51st AICA Congress in Taipei, Taiwan
The Congress is organized by the Taiwan section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and will be held on 14-21 November, 2018 in Taiwan.
The Congress Theme Art Criticism in the age of Virtuality and Democracy addresses some key issues concerning the role of art criticism from the perspectives of
- Art criticism in the age of virtuality
- Art discourse facing challenged democracy
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Within Digital Culture: The Hyperimage Perspective on Art and Criticism
“Art Criticism in the age of Virtuality and Democracy”
Sub-theme: “Art criticism in the age of virtuality”
Paper for 51st AICA International Congress in Taiwan, 14-21 November 2018 by Alfredo Cramerotti
Faces of John Berger: Symposium
AICAUK, BIMI, and The Derek Jarman Lab present
Faces of John Berger
11th & 12th November 2016
Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD – UK
A celebration of John Berger on screen and page, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Screening: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (UK, 2016)
Friday 11th November, 6pm, Birkbeck Cinema
A series of essay films on Berger’s thought and his life in the French Alps, produced by
the Derek Jarman Lab at Birkbeck and directed by Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth,
Bartek Dziadosz and Tilda Swinton (duration: 89 minutes). http://www.seasonsinquincy.com
Symposium: Faces of John Berger
Saturday 12th November, 11am–5pm, Birkbeck Cinema
This event revisits aspects of Berger’s work and celebrates his influence on generations
of writers, artists and critics. The day will explore four aspects of the author’s prolific output, unravelling its intellectual and practical mechanisms over six decades of cultural production.
Rare films and excerpts from Berger’s early TV work accompany discussions of Berger as
broadcaster, as activist, as artist and as art critic. With Lisa Appignanesi, John Christie,
Jonathan Conlin, Mike Dibb, Chris Fite-Wassilak, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Gill Hedley,
Lynda Nead, Tom Overton, Griselda Pollock, Greg Salter and John Wyver.
Organised by Lily Ford, Derek Jarman Lab, Birkbeck, University of London, and Alfredo Cramerotti, MOSTYN & AICAUK
Call for papers: ‘With Humorous Intent’
Call for paper-based presentations, playful provocations and serious badinage to be included in a two-day symposium interrogating the deployment of humour within contemporary art practices.
2 – 4 March 2012
Mostyn, Llandudno, North Wales, UK
Organised by Lee Campbell, PhD researcher, in conjunction with Politicized Practice Research Group, Loughborough University School of the Arts in cooperation with Mostyn, Llandudno. To coincide with ‘Ha Ha Road’, Mostyn, 03 December 2011 – 11 March 2012. http://www.mostyn.org
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