Editors: Zoe Gray, Miriam Kathrein, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Monika Szewczyk, Ariadne Urlus.

This book juxtaposes three distinct agents in the art world - the critics, the curators and the artists of its title - adopting the conversational form of three large-scale symposia that took place at Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, in the Fall of 2008 and the Spring of 2009.

In addition to transcripts from selected dialogues and the outcomes of three guest-led workshops, it also contains spirited contributions that arrived from many of the participants in the months that followed the Rotterdam Dialogues, opening another dimension of the discussions held in front of a large audience. At stake here are questions of cultural agency, audience and production, ranging from the concrete to the speculative.

Bringing together the cross-generational experience of the 140 guests of the three symposia, this compendium offers insights from some of the most renowned and most promising figures in their fields.