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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
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Subject: SPOON-ANN: CFP: Watch What You Say: Criticism Under Attack --
Object Magazine Special Issue (fwd)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 14:21:53 -0500
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:07:35 -0500 (EST) From: Spoon Collective <spoons@lists.village.virginia.edu> To: spoon-announcements@lists.village.virginia.edu Subject: SPOON-ANN: CFP: Watch What You Say: Criticism Under Attack -- Object Magazine Special Issue [Spoon-Announcements is a moderated list for distributing info of wide enough interest without cross-posting. To unsub, send the message "unsubscribe spoon-announcements" to majordomo@lists.village.virginia.edu] From: David Jenemann <jenem001@tc.umn.edu> Call for submissions: ^Watch What You Say^: Criticism Under Attack ^ Object Magazine Special Issue What is the function of arts criticism ^ or for that matter of critical art ^ in light of recent events? White House press secretary Ari Fleischer insists that in these bellicose times people have to ^watch what they say, watch what they do.^ In the days following that remark, Aaron McGruder^s comic strip, "The Boondocks," was yanked from newspapers for being critical of the war, and a recent essay in the New York Times Book Review suggested that the function of criticism is empathy. In this with-us or-against-us moment, it seems that the very idea of criticism is under attack. For its special theme issue, ^^Watch What You Say^: The Freedom of Criticism in the New Era,^ Object magazine is seeking 800-1200 word essays that explore the place of critical discourse in the post-September 11th world. We encourage submissions from a wide range of fields as well as those that look to art as a medium of critical exchange. Looking for a CV Builder? Want to beef up a portfolio with cultural criticism? Dismayed by the current state of arts journalism? Object is a project of the Arts Journalism Collective, a group focused on creating a forum for arts and entertainment criticism vital for thriving arts communities. Object strives to bridge the gaps between artists, audiences, and critics from a wide variety of disciplines in and out of the ^academy^ as well as providing a training ground for writers, editors, photographers, and designers in the field of arts journalism. Those interested in submitting articles a well as those interested in our mission can contact Object^s features editor, David Jenemann at jenem001@tc.umn.edu or visit Object at www.objectmag.com. Essays and queries can be e-mailed until November 26. David Jenemann Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society University of Minnesota 9 Pleasant St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455