Jason, sorry I didn't reply straight away.........
Pete mentioned stuff in Hull, I think there's a lot more in the NorthEast too also nearer home (well my home) is currently Lovebytes digital art festival is going on in Sheffield http://www.lovebytes.org.uk/2002/ also there are the Video Positive Biennials in Liverpool/Manchester ( next in 2003) http://www.fact.co.uk/vp/vp1.htm Pete wrote: >Hull has loads of time based stuff going on, due to huge grants being handed out for the arts... part of some cultural rejuvination of the city, the only problem is no one comes to see it appart from a small in-bred crowd of hull types and students... < Interestingly I don't think that most art gets large crowds in the North (unless it's Lowry or something like that) e.g. the Tate in Liverpool always seems pretty empty, the same with the Cornerhouse in Manchester. I remember reading a statement by John Baldessari on artist's publications that said that he felt most people saw art through books and magazines and not in galleries. Of course this was written before the web but now the web should be included in that too. I think most new media work belong on the web if possible, that's the only way they'll get large audiences. Also the other reason for low audiences is silly programming schedules. For example Lovebytes runs from the 14th to 16th March so two days of the festival are weekdays which means that only students, unemployed, freelance workers and pensioners can go to the events on those days. Bear in mind that the majority of people have to go to work(boo, hiss) every day then the weekend in the most sensible time for such events. cheers, Sol.
