Join us at the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) at NCAD for a very special symposium focusing on legacy-building for artists’ archives. The day’s talks bring together leading performance artists, with contributions from Brian Connolly, Sandra Johnston, Alastair MacLennan and Calum Eccleston as well as art and design students, international archivists and curators to discuss how artists’ archives are built and how they can be engaged with and preserved.
This symposium is hosted by NIVAL as part of a series of HISTORY/REALITY events run by the research network project ‘Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study For Open-Source Approaches To Artists’ Archives’. Led by Dr Judit Bodor (University of Dundee) and Dr Roddy Hunter (The Glasgow School of Art) and with network partners including the University of Dundee Archives, the National Library of Scotland, and Artpool Art Research Center, Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, this project explores sustainable and decentralised approaches to legacy-building for artists’ archives through the case study of Ha’s work (artist known as Peter Haining when assembling the HIBERNIA archive, held at NIVAL).
We look forward to welcoming all those interested in how artists approach the construction of their own creative archives. Find out more about this event and book your free ticket now through our Eventbrite page.