Artistic Judgment in a Hyperdiverse Society

Identity is becoming increasingly important in the arts: gender, colour, sexual preference... Influential festivals are now thematising identity politics. Programming is becoming more diverse, but also increasingly vulnerable. It is easy to take art criticism personally. Art critics are therefore faced with challenges. How to criticise the Other? How to judge revealed vulnerabilities? How to weigh artistic quality against social problems? How to judge at a time when almost every judgment could be taken as indicating prejudice?

participation is free!

Panellists:
Carolina Maciel de França: author, creator, advisor and lecturer at KASK
Dalilla Hermans: writer and coordinator Bruges 2023
Nora Mahammed: director of the Theatre Festival
Pieter T'Jonck: art critic at Pzazz and architect
Raphael Philipe Damasceno Ferreira de Moura: freelance artist and independent researcher
Khadija El Kharraz Alami: actress, theatre maker and performer

The afternoon is organised by Barbara T'Jonck, Renata Epifanio Lamenza & Pascal Gielen (ARIA)