Jo MELVIN

My research project draws directly on Peter Townsend’s editorial papers from Studio International magazine 1965-1975 which I organised, now housed at the Tate. The diverse material contains many original art pieces, specially designed covers as well as early examples of conceptual art extensive correspondence. It stands unique as a document, crucial to the networks of new practices, whilst maintaining a strong sense of its history as a radical magazine founded in the 1890’s without recourse nostalgia. I co-organised the conference ‘Art magazines as sites of process and exchange’ as part of the Avalanche 1970-76 exhibition at Chelseaspace in June, planning included a research visit to New York to interview artists/writers involved with magazines from the period. I teach history and theory at Chelsea College of art and design and at City & Islington College.