SuperScript, a conference about digital art criticism at The Walker Center for Art, hasn’t even started and this is clearly the nerdiest event I’ve ever been to. Every single person in the audience has a notepad and is furiously taking notes. Beneath the livestream there’s a live transcription service. Because we’re all journalists.
Anyway, the introductions are over and we’re on to the presentations. Let the live blogging begin.
First up: Credibility, Criticism, Collusion.
The speakers are:
Ryan Schreiber (Pitchfork)
Orit Gat (Rhizome)
Christopher Knight (LA Times)
Isaac Fitzgerald (Buzzfeed Books)
Panel (Moderated by Orit Gat)
(Most recent comments first)
9:59: Okay, so technical difficulties over here – surprise surprise – it’s a tech conference. WordPress is moving super slow, so it looks like we’re doing recaps. Giving the number of journalists here, I’m sure the live coverage is, well, covered.
9:29: Orit Gat wonders if the internet has changed art criticism. People look to art criticism for recommendations, but Gat sees an importance to negative reviews that challenge the market place. She also notes that negative reviews travel infinitely better. Pete Wells review of Guy Fieri is brought up. That review is great, but the answer to negative review, is the uplifting op ed that goes viral. I’d say that’s much more reliable than outrage virality.
9:26 Ryan Schreiber traces Pitchfork’s history and discusses the nerdiness of music critics. A little dry, but that’s because he was reading a paper.
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