{"product_id":"dialogue-no-8-audience-edited-by-brett-jones","title":"'Dialogue No. 8: Audience' edited by Brett Jones","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003ePublished by Melbourne artist-run initiative West Space in 1998, this issue of \u003cem\u003eDialogue\u003c\/em\u003e takes the idea of the audience, and pitches it as a problem.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAcross essays and short interventions by Nicky Klempner, Rod McLeish, Bronwyn Johnson, Jason Smith, Sandra Bridie, Annette Douglass, Brett Jones, Tony Ellwood, Scott McQuire and Robert Gardiner, the issue looks at audience development, community arts, institutional access, public education, regional practice and the overall accessibility of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt's gorgeous to have this really well kept, late-1990s document of Australian artist-run culture, when questions of participation, outreach and cultural democracy were being argued through, to compare to how we argue about them now. The design itself is wonderfully period-specific too. Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWest Space Inc., Footscray, Victoria, April 1998. \u003cem\u003eDialogue\u003c\/em\u003e No. 8. Edition of 500. Paperback \/ stapled periodical. Light shelf and handling wear; internally clean and well preserved. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46385089052755,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/women_in_translation_-_2026-09-20T115441.040.png?v=1789869554","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/dialogue-no-8-audience-edited-by-brett-jones","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}