Critical Correspondence
Critical Correspondence: Dance and the Museum
In 2013, Critical Correspondence initiated a project dedicated to the examination of dance in the museum today–its politics, economics, and aesthetics. Acknowledging a long history of cross-pollination between dance and the visual arts–some driven by artists, some by institutions–our hope is to create a forum, based in a dance institution, for the voices of those […]
Dance and the Museum: Helene Lesterlin Responds
Agnes Martin’s brand of minimalism isn’t for everyone, but I am always star-struck when I come across one of her drawings or paintings. Like a gust of chill, fresh air, with a view of some wide, empty expanse, her work gives me a settled, alert feeling. The shimmering surface has an authority, a presence, […]
Of Note Elsewhere: Yve Laris Cohen in Mousse Magazine
Yve Laris Cohen’s recent work takes the literal materials of traditional dance and visual art spaces–the specialized floors, the distinctly colored walls–and uses them as both the stuff and subject of his visual and performance work. Some of these displacements arose from necessity–the installation of a sprung surface to accommodate jumping on the concrete floor […]
Dance and the Museum: Marten Spangberg Responds
1) What are the most potent questions/ ideas prompted by the recent coming together of dance and the visual arts? Good question, is not a bad answer, but hmmm maybe one could elaborate slightly, though this question probably would extend into PhD-type size. What you have in front of you is an answer of all […]
Photo by Katie KischerDance and the Museum: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko Responds
1) What are the most potent questions/ ideas prompted by the recent coming together of dance and the visual arts? I hear artists asking questions about how their work can read as cinematic, how various kinds of relational experiences can co-exist between genres, what is the relationship between identity and abstraction and form, among many […]
Dance and the Museum: Sarah Maxfield Responds
Performance and visual art have a long and winding relationship. The current trend of visual art institutions presenting performance isn’t exactly new territory, but it is noteworthy, and it has been raising some concerns in the performance field. Unlike most visual art curation (particularly of works by now-dead artists), one cannot curate performance in a […]
Dance and the Museum: Martin Nachbar Responds
1) What are the most potent questions prompted by the recent coming together of dance and the visual arts? Why don’t visual artists seem to trust the performative power of the objects they traditionally make and feel the need to extend their practices towards this performative moment? Why do dancers and choreographers seem to feel […]
