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Contents

Features

22 Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera Exposed is a compelling survey of 250 works that tackles subjects both iconic and taboo.

26 Inverting Preconceptions of Ideas & Craft Jerwood Contemporary Makers challenge the traditional notions of craft.

30 Reality, Fiction & Illusion Jonathan Wateridge’s latest show creates interplay between narratives of fact and fiction.

34 A New Identity: Decoding Portraiture Newcomer, Sean Raggett decodes pictorial representation through portraiture.

38 Beautiful Kate: A Forbidden Love Story Humanising forbidden love, with the effects of place and the problems of isolation.

42 Rewriting the Cinematic Rulebook Secret Cinema, the only large-scale cinema event, is a new way to experience motion pictures.

44 The Role of the Producer Creating music is hard work, and the guys behind the boards play a lot of roles to make it happen.

46 Frightened Rabbit Moving from Grey to Living in Colour.

48 A Story of Marriage & Escapism In the debut novel by Adam Ross, reality twists and turns as the past collides with the present.

56 Town & Theatre: An Experiment Contemporary performer, Marc Rees, transforms a Welsh town into a stage. Regulars 15 News 20 10 to See 50 New books: MUD: Stories of Sex and Love 53 Author Q&A: Michèle Roberts 59 Live on Stage 63 Listings 65 Subscribe 66 In conversation with: Fiona Bradley Reviews 55 Books 47 Music

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A Forbidden Love Story

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The Role of the Producer

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A Story of Marriage & Escapism

The Aesthetica team: Cherie Federico: Managing Director/Editor Dale Donley: Production Director Bruce Corrie: Director Bryony Byrne: Marketing Officer Sophie Gordon: Media Relations Coordinator Alexis Smith: Finance Officer

Contributors: Ruby Beesley, Rob Boffard, Niamh Coghlan, David Gleeson, Rachel Hazelwood, Shirley Stevenson, Pippa Jane Wielgos

Interns: Samantha Choma, Lisa Ryan

Advertisement enquiries contact Sophie Gordon (0044) (0)844 568 2001 sophie@aestheticamagazine.com.

Cover image: Sean Raggett, (detail of) Paul Michael & Liza, Highgate, 2009. Used with kind permission.

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Rewriting the Cinematic Rulebook

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Frightened Rabbit

56 Town & Theatre: An Experiment

The Editor of Aesthetica is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Aesthetica Magazine is trade marked worldwide. © Aesthetica Magazine Ltd 2010. All work is copyrighted to the author or artist. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be used or reproduced without permission from the publisher. Published by Aesthetica. ISSN 1743-2715.

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