Rotterdam Dialogues: The Critics
2008 WITTE DE WITH, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART EVENT
Rotterdam Dialogues: The Critics
Oct 9 to 11, 2008
Topics
Each day has an overarching theme, which is then subdivided into more precise topics and questions:
Thursday Oct 9 – Expectations, looking at questions such as editorial authority – who decides what we read about whom? Can criticism be taught? What does the public expect from art criticism, and what of artists’ expectations?
Friday Oct 10 – Positions, exploring the critic’s role in relation to the artist, to the audience, and to the art market, questioning the possibilities for criticality and independence in a field increasingly dominated by advertising.
Saturday Oct 11 – Contexts, examining the conditions that are necessary for art criticism to flourish – what is the key to an enduring art magazine? What possibilities can be created by DIY criticism, and how are new media changing the audience for art criticism?
Rotterdam Dialogues: The Critics, The Curators, The Artists
The three-part program of Rotterdam Dialogues culminates in a three-part book, co-edited by the symposia organizers, together with Monika Szewczyk, head of publications at Witte de With. The book serves as an extra site of recollection and further reflection on the proceedings of the three conferences, taking up the conversational form of the symposia.
Conceived by: Zoë Gray, Nicolaus Schafhausen and Ariadne Urlus
Participants: Jennifer Allen, Andrew Berardini, Martijn Boven, Matthew Collings, Ingrid Commandeur, Diederich Diederichsen, Edo Dijksterhuis, Dominic Eichler, Isabelle Graw, Tim Griffin, Melissa Gronlund, Tzu Nyen Ho, Eva Karcher, Koen Kleijn, Sina Najafi, Dirk Pültau, Mark Rappolt, Dieter Roelstraete, Margriet Schavemaker, Edgar Schmitz, Simon Sheikh, Judy Freya Sibiyan, Nick Stillman, Richard Streitmatter Tran, Jordan Strom, Superflex, Pelin Tan, Jan Verwoert, Michal Wolinski
Partners: Post Editions
Generously supported by the Mondriaan Foundation, VSBfonds and SNS REAAL Fonds.
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