The Art of Criticism in Brussels 4 – 9 May 2018

By Leonieke van Dipten, 19/02/2018

By Sonja van der Valk Last November we talked about common projects and, with some beers in our hands, we decided to bring some of us together during the Kunstenfestivaldesarts (KFDA) in Brussels, May 2018. This much I can tell you, it is going to happen. Axel Andersson (Kritiklabbet), Wouter Hillaert (rekto:verso), and Daphne Rieken [...]

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 [...]

Publishing Against The Grain: a traveling exhibition that provides a space for reading, thinking, and conversing

By Leonieke van Dipten, 09/11/2017

Publishing Against the Grain is a new traveling exhibition that provides a space for reading, thinking, and conversing, where slowing down can become a form of intellectual resistance, organized and produced by Independent Curators International November 18 – January 29 | Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MoCAA) | Cape Town, South Africa January 19 [...]

Can a critic become a developer?

By Leonieke van Dipten, 25/09/2017

Hybridisation in the (digital) publishing work flow, by Fabiola Fortuna Can a critic, or a humanist, become a developer? This question was brought to me some weeks ago by Sonja van der Valk (Domain for Art Criticism). My reply? Yes, surely. The necessary condition to do this – next to passion, of course – is [...]

Debate online – Tribute to Julian B. Coco

By Leonieke van Dipten, 25/09/2017

Tim and Katrein Breukers are artists in residence in Hotel Maria Kapel in the little Dutch town Hoorn. For a period of three months they have been researching the work of the musician and good friend of their grandmother’s, Julian B. Coco (1924-2013), trying to find a connection between his work and person and the [...]

Cross Critique – art criticism in (moving) images

By Leonieke van Dipten, 25/09/2017

Nine Dutch and Flemish critics and video artists landed on the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussel in May 2017. Their mission: to experiment with the possibilities of audio-visual criticism. Can you ‘write’ a critique in images? In which ways does text relate to a moving image, or audio to image and text? What kind of consequences does [...]

Cross Media Publishing: Cinekid MediaLab 2016

By Leonieke van Dipten, 20/09/2017

In a joint project in fall 2016, Cinekid MediaLab (an annual exposition of media art for children), PublishingLab (part of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and Domain for Art Criticism produced forty-seven blogposts, a collection of essays and a website. Five critics and artists were involved in research and writing, while four students developed [...]

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 [...]