SITAC History on the light of contemporary art

When do we start to write the history of contemporary art? How does this process unfold and what are the factors that contribute to a series of events or artistic trends becoming history? This panel will address the way in which we acquire historical perspectives of our present, as well as the way in which re-readings and reinterpretations -or omissions- of immediate history transform our perspectives. Due to constant changes in his discourse and areas of inspiration, the practice of contemporary art demands the same renovation of the art historian that only then will he be able to give appropriate interpretations and descriptions.

Likewise, this panel includes a debate on the theoretical tools with which the history of current art should tell, as new methods of interpretation, analysis and criticism located outside the conventional strategies of the discipline.