e-flux Journal #26
<p>In the February 2009 issue of <i>e-flux journal</i>, Luis Camnitzer suggested in his essay “Art and Literacy” that a core problem in education (particularly for artists) can be traced back to an early stage when one is taught to read and write, in that order. On one level, it is simple common sense to suppose that one can only begin to write after learning how to read. But, at the same time, this ordering also takes for granted that consumption must necessarily come before production—only after you consume knowledge will you then be capable of producing it. It is a fundamental understanding of learning that is typical of the master-apprentice model found in craft guilds. The problem arises when the language to be learned has not yet been invented, or the practice of a craft is not controlled by a guild…</p> <p><b>Editorial—“Artistic Thinking”</b><br /> Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle</p> <p><b>In Conversation with Julian Assange, Part II</b><br /> Hans Ulrich Obrist</p> <p><b>Museums and Universities </b><br /> Luis Camnitzer</p> <p><b>Inside the Box: Notes From Within the European Artistic Research Debate </b><br /> Michael Baers</p> <p><b>Giraffe and Anti-Giraffe: Charles Fourier’s Artistic Thinking</b><br /> Lars Bang Larsen</p> <p><b>XOXO Insanity, Institution</b><br /> Mary Walling Blackburn</p> <p><b>The Blood of the Victim: Revolution in Syria and the Birth of the Image-Event</b><br /> Jon Rich</p> <p><b>Post–Sharjah Biennial 10: Institutional Grease and Institutional Critique</b><br /> Ghalya Saadawi</p>
Editors: Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle
Contributors: Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Julian Assange, Luis Camnitzer, Michael Baers, Lars Bang Larsen, Mary Walling Blackburn, Jon Rich, Ghalya Saadawi
Part of: e-flux journal
ISSN: 21641625