| Symposium 2. Tuesday 14 April 2015 Yaiza Hernández Velázquez | 18:00 | CCA, Cinema The aim of this discussion is to instigate retrospective readings of “new institutionalism” and how these relate to our thinking around current curatorial practice. For a while, at least, the term “new institutionalism” functioned to refer to putatively “progressive” institutions which, as was often stated, had internalised the institutional critique of previous generations. This talk interrogates the politics of new institutionalism, and indeed, whether the critical stance that seemed to define it was ever operative at more than a thematic level. The case is made that new institutional models are indeed necessary for the continuing vitality of contemporary art but that they will have to go further than merely sheltering or showcasing radical positions. |
