IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2603 ART/ENGAGED
Held at: Goldsmiths College, University of London
Title: Engaged Magazine
Date(s): 1995-2005
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 carton
Name of creator(s): Steward | Rachel | fl 1994-1998
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
An archive of Engaged (1994-1998): an arts magazine edited by Rachel Steward, that aimed to examine and promote other relevant forms of publishing whilst remaining within the familiar and enjoyable realms of the magazine format. Radio Issue 6, features work by DJ Spooky, Tim Etchells (of Forced Entertainment), Gregory Whitehead, Kaziko Hoki of the Frank Chickens, Carsten Nicolai, and others.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
The Engaged magazine archive contains: documentation of Issue One -published on a t-shirt; 2 copies of Issue Two -published on a poster; Issue Three -a CD-ROM digital issue; Issue Four - a tinned pop and found art issue; Issue Five - a video featuring short film; Issue Six - a series of radio braodcasts featuring sound art and poetry; and press material and other documentation.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged by issue number, with additional press file.
Conditions governing access:
Open for consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copying policy available in the library.
Physical characteristics:
Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 tin.
Finding aids:
Catalogued on CALM, http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/archive
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Has not been appraised.
Accruals:
Further accruals are not expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the Library by Rachel Steward in 2006.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
The preserved website available at http://libweb.gold.ac.uk/collections/engagedweb contains both magazine issues, and documentation.
Related material:
All issues are held in the collection of the Poetry Library, South Bank, London.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
2008