- Thursday, March 26, 2015
- 6:00pm – 8:00pm
- The Royal Canadian Legion, 227 McDermot Ave
“You can’t sail without an anchor.” - Bob Nickas
How does one judge art in the realm of social practice? Is evaluation developed out of the process or the outcome? In this discussion we will consider several spectra of critical inquiry for what Claire Bishop deemed “The Social Turn” nearly a decade ago. Her subsequent book, Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship (2012), addresses art and artists committed to social projects, illuminating criteria closer to the lens of ethics than aesthetics.
Theory and Beer participants are encouraged to bring examples of art (documented images or personal narratives of experience) and/or complementary texts to share with the group.
Reading: Claire Bishop, Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship, Introduction and Chapter 1, “The Social Turn: Collaboration and its Discontents”
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Courtney R. Thompson is a critic and freelance antagonizer. In addition to presenting a local series of Slippery Salons, she has written for several publications including Border Crossings, Art in Print and ArtSlant. She has an MA in Art History, Theory & Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.