Control Magazine acts as a vehicle for proposals and explanations of art practice between artists seeking to create a meaningful engagement with contemporary society.

Published and edited by Stephen Willats, this pioneering magazine has documented the work of many artists, both from the UK and abroad and encouraged a wide discussion of artists’ practices.

Issue Eight, 1974

There was no editorial, the magazine specially requested invited artists to explain an actual project or work they had carried out, that looked for different solutions to new social functions for art. Issue Eight described work, projects linked to education, the Edinburgh Social Model Construction Project and notions of ‘ideal types’.

Contributors: Kevin Lole, ‘A Work Involving Attention and Understanding’ Erling Steen Petersen, ‘A Conceptual Outline’ Joe Wilson Andrew Ironside Stephen Willats, ‘Meta Filter The Externalisation of Models in Art Practice’ Gerald Laing, ‘Hybrid’ John Stezaker, ‘Ideal Types and Utopias’