Another month, another iteration of Close Readings, our no-preparation-needed monthly reading group. This autumn, Close Readings is developing a vocabulary of infrastructural critique.

This time we are focusing on the introduction to the newly published anthology Infrastructural Aesthetics (De Gruyter, 2024, pp.1–29). The book addresses the ‘upsurge in artworks negotiating the conditions of their own production, distribution, and reception, which has called attention to the infrastructural relations that shape the art world but have long been understudied’.

You can read the article in advance but do feel very welcome to come unprepared. This is a long but relatively lucid text, from which excerpts will be chosen for us to study together. All levels of engagement and questions are welcome. We want to create a safe and open environment for reflection and learning, even when the reading material is challenging.

Everyone is welcome to join!