Critical Dictionary

Criticaldictionary.com is an online, cumulative picture dictionary. It goes from a to z, though not necessarily in that order. Conventional dictionaries define words. Here, words are undefined.

Criticaldictionary.com is dialogic. The emphasis is on photography, but often in dialogue with other media like dance, literature and music. There is also a temporal dialogue between past and present. And a geographical dialogue between artists based in various countries.

The project was launched in 2005. To date, ten issues have appeared, tackling themes like Empire, Face, Family Album, Monument, Navigation and Skirt. Forthcoming issues in 2007 will deal with Drawing, Metaphor and Tree. In addition, guests edit issues from cities around the world. Issue 9 was E-Mail from Belfast (put together by the photography gallery Belfast Exposed), and comparable issues are forthcoming from Oslo (Norway), Rovaniemi (Finland) and Manila (The Philippines).

Secretary: David Evans

Designer / Programmer: Justin Windle

Critical Dictionary
Critical Dictionary Issue 1 - Eliane Critical Dictionary Issue 2 - Untitled Critical Dictionary Issue 3 - Face Critical Dictionary Issue 4 - Navigation Critical Dictionary Issue 5 - Monument

Critical Dictionary Issue 6 - Family Album Critical Dictionary Issue 7 - Skirt Critical Dictionary Issue 8 - Email from Belfast Critical Dictionary Issue 9 - Why Dont we Walk Along the River? Critical Dictionary Issue 10 - Empire

Critical Dictionary Issue 11 - Pirate Jenny Critical Dictionary Issue 12 - Tree Critical Dictionary Issue 13 - Flowers Critical Dictionary Issue 14 - Draw Critical Dictionary Issue 15 - Email from Oslo

Critical Dictionary Issue 16 - Accident Critical Dictionary Issue 17 - Draw 2

 

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