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 - 14:00
Still from: D.I.V.A. Traget City Hall.
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?
This event is jointly organised by Eric Kluitenberg and the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture, in the context of the exhibition REBOOT: Pioneering Digital Art.
On the eve of the conference, Sarah Schulman will deliver a keynote lecture. Registration for this event is possible separately, more information available here.
Image credit: Still from: D.I.V.A. Traget City Hall. (Damn Interfering Video Activist Television). Documents from the ACT UP Aids awareness raising campaign action in New York City, March 28,1989, marking ACT UP's second anniversary. Source: http://www.tacticalmediafiles.net/videos/4378/D_I_V_A_-Target-City-Hall
Speakers
Speakers will include:
- Sarah Schulman (ACT UP Oral History Project)
- Özge Çelikaslan (Artiksler / bak.ma)
- Daniele Salerno (Utrecht University)
- Henry Warwick (RTA School of Media, Toronto)
- Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (Nieuwe Instituut)
- David Garcia (Artist and researcher)
More speakers and the full programme will be announced soon. The event will be moderated by Eric Kluitenberg (Tactical Media Files) and Alexandra Barancová (Network Archives Design and Digital Culture).
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut | Tickets: 10,-/5,-/0,-
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Project:
REBOOT: Pioneering Digital Art