwin, Jun Hasegawa, Andrew Herman, Daniel Howard-Birt, Mark Jessett, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard, Paul Mcdevitt, Stacey Righton, Polly Staple, Virgil Tracy, Emma Underhill
Issue 6 July 1996
Johnny Ape, Marc Atkins, Badstock Beard Partnership, Martin Creed
, Jeremy Deller
, Nick Dunn and Philip Jones, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Toby Hardwick, Sarah Hardy, J Hayward, Lee Jay Keeper, Tony Kemplen, Colin Lowe / Roddy Thomson, Adam J Maynard, Adam McEwen, Jane Ormerod, Brendan Quick, David Shrigley
, Bridget Smith, David Tonge
Issue 5 March 1996
Peter Abrahams , Roger Bates, Jo Braddock, Ken Cockburn, Pamela Dunsdon, Andrew Ekins, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Lucas Golding, Toby Hardwick, Matthew Higgs
, Gabriel Kuri, Adam J Maynard, John Mitchell, Clement Page, Carrie Reichardt, Stephen Roden, Bob and Roberta Smith, Clare Thompson, Jessica Voorsanger
, Stef Zelynskyj
Issue 4 November 1995
Lee Beech, Ben Dray, Annabel Elgar, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Simon Goodwin, M H Holmes, Neil Jenkins, Tony Kemplen, Magnus Lawrie, Dominic Mason, David McConnachie, Marion Michell, Jane Ormerod, Deb Rindl, Andre Stitt
, Joanne Tatham, Virgil Tracy, Michael Turner, Wells and Shaw, Felix Zakar
Issue 3 July 1995
Chris Bingham, Stephen Carter, Andrew Ekins, Sarah Felton, Field Study, Leo Fitzmaurice, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Julie A Freeman, Antonia Hirsch, Emily J Jolley, Richard Makin, Vlado Martek, Adam J Maynard, John Mitchell, Vikki Oppenheim, Joseph Ortenzi, Clement Page, Vernon Thornton, Simon Warren
Issue 2 March 1995
V Allen, James Archer, Patricia Collins, Susan C Cutts, Stefan Dowsing, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Bettina Furnee, Asako Kameyama, Tony Kemplen, John Lambert, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard, James Newton, Martin O'Neill, Stuart Penny, Dominique Rey, J P Thurlow, Oliver Varney, Rupert White, Felix Zakar
Issue 1 November 1994
Martha Aitchison, James Archer, Stuart Bastick, Guy Bigland, A D Bradbury, Rodger Brown, Matt Carless, JJ Charlesworth, Patricia Collins, Simon Collins, Tristan Dellaway, Royston du Maurier Lebek, Field Study, Iain Forsyth, Nigel Grimmer, Antonia Hirsch, Matthew Holker, A C Hutchinson, Tony Kemplen, Chris Kenny, Christine Kummer, Geraldine Marks, Adam J Maynard, Maedhbhina McCombe, John Mitchell, Louise Ockenden, Andrew Payne, Ita Plattner, Jane Pollard, Marija Mojca Pungercar, Rachel Ramirez, Damon Summersgill, Geoff Swann, J P Thurlow, Simon Warren
who's frontman Lawrence
claimed that it was his intention to release ten albums and ten singles in ten years and then disband. The final issue included an epilogue by Momus, who had written the preface to the first issue, and a conclusion by Liam Gillick, who had written the first introduction.
The closing party was held at the ICA, where the first issue had been launched. The event took place on the same night that Sensation
opened at the Royal Academy
. Three former contributors were invited to perform; Tracey Emin
was unable to attend due to prior commitments so made a video of herself reading C.V. the text she had contributed to issue 4. This film is now part of the collection of the Tate Gallery
. Billy Childish
performed a series of his poetry and songs, including his text for Words & Pictures and Momus
concluded the party with a live set, including a reading of his text.
Since 1997 Forsyth and Pollard have concentrated on their own career as collaborative artists
and have had no further involvement with publishing or curating.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are British artists who create re-enactments of cultural and art historical events. Forsyth was born in Manchester in 1973, Pollard in Newcastle in 1972.-Life and work:...
. Complete sets exist in several public collections, including the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
in London, the National Art Library
National Art Library
The National Art Library is a major reference library, situated in Kensington, West london. It is freely accessible to the public Tuesday-Saturdays, and specialises in material about the fine and decorative arts of many countries and periods. It also contains substantial sources for information...
at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art is an art museum in New Haven, Connecticut at Yale University which houses the most comprehensive collection of British Art outside the United Kingdom...
in the USA. Over 200 artists and writers contributed to the project, including several Turner Prize
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
winners.
History
Forsyth and Pollard launched the magazine with a low-key pilot issue, while they were students at Goldsmiths CollegeGoldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
. They were influenced by the DIY ethic
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
of punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
and fanzines being produced in the British independent music scene. The first issue was launched at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
in London in November 1994. It included contributions from 35 artists, who each hand-made their contribution in a limited edition of 100 copies, which are each signed and numbered by the artist. The 'object-magazine' was contained inside an A5
A5
A5, A05, A 5, A V or A-5 may refer to:* A5 paper size, an ISO 216 international standard paper size * A5 pod, a name given to a group of orcas found off the coast of British Columbia, Canada...
sized cardboard box. Also inside each box was a printed booklet produced by Forsyth and Pollard that contained information about each contributor and a specially commissioned preface and introductory text. Issues 2-9 included contributions from 20 artists, with issue 10 returning to the format of issue 1 and including 35 artists. The magazine was published three times per year, until November 1997 when the final issue was again launched at the ICA in London.
Every issue of the magazine was accompanied by a launch party, some of which included live music and performances from some of the contributors. Launch venues included the Artist Book Fair at the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
, The Cabinet Gallery in Brixton, The Serpentine Gallery
Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. It focuses on modern and contemporary art. The exhibitions, architecture, education and public programmes attract approximately 750,000 visitors a year...
Bookshop, the Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
and the Eagle Gallery in Farringdon.
Although named only Words & Pictures for the pilot issue, from issue 1 onwards the title was expanded to include a phrase created by Momus
Momus (artist)
Nick Currie , more popularly known under the artist name Momus , is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired...
in his preface text for the issue, giving the project the full title it would be known by for the remaining ten issues: Words & Pictures - Ultra-Paranoid (Extra-Spatial) Portable Art!
Contributors
Issue 10 November 1997- Epilogue by MomusMomusMomus or Momos was in Greek mythology the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets; a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name is related to , meaning 'blame' or 'censure'. He is depicted in classical art as lifting a mask from his face.-In classical literature:Hesiod...
- Conclusion by Liam GillickLiam GillickLiam Gillick is a British conceptual artist who lives in New York City. He is often associated with the artists included the 1996 exhibit Traffic, which first introduced the term Relational Art.-Life and career:...
Russell Bamber, Roger Bates, David Campany, JJ Charlesworth, Martin Creed
Martin Creed
Martin Creed is an artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for Work No. 227: the lights going on and off, which was an empty room in which the lights went on and off.-Life and work :...
, Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is an English conceptual, video and installation artist. He is a Turner Prize winner.Deller is best-known for his Battle of Orgreave , a reenactment of the actual Battle of Orgreave which occurred during the UK miners' strike in 1984.-Life and work:Jeremy Deller was born in London,...
, Ben Dray, Nick Dunn and Philip Jones, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are British artists who create re-enactments of cultural and art historical events. Forsyth was born in Manchester in 1973, Pollard in Newcastle in 1972.-Life and work:...
, Sarah Hardy, Matthew Higgs
Matthew Higgs
Matthew Higgs is a British artist, curator, writer and publisher. His contribution to UK contemporary art has included the creation of Imprint 93, a series of artists’ editions featuring the work of artists such as Martin Creed and Jeremy Deller...
, MH Holmes, Daniel Howard-Birt, Andrew Hunt, Mark Jessett, Tony Kemplen, Magnus Lawrie, Peter Lewis, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard with the Institute of Open Studies, Dermot O'Brien, Kevin O'Neill, Jane Ormerod, Simon Periton, Hadrian Pigott, Giorgio Sadotti, David Shrigley
David Shrigley
-Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...
, Lesley Smailes, Bob and Roberta Smith, Polly Staple, Georgina Starr
Georgina Starr
Georgina Starr is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists notable for her "pop style installations and films." Her major works have been described as "large-scale installations combining video and sculpture" to create emotional stories about lost or fragile phenomena.-Life and...
, Andre Stitt
Andre Stitt
Andre Stitt , is a performance artist. Stitt's family moved from Belfast in the early 1960s and spent his early life in Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, near Lisburn, where he attended Dunmurry High School before going to Art College...
, John Timberlake, Gavin Turk
Gavin Turk
Gavin Turk is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists . He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people.-Life and work:...
, Jessica Voorsanger
Jessica Voorsanger
Jessica Voorsanger, born in New York in 1965, is an American artist and academic, living and working in London. She studied Fine Art at Rhode Island School of Design in Rhode Island before gaining an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London....
Issue 9 July 1997
- Foreword by Neil Crawford
- Introduction by Neil Crawford
Tim Bailey, Russell Bamber, Roger Bates, David Campany, Imogen Clarke, Alistair Dickson, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Anne Hardy, Louise Hayward, Daniel Howard-Birt, Elisa Hudson, Andrew Hunt, Anne-Marie Lequesne, Wayne Lloyd, Matthew Maxwell, Adam J Maynard, Anna Mossman, Jane Parrish, Tim Smare, Fiona Wright
Issue 8 March 1997
- Preface by Angus FairhurstAngus FairhurstAngus Fairhurst was an English artist working in installation, photography and video. He was one of the Young British Artists .-Life and work:Angus Fairhurst was born in Pembury, Kent...
- Introduction by Simon Ford
David Adkins, Becky Beasley, Nicholas, Andrea Draper, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Christopher Helson, Raymond Henshaw and Paul Gratten, Andrew Hunt, Karen Hurd, Samira Kafala, Alan Kane, Tony Kemplen, Daniel Kidner, Adam J Maynard, Kevin O' Neill, Deb Rindl, Giorgio Sadotti, Melanie Verhille, Michael Wilson, Carol Ann Wingrave
Issue 7 November 1996
- Preface by Billy ChildishBilly ChildishBilly Childish is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist...
- Introduction by Simon Cutts
Ingrid Alexandra, Iris Athanasoula, Robert Bird D Breckon, Patricia Collins, Paul Deller, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Gill and Grant, Simon Goodwin, Jun Hasegawa, Andrew Herman, Daniel Howard-Birt, Mark Jessett, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard, Paul Mcdevitt, Stacey Righton, Polly Staple, Virgil Tracy, Emma Underhill
Issue 6 July 1996
- Preface by Simon Bill
- Introduction by Andrew Wilson
Johnny Ape, Marc Atkins, Badstock Beard Partnership, Martin Creed
Martin Creed
Martin Creed is an artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for Work No. 227: the lights going on and off, which was an empty room in which the lights went on and off.-Life and work :...
, Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is an English conceptual, video and installation artist. He is a Turner Prize winner.Deller is best-known for his Battle of Orgreave , a reenactment of the actual Battle of Orgreave which occurred during the UK miners' strike in 1984.-Life and work:Jeremy Deller was born in London,...
, Nick Dunn and Philip Jones, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Toby Hardwick, Sarah Hardy, J Hayward, Lee Jay Keeper, Tony Kemplen, Colin Lowe / Roddy Thomson, Adam J Maynard, Adam McEwen, Jane Ormerod, Brendan Quick, David Shrigley
David Shrigley
-Life and career:Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968, the younger of two children born to Rita and Joseph Shrigley. Shrigley grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England...
, Bridget Smith, David Tonge
Issue 5 March 1996
- Preface by Max Wigram
- Introduction by Jake Chapman
Peter Abrahams , Roger Bates, Jo Braddock, Ken Cockburn, Pamela Dunsdon, Andrew Ekins, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Lucas Golding, Toby Hardwick, Matthew Higgs
Matthew Higgs
Matthew Higgs is a British artist, curator, writer and publisher. His contribution to UK contemporary art has included the creation of Imprint 93, a series of artists’ editions featuring the work of artists such as Martin Creed and Jeremy Deller...
, Gabriel Kuri, Adam J Maynard, John Mitchell, Clement Page, Carrie Reichardt, Stephen Roden, Bob and Roberta Smith, Clare Thompson, Jessica Voorsanger
Jessica Voorsanger
Jessica Voorsanger, born in New York in 1965, is an American artist and academic, living and working in London. She studied Fine Art at Rhode Island School of Design in Rhode Island before gaining an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London....
, Stef Zelynskyj
Issue 4 November 1995
- Preface by Tracey EminTracey EminTracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
- Introduction by Martin MaloneyMartin MaloneyMartin Maloney is a contemporary English artist.-Life and work:Martin Maloney was born in London. He attended the University of Sussex 1980–83, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 1988–91 and Goldsmiths College 1991–93.Martin Maloney practises deliberately "bad"...
Lee Beech, Ben Dray, Annabel Elgar, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Simon Goodwin, M H Holmes, Neil Jenkins, Tony Kemplen, Magnus Lawrie, Dominic Mason, David McConnachie, Marion Michell, Jane Ormerod, Deb Rindl, Andre Stitt
Andre Stitt
Andre Stitt , is a performance artist. Stitt's family moved from Belfast in the early 1960s and spent his early life in Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, near Lisburn, where he attended Dunmurry High School before going to Art College...
, Joanne Tatham, Virgil Tracy, Michael Turner, Wells and Shaw, Felix Zakar
Issue 3 July 1995
- Preface by Joshua CompstonJoshua CompstonJoshua Richard Compston was a London gallerist whose space, Factual Nonsense, was closely associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists . Compston graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 1992...
- Introduction by Stewart HomeStewart HomeStewart Home is an English artist, filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist. He is best known for his novels such as the non-narrative 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess , his re-imagining of the 1960s in Tainted Love , and earlier parodistic pulp fictions Pure Mania, Red...
Chris Bingham, Stephen Carter, Andrew Ekins, Sarah Felton, Field Study, Leo Fitzmaurice, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Julie A Freeman, Antonia Hirsch, Emily J Jolley, Richard Makin, Vlado Martek, Adam J Maynard, John Mitchell, Vikki Oppenheim, Joseph Ortenzi, Clement Page, Vernon Thornton, Simon Warren
Issue 2 March 1995
- Preface by Jeremy Millar
- Introduction by Dr. Sarat Maharaj
V Allen, James Archer, Patricia Collins, Susan C Cutts, Stefan Dowsing, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Bettina Furnee, Asako Kameyama, Tony Kemplen, John Lambert, Richard Makin, Adam J Maynard, James Newton, Martin O'Neill, Stuart Penny, Dominique Rey, J P Thurlow, Oliver Varney, Rupert White, Felix Zakar
Issue 1 November 1994
- Preface by MomusMomusMomus or Momos was in Greek mythology the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets; a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name is related to , meaning 'blame' or 'censure'. He is depicted in classical art as lifting a mask from his face.-In classical literature:Hesiod...
- Introduction by Liam GillickLiam GillickLiam Gillick is a British conceptual artist who lives in New York City. He is often associated with the artists included the 1996 exhibit Traffic, which first introduced the term Relational Art.-Life and career:...
Martha Aitchison, James Archer, Stuart Bastick, Guy Bigland, A D Bradbury, Rodger Brown, Matt Carless, JJ Charlesworth, Patricia Collins, Simon Collins, Tristan Dellaway, Royston du Maurier Lebek, Field Study, Iain Forsyth, Nigel Grimmer, Antonia Hirsch, Matthew Holker, A C Hutchinson, Tony Kemplen, Chris Kenny, Christine Kummer, Geraldine Marks, Adam J Maynard, Maedhbhina McCombe, John Mitchell, Louise Ockenden, Andrew Payne, Ita Plattner, Jane Pollard, Marija Mojca Pungercar, Rachel Ramirez, Damon Summersgill, Geoff Swann, J P Thurlow, Simon Warren
The end
The final issue (issue 10) was published in November 1997. Forsyth and Pollard cite the influence of British indie band FeltFelt (band)
Felt were a 1980s British alternative rock band led by Lawrence, whose surname was never listed in any credits or press; the band's name was inspired by Tom Verlaine's emphasis of the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus"...
who's frontman Lawrence
Lawrence Hayward
Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...
claimed that it was his intention to release ten albums and ten singles in ten years and then disband. The final issue included an epilogue by Momus, who had written the preface to the first issue, and a conclusion by Liam Gillick, who had written the first introduction.
The closing party was held at the ICA, where the first issue had been launched. The event took place on the same night that Sensation
Sensation
Sensation is the fiction-writing mode for portraying a character's perception of the senses. According to Ron Rozelle, “. . .the success of your story or novel will depend on many things, but the most crucial is your ability to bring your reader into it. And that reader will be most completely...
opened at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
. Three former contributors were invited to perform; Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
Tracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
was unable to attend due to prior commitments so made a video of herself reading C.V. the text she had contributed to issue 4. This film is now part of the collection of the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
. Billy Childish
Billy Childish
Billy Childish is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist...
performed a series of his poetry and songs, including his text for Words & Pictures and Momus
Momus (artist)
Nick Currie , more popularly known under the artist name Momus , is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired...
concluded the party with a live set, including a reading of his text.
Since 1997 Forsyth and Pollard have concentrated on their own career as collaborative artists
Artist cooperative
An artist cooperative is an autonomous visual arts organization, enterprise, or association jointly-owned and democratically-controlled by its members. Artist cooperatives are legal entities organized as non-capital stock corporations, non-profit organizations, or unincorporated associations...
and have had no further involvement with publishing or curating.