January 2012
“Inspiration can also come when a good connection is made with the subject. The nature and quality of this connection can vary enormously. It may range from getting into a small community and winning the trust of the subjects over a number of visits; but it could also come from walking in the mountains and feeling a certain affinity with the landscape. The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.”
—Martin Parr on Inspiration - New Pictures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
“More than shame, though, the internet’s greatest strength is enthusiasm. The tussle, the argument, the fun of criticism has moved online. While mainstream critics have narrowed their focus to a handful of novels, movies, and television programmes, the field has never been wider. The same few dozen books might be reviewed in every print publication but meanwhile hundreds of thousands are published every year. In literary criticism there are huge gaps in what gets written about in print: books by women, translated fiction, comic books, books released by small presses, science fiction… Online, though, every niche has its community of producers, critics, and readers, and it’s fed by passion and dedication.”
—Is the age of the critic over? | Culture | The Observer
“The reason why professional critics agree a lot is that they tend to be of a type. They’ve often had a go at what they’re reviewing (they went to art school or were in a rubbish band or tried acting), they like writing and they’re a product of their age. I often find myself nodding along with the Guardian’s Alexis Petridis, Lynn Gardner and Grace Dent, with Laura Cumming or Kitty Empire from this paper or Caitlin Moran of the Times. But that’s because we all want our culture to do the same things. We have similar taste.”
—Is the age of the critic over? | Culture | The Observer
“Welcome to the generation of personality curators, the generation that uses the internet to represent their personalities, the latest form of entertainment. We love memes, and they’re here to stay for a while.”
—The Redditors, The Tumblrs, and the Tweeters - THE FIVE
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