Welcome to our discussion series on short readings in art + cultural theory. Open to the public and hosted at various locations across Austin. Always on a Thursday, always 7-9pm. Check below for dates and selected readings!

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Future 4D readings will no longer be hosted here

Next Reading Nov 20th, 2025

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PAST READINGS

  • SCENES: "The Art Scenes" Jozef Kovalčik

    Season 0: February 2022

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  • BEAUTY : "Beauty Knows No Pain" Documents of Contemporary Art and "Blood and Beauty " Cynthia Freeland

    Season 1: 02/23/23

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  • CRAFT: "The Distinction between Art and Craft" Sally Markovitz

    Season 1: 03/23/23

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  • POST-INTERNET "The Image-Object Post Internet" Artie Vierkant

    Season 1: 04/27/23

    Link to PDF

  • 3D Additivist Manifesto

    Season 2: 6/27/24

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  • Xenopoetics Interview of Amy Ireland

    Season 2: 7/11/24

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  • Queer Phenomenology: Sara Ahmed

    Season 2: 7/18/24

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  • Feeling and Form--Susanne Langer Ch 3

    Season 3: 8/8/24

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  • ch1. Ways of Seeing: John Berger

    Season 3: 9/5/24

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  • Landscape Painting and the Sublime Christine Riding and Nigel Llewellyn

    Season 3: 8/22/24

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  • How to Tell When We will Die: Johanna Hedva

    Season 4: 10/10/2024

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  • Notes on Camp: Susan Sontag

    Season 4: 10/24/24

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  • Beyond Representation in VR Art: Charolette Kent

    Season 4: 11/7/2024

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