The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism

The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism is an open-access serial published by Museum of One through the Museum of One Press imprint. It publishes theoretical essays, research documents, applied criticism, and edited exchanges concerned with Post-Interpretive Criticism and adjacent questions in aesthetics.

The Journal is published irregularly rather than on a fixed issue calendar. Its numbered volumes are editorially assembled releases within the serial. The ISSN identifies the continuing journal; an ISBN identifies a particular book-format volume edition; a DOI identifies a specific repository release or version. Separately issued Museum of One Press books are listed in the Publication Register and are not journal volumes unless their own record says so.

Editorial arrangements and review

Editorial selection, editing, production, metadata, and corrections are currently handled by Dorian Vale, the publishing name of Tarique, for Museum of One Press. Dialogues and contributed exchanges are published with the knowledge or approval of their named participants.

The Journal does not currently operate a standing anonymous or external peer-review system. Unless an individual publication states otherwise, work is editorially reviewed rather than formally peer reviewed. Review includes factual and bibliographic consistency, source and quotation checks, contributor descriptions, rights and image credits, identifiers, and version information. Repository deposits, catalogue records, and indexing services improve preservation or discoverability; they do not constitute peer review or endorsement.

Published volumes

Volume I: Post-Interpretive Criticism: The Foundational Essays

Author: Dorian Vale
ISBN: 978-1-0698203-0-3
Serial: The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism, ISSN 2819-7232
Publisher: Museum of One, Canada; Museum of One Press imprint

This volume gathers the foundational doctrines, theoretical proposals, and applications of Post-Interpretive Criticism, including work on restraint, presence, and the responsibility of criticism.

Repository release and download, Zenodo · Volume I record

Volume II: Post-Interpretive Criticism: Essays from the Field

Author: Dorian Vale
ISBN: 978-1-0698203-1-0
Serial: The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism, ISSN 2819-7232
Publisher: Museum of One, Canada; Museum of One Press imprint

Volume II applies the framework through critical encounters with artists and works, including Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Kimsooja, Doris Salcedo, and Hiwa K.

Repository release and download, Zenodo · Volume II record

Volume III: Post-Interpretive Criticism: Canon of Witnesses

Subtitle: Fieldwork in Post-Interpretive Criticism
Author: Dorian Vale
ISBN: 978-1-0698203-2-7
Serial: The Journal of Post-Interpretive Criticism, ISSN 2819-7232
Publisher: Museum of One, Canada; Museum of One Press imprint

Volume III gathers twelve essays organized as applications of Post-Interpretive Criticism. The collection examines witnessing, restraint, and the ethical limits of critical language through individual encounters with artists’ practices.

Repository release and download, Zenodo · Volume III record

Publication records, rights, and corrections

The Journal’s serial identifier is ISSN 2819-7232. Its serial catalogue record is OCLC 1545514536, and its authority record is Wikidata Q136530009. Individual books, editions, and articles retain their own identifiers.

Original publication dates and later repository release or revision dates are distinct. The linked edition and repository record should be consulted for the date and version being cited. Cover designs and catalogue titles may differ; specific discrepancies are noted beside the relevant volume.

Reuse is governed by the licence stated on the individual work or edition. Copyright in third-party images or other material remains subject to its own rights notice. A site-level copyright statement does not override a work-level licence.

The Ethical Charter sets out research, editorial, attribution, access, and correction principles. Publisher details appear in the Publisher Imprint. Publication and correction enquiries: research@museumofone.art.

Selected writing

• Canon of Witnesses: Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
• On Christian Boltanski and the Rituals of Loss
• On Yoko Ono and the Violence of Interpretation
• On Agnus by Konstantin Korobov (2022)
• On Clouded Water: The Changing of Kok River
• The Cult of the Medium – When Process Becomes Propaganda
• Duchamp Made the First Cut: This Is the Second

See the Publication Register for separately issued books and the Dialogues for published exchanges.

Editorial revision: 14 October 2026.