Aesthetica Magazine Issue 38

December / January 2011

We’ve introduced some new sections this issue, as well as more features. In art, Aware: Art Fashion Identity opens at the Royal Academy and examines this multi-faceted relationship. We survey four contemporary Greek sculptors’ works in conjunction with Greece’s network of histories and recent economic climate. David Spiller renegotiates the label of Pop Artist, with his new show at Beaux-Arts London. This Must Be the Place interrogates location within the context of street photography. And French photographer, Gilles de Beauchêne creates interplay between fine art and advertising.

In film, we present the finalists of the Aesthetica Short Film Competition, and celebrate how they are driving the genre forward. Elliot Grove from Raindance offers part two of his guide to budget filmmaking, and we have included reviews of the latest DVD releases. In music, French Horn Rebellion chat about their debut, while we engage with the sounds of chiptune (read the article to learn more). Writer, Dinaw Mengestu re-invents the past with his new book, How to Read the Air and Rula Jebreal discusses her text, Miral, which is now a major motion picture. In theatre, we examine the democratisation of performance, and finally, Alan Haydon from De la Warr Pavilion discusses the impact of the changing economy on the arts.

The Maid (La Nana)

Sebastián Silva’s second feature is a sweetly comic take on the role of domestic servant within a household.

Hideaway (Le Refuge)

Ozon’s latest offering, Le Refuge, refutes his categorisation as an enfant terrible of French cinema and is distinctly more art-house than the shocking Sitcom.

Erasing David

In Erasing David, David Bond attempts to “disappear” from society for 30 days without leaving a trail of records and data with which he can be traced.

Make Your Film: Part Two

How to get your film out there: Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Festival, offers top tips to help promote your film.

Making Shorts in Today’s Film Culture

The results for the Aesthetica Short Film Competition 2010 have been announced. The finalists have their say on what it takes to make a great short and how that fits within the landscape of cinema today.

Crossing the Great Divide

Gilles de Beauchêne creates interplay between the world of fine art photography and advertising in an attempt to make those worlds co-exist.

Beyond the Definition of Pop Art

Defying the label of Pop Artist, David Spiller’s latest offering at Beaux-Arts, London, uses colour, form and familiar icons to conjure up memories of the past.

This Must Be the Place

David Campany, has brought together an international range of artists who are making work in a variety of forms, in the latest show to open at Jerwood Space.

Contemporary Greek Sculpture

Humanist Connections in Disconnected Histories: Looking for Discourse in the Work of Jannis Kounellis, Vlassis Caniaris, Kostis Velonis and Rallou Panagiotou.

Mechanisms of Expression

The Royal Academy’s winter 2010 exhibition surveyed the changing role of fashion within the context of wider identity formation.