The Usual Suspects, part 3

A project by Clare Butcher, participant of the Curatorial Programme 2008/2009

"The Usual Suspects" is a series of tongue-in-cheek (intellectually sound) non-lectures conceived to challenge the cult of personality and aloofness in the creative field, and to provide a platform for both experienced and upstart critical thinkers to exchange knowledge.

The third Usual Suspect in this series is something of an institution:
Judith Butler will, in absentia, present the possibilities and limitations of reiterating Feminist positions in a moment of the supposedly post-political. The temporal conditions of artistic and curatorial practice require a certain agility in the performance of feminist approaches to them. Where is the place of personal politics under the usual umbrellas?

You are invited to engage our non-guest Judith Butler in reflecting on de Appel’s legacy, dominated by female performances of authority, initiative and creativity – using these moments to reposition feminisms in the realm of the institutional and the individual. To situate our subject matter we will congregate across the street from de Appel’s previous premises, at Spelt Restaurant, 5A Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam - on Tuesday the 31st of March, 2009, at 18.00 hours.

The Usual Suspects is a series of tongue-in-cheek (intellectually sound) non-lectures conceived to challenge the cult of personality and aloofness in the creative field, and to provide a platform for both experienced and upstart critical thinkers to exchange and disrupt their knowledge. This series uses the spectres of the usual suspects and the areas of research associated with their various oeuvres as a starting point for generating new conversations.

For further details regarding the background and framework of the project, reading suggestions for our meetings, or to ask questions and give feedback please visit ‘The Usual Suspects’ blog: http://artofthenonlecture.wordpress.com or email: artofthenonlecture [​at​] googlemail.com