We visited Benedict Drew‘s exhibition The Trickle-Down Syndrome at the Whitechapel Gallery with students on the Critical Theory in Contemporary Art Practice course. The exhibition was a sprawling interconnected array of objects, banners, screens, cables and digital components. What is the Trickle-Down Syndrome? How does it relate to the infamous laissez faire economic theory? What are the throbbing fleshy forms and knobbly knotted represented in videos, banners and roughly-hewn objects? Continue reading The Trickle-Down Syndrome→
Friday, 25 January 2019, 18:30-20:30 LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Closest stations: Whitechapel / Aldgate East
All welcome. Buzzer left of the entrance, office on the top floor
ART&CRITIQUE was a peer-led and volunteer-run alternative art education network dedicated to critical engagement with art practice, theory and research. It was founded in November 2015 and based at The Field and LARC. We employed collaborative, co-operative and collective models of pedagogy and organisation and fostered alternative models of art education in a series of public events.
If you’re looking for the Art+Critique course, please click the link.
On Friday, 14 October we’re reading the first chapter of Alain Badiou‘s Handbook of Inaesthetics with Badiou scholar Kerry W. Purcell at [SYMPOSIUM] book club. Note that this event is fully booked, please follow the link to join the waiting list and we will be in touch if there are cancellations. On Saturday, 15 October we’re discussing Autonomy & Critique with Dasha Loyko at the next Studio Crit, please follow the link to book your place. In October the Gallery Crawl is heading to south east London, for more details please read on.
Dissident Island Radio stickers.
Last month we saw Mike Kelley‘s 1999 installation Framed and Frame at Hauser & Wirth, well worth a visit to see this complex installation with a fascinating archive of preparatory drawings, photos and documents at. If you plan to visit Shez Dawood‘s show at Timothy Taylor don’t forget to book…
On the 2nd of September 2016 we were invited to a interview on alternative art education at Dissident Island Radio. Sophia and Johanna joined James from Squash Campaign, Andy from LDMG and the Dissident Island crew for a live broadcast at their LARC studio in Whitechapel. The podcast is available to listen to or download from Dissident Island or the Internet Archive.
[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB Badiou: Art & Philosophy
Friday, 14 October 2016, 6:00-8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Kerry W. Purcell Free, waiting list only
[ART&CRITIQUE] STUDIO CRIT Dasha Loyko: Autonomy and Critique
Saturday, 15 October 2016 3:00pm – 5:00pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, New Cross, London SE14 5HD Free, please book your place
[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY CRAWL From Camberwell to Peckham
Saturday 29 October 2016, 2:00-5:00pm
Roman Ondak SLG Amalia Ulman Arcadia Missa Emma Charles South Kiosk
Please visit the website for the details & a map of the route Free, booking not required
IMAGE CREDITS
Alain Badiou and Kerry W. Purcell have lunch in 2015. Dasha Loyko [2016] Tips For Designing Your Dream Bathroom (maquette of central fragment).
Welcome to a new season at [ART&CRITIQUE]. We have two events coming up this month starting with a discussion of Susan Sontag‘s essay Against Interpretation on Friday, 9 September, followed by a [GALLERYCRAWL] from Mayfair to St James (via Soho) on Saturday, 24 September. In October we welcome Badiou scholar Kerry W. Purcell who will be chairing a discussion of Alain Badiou’s Art & Philosophy, the first chapter of Handbook of Inaesthetics (2004).
[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB Sontag: Against Interpretation Friday 9 September 2016, 6:00-8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by F. D. Free, please book your place
Please visit the website for more details, to book & download the text.
[GALLERYCRAWL] From Mayfair to St James (via Soho) Saturday 24 September 2016, 2:00-5:00pm
Timothy Taylor 15 Carlos Place London W1K 2EX
Timothy Taylor / Hauser & Wirth / Sadie Coles / White Cube Mason’s Yard Free, booking not required
Please visit the website for the details & a map of the route.
[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB Badiou: Art & Philosophy Friday 14 October 2016, 6:00-8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Kerry W. Purcell Free, please book your place
Please visit the website for more details, to book & download the text.
The STUDIO CRIT was an opportunity for artists, curators, designers, film-makers and other producers to present their work to an audience of peers for discussion and feedback. These events were free and open to everyone. Please scroll down for the guidelines and event archive.
The art crawl was a series of tours organised by ART&CRITIQUE, on the last Saturday of the month we would head out to visit exhibitions and have a critical discussion on route. The itineraries were curated by members and contributors, supported with tools and guides available in the infosheet. Continue reading ART CRAWL→
![Benedict Drew [2017] The Trickle-Down Syndrome. Installation view. Whitechapel Gallery, London. Photo Sophia Kosmaoglou.](https://videomole.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Benedict-Drew-2017-The-Trickle-Down-Syndrome.-Installation-view.-Whitechapel-Gallery-London.-Photo-Sophia-Kosmaoglou-01.jpg)
![Dasha Loyko [2016] Tips For Designing Your Dream Bathroom (maquette of central fragment).](https://videomole.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dasha-Loyko-2016-Tips-For-Designing-Your-Dream-Bathroom-maquette-of-central-fragment-923-140x140.jpg)
![[GALLERYCRAWL] #8](https://videomole.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GALLERYCRAWL-08-WEB-140x140.jpg)
![Last Year at Marienbad [1961] Dir. Alain Resnais. France-Italy, black & white, 94min.](https://videomole.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Last-Year-at-Marienbad-1961-Dir-Alain-Resnais-94min-140x140.jpg)
[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB Sontag: Against Interpretation![[GALLERYCRAWL] #7web](https://videomole.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GALLERYCRAWL-07web-140x140.jpg)
[GALLERYCRAWL] From Mayfair to St James (via Soho)
