- The Condition (Not the Content) of Hamilton’s Art
Earlier this week, when Terence Dick invited me to join the contributors to Akimblog as a representative of the Hamilton art community, he did so with the caution that I would need to find a way of writing that would remain ‘different and distinct - yet somehow retain your breezy, intelligent, personable, and critical style.’ […]
- Intentionality and the Internet
I’m sure a fair few of my Canadian readers are familiar with Akimbo - and quite possibly, like myself, enjoy their daily deluge of email notices clogging up their inboxes with show invites and calls for submission in far too great a number to be truly useful. I think it’s a true show of […]
- James Elkins, Empathy and Ends of Criticism
As I mentioned some five posts back, I’m well overdue in commenting on James Elkins’ talk at the University of Western Ontario in late January. His lecture ‘On Empathy and Related Concepts in Art Theory’ discussed an interesting working attempt of his to tackle a resurgence in theories of beauty and the imagination, and […]
