Some Publications by Stephen Willats published by Control Magazine
The following series of essays examine different polemics facing art practice within contemporary society
Multichannel Vision
Stephen Willats
An essay by Stephen Willats which considers how our experience and encounters with reality are transient and multi-dimensional and how this impacts on art practice, so that the artwork not only describes existing reality, but is transformational into a world of complexity and exchange.
A5 booklet, 16 pages, 6 illustrations
Published in 2000
Control Magazine
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Through Symbolic Worlds
Stephen Willats
Essay by Stephen Willats in which he describes how we encounter signs and messages in our everyday world that are encoded into a symbolic state and how he develops a strategy for engaging an audience through seeking out issues that have a meaning to a particular audience. This is illustrated through a discussion of three works: Through a Symbolic World; In Going Over to the Other Side; Nothing is Quite as it Appears
A5 booklet, 20 pages, 6 illustrations
Published in 2002
Control Magazine
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Random Networks
Stephen Willats
This essay considers the relevance of networks to art practice and how they underpin communication and interpersonal relationships. It re-publishes texts from earlier writings on Systems (1965), Life Structures (1970), A State of Agreement (1973), and The Group as Social Analogue in Art Practice (1976).
A5 booklet, 24 pages, 15 illustrations
Published in 2003 by Artlab in association with Control Magazine
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Meeting of Minds
Stephen Willats
An essay describing the making of the work, Meeting of Minds, developed during 2005 with residents of the Sefton Park Tower Blocks in Liverpool. The work was then presented in the foyers of the buildings in which they lived.
A5 booklet, 28 pages, 12 illustrations
Published in 2006
Control Magazine
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The following publications document three projects that Stephen Willats made in the early 1990’s, located in different environments that demonstrated the possibilities of working outside existing art institutions.
Multi-Storey Mosiac - Homecourt
Stephen Willats
A description of this work made in a tower block at Highfields Estate, Feltham, West London in 1990 along with illustrations of the work in situ.
A4, glossy booklet, 8 pages, 7 illustrations
Published in 1990 by Control Magazine
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Book Mosaic - Academic Bookstore, Helsinki
Stephen Willats
A description and illustration of the work Stephen Willats made at the Academic Bookstore, Pohjoisesplanadi, Helsinki in 1990.
A4, glossy booklet, 8 pages, 7 illustrations
Published in 1991 by Control Magazine
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Tower Mosaic - Brinklow House, Princethorpe House
Stephen Willats
A description and illustration of this work made by Stephen Willats in Brinklow and Princethorpe Houses, Warwick and Brindley Estates, Paddington, West London in 1991
Published in 1992 by Control Magazine
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A fuller list of books and bookworks by Stephen Willats can be viewed on the Victoria Miro Gallery website: www.victoria-miro.com