Alexander Alberro, Blake Stimson (eds.): Institutional Critique: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings (2009)

“‘Institutional critique’ is an artistic practice that reflects critically on its own place within galleries and museums and on the concept and social function of art itself. Such concerns have always been a part of modern art but took on new urgency at the end of the 1960s, when—driven by the social upheaval of the time and enabled by the tools and techniques of conceptual art—institutional critique emerged as a genre. This anthology traces the development of institutional critique as an artistic concern from the 1960s to the present, gathering writings and representative art projects of artists who developed and extended the genre. The artists come from across Europe and throughout North America. The texts and artworks included are notable for the range of perspectives and positions they reflect, and for their influence in pushing the boundaries of what is meant by institutional critique.

Like Alberro and Stimson’s Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology, this volume will shed new light on its subject through its critical and historical framing. Even readers already familiar with institutional critique will come away from this book with a greater and often redirected understanding of its significance.”

Artists represented include: Wieslaw Borowski, Daniel Buren, Marcel Broodthaers, Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel, Hans Haacke, Robert Smithson, John Knight, Graciela Carnevale, Osvaldo Mateo Boglione, Guerilla Art Action Group, Art Workers’ Coalition, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Michael Asher, Mel Ramsden, Adrian Piper, The Guerrilla Girls, Laibach, Silvia Kolbowski, Andrea Fraser, Fred Wilson, Mark Dion, Maria Eichhorn, Critical Art Ensemble, Bureau d’Études, WochenKlausur, The Yes Men, Hito Steyerl, Andreas Siekmann

Publisher MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 0262013169, 9780262013161
492 pages

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Autonomy Project Newspaper, 1-3 (2010-2012)

Autonomy Project Newspaper, 1: Positions, 2010

The Autonomy Project is an international collaboration between art/education/research institutes and organisations, practitioners and thinkers. The project began in 2010 and seeks to redefine and redress the issues around autonomy in the fields of art, design, theory and cultural policy today. From a multi faceted geographic and political context, the project will facilitate a number of events, exhibitions and publications in an ongoing discussion, which brings the notion and practice of autonomy back into debate.

The first edition is entitled ‘Positions’ and maps the ground work of the last months from the perspectives of established educators, thinkers and practitioners in the field.

Contributions by Becky Shaw, John Byrne, Jeroen Boomgaard, Juan Cruz, Sven Lutticken, Thomas Lange, Steven ten Thije, Freek Lomme, and Clare Butcher.

Edited by Clare Butcher, John Byrne, Steven ten Thije
Publisher Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 2010
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerial-Share Alike 3.0 Dutch License

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Autonomy Project Newspaper, 2: Frameworks, 2011

Contributions by Derk Alberts, Laurie Cluitmans, Jasper Coppes, Martine Derks, Charles Esche, Michelle Franke, Marijke Goeting, Sean Harvey, Brian Holmes, Tobias Karlsson, Joanne McClellan, Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz, Emilio Moreno, Kerstin Niemann, Hannah Pierce, Sarah Pierce, Charlotte Rooijackers, Jennifer Smailes, Paul Sullivan, Jort van der Laan.

Editorial team: Steven ten Thije, John Byrne, Clare Butcher
Publisher Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 2011
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerial-Share Alike 3.0 Dutch License

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Autonomy Project Newspaper, 3: At Work, 2012

Editorial team: Steven ten Thije, John Byrne, Clare Butcher
Publisher Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 2012
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerial-Share Alike 3.0 Dutch License

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MaHKUzine: Journal of Artistic Research, 1-10 (2006-2011)

MaHKUzine is an international publication in both hard copy and website form. The journal embarks on a topical discourse in artistic research implying visual art, editorial design, fashion design, interior design, and public space design. The magazine offers symposia reports, articles by guest lecturers, staff and research reports.

Editorial board: Henk Slager (General Editor), Annette W. Balkema, Arjen Mulder
Publisher: Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design

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MaHKUzine#1 Is the medium still the message?, summer 2006, PDF
MaHKUzine#2 Critical Methodologies, winter 2007, PDF
MaHKUzine#3 Design Solutions, summer 2007, Issuu
MaHKUzine#4 The Politics of Design, winter 2008, Issuu
MaHKUzine#5 A Certain MA-ness, summer 2008, Issuu
MaHKUzine#6 Spatial Practices, winter 2009, Issuu
MaHKUzine#7 Nameless Science, summer 2009, PDF
MaHKUzine#8 Epistemic Encounters, winter 2010, PDF
MaHKUzine#9 Doing Dissemination, summer 2010, PDF
MaHKUzine#10, winter 2011, Issuu