For its sixth edition, Crit Cross organizes a special program, hosted at FRANZ JOSEFS KAI 3 in the context of Francis Ruyter’s exhibition “Hurricane/Time/Image” curated by Mohammad Salemy. Two publications have been chosen for discussion.

We will talk about “The Critique of Art Criticism”, a publication by Sabeth Buchmann and Isabelle Graw that sums up postitions where a critique of art criticism is based on the discrimination performed by critics. The text just came out in Texte zur Kunst. Based on a review of existing criticism of criticism, Buchmann and Graw ask whether the discrimination performed in art criticism is necessarily a problematic one.

https://www.textezurkunst.de/113/kritik-der-kunstkritik/?fbclid=IwAR1JtdksBYrdC-pnkunSlYGGBX4hV8cCREQAGXZJO1xWNs-oFbKlNPkwjOM
(the original is in German, but an English translation is available and can be selected on top of the website).

• Text was suggested by Pia-Maria Remmers.

We want to confront this text with the Xenofeminist Manifesto, an older text where issues of discrimination are also at stake, but are being tackled from a different perspective:

http://www.laboriacuboniks.net/20150612-xf_layout_web.pdf (English)
http://www.laboriacuboniks.net/20150612-xf_layout_web_DE.pdf (German)
-The text was suggested by Mohammad Salemy.

Both manifestos are conveniently available in English and German, however they are rather long and not suited for a reading on the spot, so - even if oral summaries of the texts will be provided at the beginning of the session - we especially encourage you to read them before the meeting.

About Crit Cross. A Forum on Art Criticism
http://verein-k.net/wp/crit-cross/
2018 has seen Verein K’s Crit Cross become one of the central meet-ups for anyone interested in discussing criticism and critical topics around contemporary art in Vienna. The principle is simple: Anyone is welcome to suggest a recent text for discussion and join the group, the open discussions are facilitated by art and image theorist, critic and curator Klaus Speidel. For each edition, Crit Cross actively reaches out to actors of the art world to suggest texts that they find relevant. Texts are then curated to reflect a diversity of outlooks, topics, styles and points of view. In each meeting, several articles are read and discussed. Twice a year, international critics are invited to Vienna to put their own writing up for debate. Sessions have taken place at Belvedere 21, mumok and Depot. For questions and suggestions get in touch with critcross@verein-k.net.