In the arts
nothing stays the same for long. CIRCA has always evolved, and we
are currently implementing a lot of changes. With this issue the
magazine has a new size and shape; we hope you approve! We've created
the post of Editorial Adviser, based in Northern Ireland, to balance
moving operational aspects of the magazine to Dublin. We've popped
in an extra editorial column - Fifth column - to be written
by a different writer each issue. We've also instituted a preview
section called See. There is more to come, and we know there
is much we could do much better.
This issue
is about looking back. We have commissioned four of the best commentators
on art and visual culture in Ireland to look back with us, with
the aid of the 99 previous issues of CIRCA. And we are honoured
to have Artworks for CIRCA, thanks to the numerous artists
who have participated, many of whom have made enormous contributions
to art in Ireland over the past 21 years.
CIRCA has been
very lucky. It has had a lot of help and goodwill, a lot of enlightened
guidance from its Board members and previous editors, a lot of excellent
contributions from artists and writers, a lot of support from visual-arts
venues around Ireland. We've been very fortunate to find a home
in Arthouse. And although the magazine often adopts a sceptical
distance from the two Arts Councils, we wouldn't be here - at least
not in this form - without them. Every issue of the magazine involves
teamwork, and CIRCA is also blessed with a very good, ever-changing
team of co-workers, writers, artists, freelances and interns.
The visual
arts in Ireland have transformed themselves over the last two decades.
You can get a very good feel for the changes from the articles printed
in this issue. There is still an awful lot to do before artists
and the visual arts get the support and recognition they need and
deserve. At CIRCA we hope to be there for every stage of the journey.
Peter
Fizgerald, Editor
Article
reproduced from CIRCA 100, Summer 2002,
pp. 3.
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