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Unfolding the critical: Reader on criticism
On the occasion of Unfolding the critical, Sarma made a small reader that comprises essays about criticism as well as texts of several artists who partake in the discussions during the colloquium. After the event the reader will also function as proceedings and compile the lectures, discussions and dialogues. All this material can be accessed through the search form under the keyword 'unfolding the critical'.
The reader reflects a fanning out of perspectives and thus certainly does not convey a single view on art criticism. Journalistic accounts tend to regard the critical practice as a mediation between art and its public, while essayistic approaches seem to be more concerned with an autonomous position from which to carry out in-depth analyses. This range is further expanded by metacritical reflections that address poetical and contextual issues and open up the notion of critique itself, including philosophical, ethical, political, cultural etc. aspects.
In Sarma's database all these texts are presented as food for the digital reader: ready to make his or her own associations, dodge blind spots and construct one's own understanding of the 'critical'.
Remark that on Sarma's critics-page, there is also a series of poetical texts available.
On criticism
Bobkova, Hana, 'De criticus en zijn verantwoordelijkheden', Etcetera, jg. 20, nr. 84, dec. 2002, pp. 88-90
Gielen, Pascal, 'Artistieke distributie en discursieve productie', Documenta , jg. 16, nr. 4, 1998, pp. 328-345
Jans, Erwin, 'Kritische intoxicaties: over cultuur, crisis en explosies', Etcetera , jg. 20, nr. 80, febr. 2002, pp. 5-9
Jans, Erwin, 'Interculturele en theatrale intoxicaties', in: De Belder, Steven & Tachelet, Koen & Van den Dries Luk (eds.), Verspeelde werkelijkheid. Verkenningen van theatraliteit , Leuven: Van Halewyck, 2002, pp. 77-97
Kerkhoven, Marianne Van, 'De weg is deel van de bestemming: over kunst, publiek en kritiek', Etcetera , vol. 12, nr. 44, februari 1994, pp. 6-7
Laermans, Rudi, 'Neokritiek en staatsliberalisme', De Witte Raaf, vol. 11 nr. 66, maart 1997, pp. 1-2 (eveneens in Laermans, Rudi, Ruimten van cultuur, Leuven: Van Halewyck, 2001, pp. 161-174)
Laermans, Rudi, 'Kritiek als afscheid van de intellectueel', De Witte Raaf, jg. 13, nr. 75, sept 1998, p. 11 (eveneens in Laermans, Rudi, Ruimten van cultuur, Leuven: Van Halewyck, 2001, pp. 151-160)
Lauwaert, Dirk, 'Het schot in de spiegel', Etcetera , jg. 13, nr 50, juni 1995, pp. 22-23
Meuleman, Bart, 'Yves Desmet,' De Witte Raaf, jg. 10, nr 66, maart 1997, pp. 6-7
Veire, Frank Vande, 'Cultuur, Kunst, kritiek Iets over de behaaglijkheid van ons onbehagen', De Witte Raaf, jg. 8, nr. 47, jan. 1994 (eveneens in De Gids, nr. 9, okt. 1994; en Frank Vande Veire, De geplooide voorstelling, Brussel: Gevaert, 1997)
Veire, Frank Vande, 'Wij weten met onze vreugde geen blijf', Streven, jg. 66 nr. 2, febr. 1999
Verschaffel, Bart, 'Over kunst, ontroering en kritiek', De Witte Raaf, jg. 10, nr 60, maart 1996, pp. 1-2
Verschaffel, Bart, 'De zaak van de kunst', De Witte Raaf, jg. 17, nr 100, nov. 2002, p. 1
Verschaffel, Bart, 'De aansprakelijkheid van de beschouwer, Bart Verschaffel in gesprek met Thierry de Duve', De Witte Raaf , jg. 15, nr. 89, jan. 2001, pp. 17-18
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Texts by artists
Baervoets, Alexander, 'Dans als een volwaardige kunstvorm', eerste publicatie op Sarma, geschreven september 1995
Baervoets, Alexander, 'Some reflections on time', first published on Sarma, written August 1999
Baervoets, Alexander, 'The future of dance and its aesthetics: truth, beauty and goodness?', first published on Sarma, written August 2002.
Renz, Arco, 'Mirth: A story of Abstraction', first published on Sarma, written April 2002
Sharifi, Hooman, 'Artistic Objective', first published on Sarma
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