Strategies for Tactical Archives: Conference
This conference investigates how documentation and archiving can feed into living practices of activists, artists and media makers that address the position of communities who feel aggrieved or excluded from the wider public culture.
28 October 2023 08:00 - 14:30
Activists, artists and (tactical) media makers often seem captivated by the urgencies of the present moment. This eternal dominance of the ‘here and now’ can obscure the vital role of (community) memory and documentation in shaping current and future practices. With this conference, we aim to explore the question of how to create more sustainable and dependable documentation and archiving resources for public engagement. What approaches to archiving can ground experiences from the bottom up? In what ways can records contest dominant narratives and form accessible, shared knowledge bases? When and how do documentation resources become productive for community activation?
On the eve of the conference, Sarah Schulman will deliver a keynote lecture. Registration for this event is possible separately, more information available here.
Speakers
- Sarah Schulman (ACT UP Oral History Project)
- David Garcia (Experimental Media Research Centre, Bournemouth University)
- Eliza Steinbock (Maastricht University)
- Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (REBOOT, Nieuwe Instituut)
- Gaby Wijers (Digital Care, LI-MA)
- Ari Ralph (WORM Pirate Bay)
- Özge Çelikaslan (bak.ma)
- Henry Warwick (RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Chris Julien (Waag / Extinction Rebellion)
- Per Backhuis (IISH)
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut | Tickets: 10,-/5,-/0,-
TicketsProgram
- 09.30 registration open
- 10.00 auditorium open
- 10.15 welcome and introduction
- 10.30 Session 1: Time and Memory
- 10.30 Sarah Schulman
- 11.00 David Garcia
- 11.20 response by Eliza Steinbock
- 11.30 discussion
- 11.45 break
- 12.00 Session 2: Infrastructure and Care
- 12.00 Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (remote)
- 12.15 Gaby Wijers
- 12.35 response by Ari Ralph
- 12.45 discussion
- 13.05 lunch & Reboot exhibition visit
- 14.20 Session 3: Strategies and Futures
- 14.20 Özge Celikaslan
- 14.45 Henry Warwick
- 15.10 break
- 15.25 Chris Julien
- 15.50 response by Per Backhuis
- 16.00 closing discussion
- 16.30 program end
This event is jointly organised by Eric Kluitenberg (Tactical Media Files) and Alexandra Barancová (Network Archives Design and Digital Culture), in the context of the exhibition REBOOT: Pioneering Digital Art, and generously supported by Nieuwe Instituut’s International Visitor Programme 2023 and the Creative Industries Fund NL.
Header image: Still from bak.ma