Aesthetica Magazine - The Cultural Arts Publication

INSIDE ISSUE 24
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Pop Art & Mass Culture
making sense of the modern world curated by Stuart Semple

Irvine Welsh
looking at the darker side of humanity

Docu-Fantasia
My Winnipeg: the new genre of documentary filmmaking by Guy Maddin

Defining the Art of Illustration
the debate surrounding contemporary visual culture

Also featuring
Faiza Guene
Games, Theory & Art
Denis Kehoe
Yoshitomo Nara + graf
Catherine Yass
Thea Gilmore
Underground Railroad
White Denim
Port O'Brien
motiroti
Forced Entertainment theatre

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Others' Opinions

Here is what some folks have said about Aesthetica over the years:

Stuart Semple, Artist
"I love the direction Aesthetica is going - It is always a fascinating read with amazing content. I'm honoured to have been a part of it and am excited to see it grow. Do let me know if I can be any help in the future, and I look forward to months of good reading!"

Andrew McAttee, Artist
"I have been meaning to get in touch with you to say thank you for featuring my work in your magazine. It is so important for any artist to get their work published so that it continues to reach people beyond those who are already clued up."

Lisa Lindley-Jones, Musician
"Aesthetica is an inspiration to me, having lost the NME and many other publications to the disease of celebrity obsession and heavy inane marketing it is a joy to come across writing with passion and opinion. Long live Aesthetica Magazine. Onwards."

The Guardian
"Aesthetica is going from strength to strength."

Sam Genders, Musician, Tunng
"Aesthetica is a great magazine."

Ruth Padel, Writer/Journalist
"Aesthetica consistently gathers together fresh and exciting work, keeping people in touch with the cutting of what is happening on a wide front."

Tony Briggs, Photographer
"A thought provoking and beautifully produced magazine with very original material."

Kit Maude, Peter Owen Publishers
"In a market so saturated by glossy dross and drossy gloss, to have created something so culturally important and also successful as Aesthetica is a wonderful achievement that provides encouragement for all of us in the creative community."

Joolz Denby, author, poet, performer - short listed for the Orange Prize for fiction, 2005.
"Aesthetica is a truly modern magazine; it understands that Art is no longer confined to the elitist Ivory Towers of old, but is a vibrant and living force in today's multi-cultural and diverse UK - Aesthetica gives that force a powerful voice."

Wendy Cope, poet
"Aesthetica is varied, lively and readable. And it's great that you find the space for so many new poems."

Mslexia, The Magazine for women who write
"Aesthetica's distribution spread across the UK, and its popularity is burgeoning. With its redeveloped sleek and glossy appearance and energetic, progressive content, it is destined to be one of the leading publications for the cultural arts."

Debrah Klomp, Director of Pavilion
"Aesthetica Magazine brings to Yorkshire an insightful view of the regions' arts and cultural landscape. As a result of the feature on myself and Pavilion, I have been re-acquainted with sector peers on a national basis - clearly indicating its reach extends far beyond the region."

Jax Lovelock, Director of Artsphere: The UK Online Arts Directory
"I wanted to tell you how much we appreciate your placing of our ad, but mainly the fact that you're just darn good people to do business with! Your honesty and ability to reach out is what makes the Aesthetica world addictive and fun to be around."

The Robards Economic Business Report 2005
"Aesthetica is the UK's fastest growing literary and arts magazine."

The Northern Echo, Newspaper
"A kaleidoscope of innovation. A mag with mass appeal."

U.V. Ray, poet
"Aesthetica Magazine is quite frankly, one of the best contemporary literary and arts magazines in Britain today."

Iain Britton, Director of Maori Studies, King's School, Auckland
"From this distant part of the globe, I think what you do is tremendous. I've seen Aesthetica grow over the years from its inception into a magazine and cultural entity of the very highest quality. You have varied your interests and you are prepared to take risks to cater for most of the needs of an ever-expanding readership. You will even publish New Zealanders!! Go for it! You have come along way in realizing your dreams. Kia kaha - in Maori, means, go well, be determined."

Ronnie Goodyer, Poetry editor Reach Magazine
"I have been fortunate enough to have been with this literary and arts magazine since inception and have seen it grow in stature. Always promising, it has fulfilled that promise the last 2 issues particularly have been rich in content of the highest quality. Mmm...Cherie Federico has got the balance right here, discerning on content and volume and superbly pleasing to the eye. It has to with a title like Aesthetica. A brave publication that has my support and deserves yours."

Scott Donohue, contributor
"I got my copies of Aesthetica magazine, they were rocking! Loads of ace writings in there as well! My book is very close to completion now, and I am getting very excited! Also I am creating a new website about my work, and ill be sure to link Aesthetica magazine. Once again thanks for the opportunity, I appreciate it."

Maureen, contributor
"I feel compelled to write and say thank you, for so many things. For many reasons, I did not make the best of my education, or perhaps I had few teachers who reached out and saw potential or who made 'the arts' accessible to people like me. Aesthetica has reached out and have made me dare to think that perhaps even I have something to share and something that perhaps will touch another's soul as contributions in Aesthetica has touched mine."

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