Visiting Critics Vienna 2023
Monday, 25. September 2023, 7:00pm
Depot – Kunst und Diskussion
Breite Gasse 3
1070 Vienna
During an intense 10 day program, the participants of Visiting Critics Vienna 2023 organized by Verein K have discovered institutions, galleries, the events Curated By, Steirischer Herbst and have had personal meetings with artists, curators and other actors of the Austrian art scene. Time for a discussion about their perception of art in Austria and their conception of criticism.
Highlights of this year’s curated by and steirischer herbst festivals, diagnosis of current commonplaces within contemporary arts, the spectrum of critical methodologies applied, such as dissociations of criticism from description and serviceability are some of the topics that this public panel aims to discuss with the four international visiting critics.
Participants:
Carlos D. Kong (USA), Erëmirë Krasniqi (Kosovo), Khanya Mashabela (South Africa), Xenia Benivolski (Canada)
Moderator:
Klaus Speidel
The program is supported by the City of Vienna, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Bildrecht and AICA Austria.
Verein K is an independent arts and cultural organization from Vienna, founded in 2017.
Verein K focuses on projects in the field of contemporary art and culture connecting diverse cultural and social interests: critical approaches to contemporary art, creating curatorial platforms as well as enabling innovative cultural practices including diverse social groups.