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Ten Years On: Re-presenting VITAL, Problematising Playing Fields

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A look back on the challenges encountered by the curators of VITAL and Vital Signs, a three-month contemporary arts festival and a one-day symposium held in Nottingham.

Artist / Author Juliet Robson
Reference A0475
Date 2012
Journal Parallel Lines Journal
Type Article

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