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My work is an open work, based on agreement and open agreement.' \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Willats\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTROL Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1965 by Stephen Willats (born 1943), CONTROL was seminal in the establishment and development of conceptual art and remains one of the few artists' publications from the 1960s thriving to this day. The m\u003c\/span\u003eagazine acts as a vehicle for proposals and explanations of art practice between artists seeking to create a meaningful engagement with contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished and edited by Stephen Willats, this pioneering magazine has documented the work of many artists, both from the UK and abroad and encouraged a wide discussion of artists’ practices. It has included contributions and original pieces from an extensive range of artists over its eighteen issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1965, the magazine has published work and writing by over 150 artists, including John Latham, Roy Ascot, Anthony Benjamin, Dan Graham, Mary Kelly, Helen Chadwick, Tony Cragg, Dennis Adams, Lawrence Weiner, Anish Kapoor, Martha Rosler, Jeremy Deller, alongside collectives and collaboratives such as Gallerie in Friedrichstrasse, Artists Placement Group and early producer’s galleries such as that of Dieter Hacker. Many of the artists have made artwork specially for the magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTROL Magazine’s function has always been to provide a resource for artists to discuss their work and, in particular, to make connections with other disciplines such as social or computer sciences, technology etc. It provides a unique record of a specific area of art practice across the decades and this non-profit making publication has had an acknowledged influence on the practice of artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"uniformagazine-no-4","title":"Uniformagazine - No. 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21.5 x 14.5 cm | 32pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniformbooks | 2015 | ISSN \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2056-6301\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe printed quarterly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniformagazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ran to ten issues, from 2014 to 2017, gathering contributions by writers and artists that the publisher (Uniformbooks) works with, sometimes thematically, as well as slighter or singular content.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSolar Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Bellingham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Top of Harvey House, Brentford Towers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eStephen Willats \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnshelfmarked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eElizabeth James\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllotment 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eSimon Cutts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrawing Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eThe Work of Geoffrey Hutchings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnprinting the paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eJan Voss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath by Denim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eRebecca Chesney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eDerek Beaulieu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Long Shed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eErica Van Horn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNowhere to run, nowhere to hide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eKen Worpole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatercress farm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e = \u003c\/span\u003eWaddock Cross, Dorset\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uniformbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43443686408450,"sku":"BK-UNI-UNIMAG-4-I","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/products\/IMG_8752.jpg?v=1670354734"},{"product_id":"stephen-willats-stairwell","title":"Stephen Willats: Stairwell (Non-mint)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover | 12.8 x 0.3 x 19 cm | 32pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoracle | 1990 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition of 1000\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare \u0026amp; collectable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn artist's book by British conceptual artist Stephen Willats (b. 1943) consisting of black-and-white photographs of the stairwell in Homecourt, Highfields Estate, Feltham, West London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning at the top floor, each page works gradually downward, with pairs of images presenting the view in either direction and a sentence describing a fragment of heard sound. 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Here the artwork becomes a dynamic social process through a single event or a time-based series of events, which are even taken to the level of a simulation of a possible society or social state of affairs. As such the artists’ practices presented in this issue of  provide the reader with a contemporary counter view to the current art world culture of the deterministic, authoritative and possessive object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the overwhelming emphasis and preoccupation with the market in today’s visual culture, with its emulative icons of lifestyle art objects, the artists in Issue Nineteen have created a space in which they can operate and express the quite different values of community. 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