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    Institutional critique: can the institution ever criticise?

    Is all critique inevitable undone and aestheticised by the institutions in which it is presented?

     

    From Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating

    Curate it like you mean it and INSTANTLY you will see how to DESTROY ILLUSION AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACTS.

     

    Higher State of Consciousness: The Psychedelic Event

    When Soft Machine played with the Boyles in 1969, when the ICA celebrated a Mid Summer High, was the field of the curator in danger of giving way to drugs and flashing lights?

     

    And I Bring Back Untold Treasures: The Curator As Artistic Importer

    Is it arrogant to assume we have the tools to understand artwork from very different cultures?

     

    Spatial politics: The physical dimensions of curating

    Should the curator be concerned with the physical experience of the audience?

     

    Hi tech, Low tech: Technology in Art + Curating

    In an age of ubiquitous technology, why is computer-based art still such a problem?

     

    Fun and Games: The Gallery as Adult Play Centre

    From 60s happenings to a gallery full of children, are our playful impulses just a distraction from the serious business of art?

     

    Sex Sells

    Does sex still have the power to shock? Is controversy still one of the highest aims of the curator?

     

    The Artist-curator: curators as artists and artists as curators

    Is there a fundamental difference of position between artist and curator? Do we need curators at all?

     

    Political manifesto as curatorial project

    Should curators get involved in politics? Curators and artists look back, with reference to the ICA's political curating history. 

     

See also

  • 60 Years of Curating

60 Years of Curating: the podcast

  • Institutional critique: can the institution ever criticise?
  • From Violence to Endurance: Extreme Curating
  • Higher State of Consciousness: The Psychedelic Event
  • And I Bring Back Untold Treasures: The Curator As Artistic Importer
  • Spatial politics: The physical dimensions of curating
  • Hi tech, Low tech: Technology in Art + Curating
  • Fun and Games: The Gallery as Adult Play Centre
  • Sex Sells
  • The Artist-curator: curators as artists and artists as curators
  • Political manifesto as curatorial project

New at the ICA

  • The Experiment Podcast
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