International Seminar ‘Fictocritical Writing in Contemporary Art’

On Tuesday 24 November from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Reading Room will hold Fictocritical Writing in Contemporary Art, an international seminar co-organised by the Contemporary Art Centre and the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), convened by David Maroto as part of his postdoctoral research project at VDA, Fictocritical Encounters: Rethinking Criticality and Writing in Contemporary Art. The seminar brings together leading practitioners and experts to discuss, drawing on their own experiences, how fictocritical writing contributes to the production of knowledge and the creative possibilities it offers within contemporary art.

Programme:
13:30 Doors open
14:00–14:15 Welcome by Edvardas Šumila (CAC) and Prof. Vytautas Michelkevičius (VDA)
14:15–15:00 David Maroto: 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 (keynote lecture)
15:00–15:45 Sinziana Ravini: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑡? (lecture)
15:45–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–16:45 Valentinas Klimašauskas in conversation with David Maroto: 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠’ 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠
16:45–17:30 Chris Kraus: 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 (lecture, online)
17:30–18:00 Roundtable discussion and Q&A with all speakers
18:00 Closing reception

More about the seminar and the speakers HERE.