16-10-2014

Keynote presentation 'On Methodology' at Symposium in Porto

On November 6th Janneke Wesseling will give a keynote presentation, entitled On Methodology, at the Symposium Conversations on Artistic Research in Porto (PRT).
This symposium is organized by the Research Group of Arts Education of the Research Institute in Arts, Design and Society, Faculty of Visual Arts, University of Porto, on 6 and 7 November 2014.

11-09-2014

The Perfect Spectator, Dutch e-book, February 2015

The Perfect Spectator
The Experience of the Art Work and Reception Aesthetics
by Janneke Wesseling
Published by Valiz, Book and Culture Projects
Design: Sam de Groot

What happens between a spectator and an art work? How do we experience ‘meaning’ in an art work? How can the process of interpretation be understood and articulated?
To address these questions, the author explores the field of reception aesthetics, with its central premise that the contemplation of art is a matter of interaction between the art work and the observer. The research is focused on unravelling and problematising the theoretical terminology of the interaction between art work and spectator, deriving from reception aesthetics as well as from hermeneutics and phenomenology, with the aim of building a new theoretical foundation for this terminology. Additionally, different concepts of spectatorship are extensively discussed.
'I believe it is more productive to research how the art work works or signifies than what it shows or might signify. This 'how' reveals itself mainly in the performative act of experiencing the work.'
This book addresses scholars and students in the fields of art history, aesthetics and visual and cultural studies, as well as artists and art students, and all those art spectators who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the experience of art.

Dutch e-book, February 2015.
Later in 2015 available as English paperback book.
 


04-09-2014

Lecture at Ice Breaking Fantasies Festival, Helsinki

On September 24, Janneke Wesseling will teach a lecture during the Ice Breaking Fantasies Festival in Helsinki, 19.9 - 27.9. This festival, which includes presentations and performances by doctoral students and a two-day symposium on artistic research, is organized by the TAhTO Doctoral Programme in Artistic Research. The TAhTO programme is run jointly by the University of the Arts, Helsinki and Aalto University. The lecture will focus on the question of the intriguing and sometimes ambivalent relationship between art work and research.

08-05-2014

Workshop: Schrijven is Blijven, 7 juni 2014





















De Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici heeft vier ervaren schrijvende kunsthistorici uitgenodigd om een workshop te geven over verschillende aspecten van het vak. Leer alle tips and tricks voor het schrijven van tentoonstellingsteksten, kunstkritiek, tekstredactie voor een tijdschrift en publicaties online!

Datum: zaterdag 7 juni 2014
Tijdstip: 12.30-18.00 uur
Locatie: REC-M (Business School UvA), Plantage Muidergracht 12, Amsterdam
Bereikbaarheid: Amsterdam Centraal metro 51, 53, 54 en tram 21 (20 min.), Amsterdam Amstel tram 14 ( 14 min.)
Kosten: € 25,- VNK leden, € 55,- niet-leden
Aanmelding: vóór 1 juni naar secretariaat@kunsthistorici.nl, met vermelding van de volgorde van de workshops die je voorkeur hebben (je volgt twee workshops in totaal)

De workshops worden gegeven door Marie Baarspul, Janneke Wesseling, Nathalie Dufais en Liesbeth Heenk.

Voor meer informatie over het programma: www.kunsthistorici.nl

24-01-2014

Lecture at Leiden University: The Value of Art Criticism

In the spring of 2014, the Studium Generale of Leiden University organises the lecture series ‘Art for the happy many’.
On February 18th Janneke Wesseling will give a lecture entitled ‘The Value of Art Criticism’.

Where is art criticism situated in the contemporary art climate and what is its function? The lecture will address several concrete examples of new critical art forms and visions of the future: will the artist and the artwork as we know it now still exist, and if so, how?

Tuesday 18 February 2014
19:30 h - 21:00 h
Room 011, Lipsius building, Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden
Language: Dutch

Leiden University - Studium Generale