Posts By: Miriam Rasch

De Kunst van de Kritiek: hybride, dialogisch en urgent

By Miriam Rasch, 20/10/2020

De Kunst van de Kritiek is een samenwerking tussen het Instituut voor Netwerkcultuur, Domein voor Kunstkritiek en vele nationale en internationale partners, die sinds 2015 bestaat. Wat kunnen internet en digitale technologie betekenen voor tijdschriften en online platformen voor kunst- en cultuurkritiek? Waar liggen de pijnpunten en waar de kansen? Via het Laboratorium voor Actuele [...]

The Critic-lobbyist (When All Culture Has Become Kulturkritik)

By Miriam Rasch, 06/07/2020

This is a guest post by Axel Andersson, editor-in-chief of Kritiklabbet in Sweden. The etymological link between criticism and crisis (via the Greek krinein) has been explored extensively by critics. Given the varying results of this operation, one may state that it might even have become its own enemy. Is criticism in crisis? Well, criticism [...]

Meld je nu aan voor de NWA-matchmakingsbijeenkomst

By Miriam Rasch, 14/02/2019

NWA-matchmakingsbijeenkomst De Kunst van de Kritiek / The Art of Criticism Meld je aan met het formulier onderaan deze pagina. Fill out the registration form below. Voertaal Nederlands, lezing in het Engels. Wanneer / When 12 april 2019, inloop 12.00 uur (incl. lunch), einde 17.00 uur Waar / Where @DROOG Design Staalstraat 7A/B 1011 JJ [...]

Lees nu: ‘Mensen met een mening’ – Kunstkritiek online

By Miriam Rasch, 12/02/2019

Dit artikel van de hand van Miriam van Ommeren verscheen eerder in Wie bepaalt de waarde(n)?, een publicatie (dd. november 2018) van Kunsten 92 over de waardering van cultuur vanuit verschillende invalshoeken. Kunsten 92 is de bovensectorale belangenvereniging voor kunst, cultuur en erfgoed in Nederland. — De traditionele kunstcriticus wordt in zijn bestaan bedreigd door bloggers, [...]

Divide and conquer: the future of online criticism

By Miriam Rasch, 25/04/2018

The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online – a review by Miriam Rasch ‘Online, everyone is a critic – but only insofar as everyone is also a consumer.’ A cynical, but prescient quote from Robert Barry’s essay in the 2017 collection The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online which dives into ‘the changing conditions of criticism in [...]

Join our expanding network on The Art of Criticism and participate in research and experiments

By Miriam Rasch, 13/03/2018

A growing international network of researchers, practitioners and organisers within the field of art and cultural criticism is forming. The aim of network is to help establish a multiplicity of critical cultures in Europe. The network will apply for grants, exchange best practices and experiences, develop theoretical knowledge, make interventions in the field, and produce [...]

The Art of Criticism First Meet-up Report

By Miriam Rasch, 19/12/2017

Discussion on future research in the field of art criticism 20-21 November 2017, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam     The Institute of Network Cultures, the Domain for Art Criticism, Kritiklabbet and Archined, have organized a discussion meeting with the intention to investigate and revitalize art criticism through research and collaborations between different media, countries [...]

The Art of Criticism, European collaborative research project for the future of art criticism, has started

By Miriam Rasch, 15/09/2017

The Art of Criticism project seeks to bring together, strengthen and develop experiments in art criticism. Initiated by the Institute of Network Cultures, Domain for Art Criticism, Archined and Kritiklabbet, the aim is to build a European consortium and set up a research collaboration for the future of art criticism. The project will provide opportunities [...]

Edit This Post; a Collaborative Publishing Platform

By Miriam Rasch, 28/02/2017

By Grainne Maxwell Imagine twelve people lawlessly vocalizing their views on a dance performance; all expressing their varied opinions, ideas, inconveniences and questions in a hectic outbreak of dialogue. The scene would be utter chaos: distorted sounds of disagreement, agreement and discovery about the art they had just watch unfold. Now imagine those twelve people [...]

Kunstkritiek anno 2036

By Miriam Rasch, 15/12/2016

Op 15 december 2016 presenteerde Miriam Rasch haar column over de toekomst van de kunstkritiek bij de uitreiking van de Geert Bekaertprijs. Over activisme in de kunst, opdrogende fondsen, politiek verzet, en de kracht van de anonimiteit. De column is hier na te luisteren en te lezen (hieronder). Meer informatie en audio is op de [...]