Throughout her analysis of the art institution as the conception of a social field, stating that 'We are the institution!', Andrea Fraser invites us to think the institution as a common, embodied and performed by individuals, and re-think strategies of critique.
In between reading excerpts, everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion on our possible roles in co-defining and creating the 'arts institution'.
In Reading Room #25: Lumbung (27 October 2022), we will collectively read and reflect upon the positioning text of documenta 15. With 'lumbung', it proposes a shared access to what the institution of art can be.