A Prior Magazine/Beaufort 03; coverphoto: Anne Daems en Daniel Buren (Le Vent souffle où il veut, fotosouvenir Beaufort 03, 2009)

A Prior Magazine/Beaufort 03, presents a visitors guide by artists. The guide contains photograhps, poems, letters and freely written contributions by 60 international artists, a specially commissioned poem on the Belgian coastline by Dutch poet and artist Maria Barnas, a first taste of Belgian philosopher and writer Dieter Roelstraete’s poetic escapades and a short story written especially for the occasion by Flemish novelist Jeroen Olyslaegers.

Festive presentation: 29 May, 4-6pm, Mu.ZEE (Romestraat 11, Oostende, Belgium)

A Prior Magazine/Beaufort 03 counts 108 colour pages, can be acquired for only 3 euro at all touristic servicepoints along the coast and our regular (art)bookshops and contains a gift voucher of 12 euro as a reduction on a regular a prior subscription.

ny conversations, e-flux

A Prior Magazine #18
Nico Dockx, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Anton Vidokle
Launch at E-flux (1st floor)
on thursday 16 April 2009 6 – 8 pm

issue #18

A Magazine project conceived by
Nico Dockx,
Rirkrit Tiravanija
and Anton Vidokle, based on public conversations in New York and Brussels Summer 2008.

Based on The New York Conversations, a project realized by A Prior Magazine and the artists in the summer of 2008, this new issue brings an edited transcript of conversations between artists, writers, curators and the audience on modalities of power and status and the role and position of the creative entrepreneur, be it artist, writer or curator in the artworld today.

participants and contributors:
Jeebesh Bagchi, Francisca Benitez, Nico Dockx, Daniel Faust, Liam Gillick, Egon Hanfstingl, Am Johal, Steven Kaplan, Anders Kreuger, Miwon Kwon, Maria Lind, Sis Matthé, Monica Narula, Hadley Nunes, Saul Ostrow, Marti Peran, Raqs Media Collective, Simon Rees, Els Roelandt, Dieter Roelstraete, Martha Rosler, Joe Scanlan, Helena Sidiropoulos, Monika Szewczyk, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Jan Verwoert, Anton Vidokle, Lawrence Weiner, Andrea Wiarda, Louwrien Wijers, Valérie Mannaerts, Maxwel Stephen, and the audience.

Listen to and view the The NY conversations , a project by Nico Dockx, Anton Vidokle and Rirkrit Tiravanija upon the occasion of A Prior Magazine issue #18 with the participation of many from 26-28 July 2008 at 41 Essex Street in New York’s lower east side.