Arty

Arty is an independent British art fanzine started by the artist Cathy Lomax in 2001. Lomax is also the editor. Arty is for art fans written by artists themselves and published by Transition Gallery's editions department, the artist-run space in East London.

History

Arty was founded in 2001 in London by Cathy Lomax. It is published twice a year and sold across the UK, including the Tate Modern, Tate Britain and ICA in London.

Frustrated by opportunities for emerging artists to voice their opinions and concerns and inspired by zine culture, artist Cathy Lomax started Arty as an antidote to dry, critic led writing about art. The first 20 issues were photocopied and stapled and featured eclectic artist led content including reviews of contemporary art and numerous exclusive drawings from over 30 prominent and emerging artists from around the world. Themes of past issues have included Entertainment, Boys, Girls, Books, Nature, Alphabet, Scandal, Our Idols, Labels and Reviews London.

From issue 21 the size of the magazine has increased and each issue includes a featured colour. Recent contributors have been Jessica Voorsanger, Sarah Doyle, Rachel Cattle and Gavin Toye.

Arty (musician)

Arty (born Artem Stolyarov (Russian: Артём Столяро́в, pronounced [ɐrˈtʲɵm stəlʲɪˈrof]) on 28 September 1989 in Engels) is a Russian electronic music producer and DJ. He has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, BT, Paul van Dyk, Mat Zo and Matisse & Sadko.

Biography

At the age of 8 his grandmother insisted that the he should go to music school, which he successfully completed at 14 years of age. After that Artem seriously considered the prestigious music college, but eventually decided against it, because the chance to become a professional pianist was really small. Instead he learned to use a FL Studio sequencer. After graduating from the Saratov State University with a degree in "Applied Mathematics and Computer Science", Artem decided to seriously engage in electronic music.

In 2009, Arty released his first production Inside Of You / Flip Flop with Misha Kitone. His next EP Vanilla Sky appeared on the label Enhanced Music and brought him to the attention of many worldwide known DJs. His single "Bliss" appeared on tracklisting of A State Of Trance with Armin van Buuren in early 2010 and his breakthrough came later that year when Above & Beyond signed him to Anjunabeats. They featured his singles Rush and The Wonder in their club sets and on their radio show Trance Around the World.

Ligaya

"Ligaya" (English: Joy) is the first single of the Eraserheads from their debut album, Ultraelectromagneticpop!. The single was able to make it to the Top Ten of 97.1 WLS-FM countdown. The band last performed the song in their second and final reunion concert dubbed as "The Final Set" in March 7, 2009. No music video was made for the song.

Cover versions

Composition

The song is about a guy who tries to convince a girl to let him court her.