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Rotterdam
Dialogues: the Critics
Symposium
9, 10, 11 October 2008
Registration daily from 12:30 p.m.
Program begins at 1:30 p.m.
Over
the course of several months, Witte de With presents a
program of three symposia, titled Rotterdam
Dialogues: Critics, Curators, Artists. Structured
to establish a lively platform for debate and exchang
e, these symposia explore the practice of three of the
central protagonis= ts of the contemporary art world:
the critic, the curator and the artist.= Are these
still the cultural actors who decide what is made,
what is see n, and whether it is any good?
The
art critic will be the subject of the first symposium,
to be held on 9, 10 & 11 October 2008, titled Rotterdam
Dialogues: the Critics. These three days are
structured around a series of lectures, con versations,
and panel discussions, creating a variety of moments
for dialogue between the invited guests and the public.
Topics
Each day has an overarching theme, which is then
subdivided into more precise topics and questions:
Thursday - 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 - 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 - 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?
The speakers include:
Jennifer Allen (Artforum), Andrew Berardini (The
Expanded Field), Achille Bonito Oliva (art
historian); Martijn Boven ( 8weekly), Matthew
Collings (artist, BBC), Ingrid Commandeur (Metropolis
M), Diedrich Diederichsen (Prof.), Edo
Dijksterhuis (Het Financieele Dagblad),
Richard Dyer (Contemporary), Dominic Eichler
(frieze), Isabelle Graw (Texte zur Kunst),
Tim Griffin (Artforum), Melissa Gronlund (Afterall),
Eva Karcher (Vogue), Koen Kleijn (De
Groene Amsterdammer), Sven LFCtticken (Prof.),
Niklas Maak (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung< /em>),
Sina Najafi (Cabinet), Ho Tzu Nyen (Art Asia
Pacific< /em>), Chantal Pontbriand (Parachute),
Dirk PFCltau (De Witte Raaf), Mark Rappolt (ArtReview),
Dieter Roelstraete (
Afterall), Margriet Schavemaker (Prof.), Edgar Schmitz
(Kunstforum International), Georg
Schöllhammer (Springerin),
Simon Sheikh (Prof.), Judy Freya Sibayan (Ctrl+P),
Nick Stillman (
Bomb),
Richard Streitmatter-Tran (diacritic.org),
Jordan Strom (The Fillip Review), Pelin Tan (Muhtelif),
Eric Troncy (Frog), Jan Verwoert (frieze),
Michal Wolinski (< em>Piktogram).
Practical
information
Time: Registration daily from 12:30 p.m.
Program starts daily at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: 1 day ticket: €10, 3 day ticket: €
40 (€25*)
* reduction for <18, >65, students, Friends of
Witte de With
Language: English
Location : Witte de With, 3rd floor
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