Professional conferences “El paper dels arxius en la creació contemporània”

Image: Balbina Sardà, 2019. Planas Archive. Art Investigation Programme

16 November
Place: Reial Cercle artístic – Barcelona
Professional audience: Archive managers and artists

This conference aims to promote the opening of archives, both public and private, as research spaces for contemporary creators as raw material for research.

This opening up of archives to artists can also carry out an action of dissemination of the archive collections, giving new interpretations with contemporary languages, and bringing them closer to new audiences.

16 November
10 am Welcome and presentation of the Conference by Albert Gusi, co-director of the Panoràmic Festival.
10.10 am Conference “Territori Arxiu” by Marina Planas Director of Casa Planas Presents the Art Investigation Programmeas a social sculpture.
10.30 “Els arxius com a matèria de treball pels artistes”
by Hans D. Christ, director of The Württembergischer Kunstverei.

https://www.wkv-stuttgart.de(conference in English)

11 am – 11.30 am Coffee break

11.30 am Presentation of success stories of artists’ projects based on archival research. Moderated by Joan Boadas.

• 11.45 am Un forat espai temporal i una amistat by Albert Gironès, artist and Carles Quevedo, director of the Arxiu d’Urgell.
• 12.15 h Les Faules de Leporida by Alicia Arévalo, artist and Laia Casanova, Cultural Manager of the File project at the Moià archive
• 12.45 h L·L Geminada by Pere Llobera, artist and Berenguer Vidal, Head of the CEC culture programme
• 1.15 p.m. Estadi de fluïdesa by Núria Nia, artist and Carme Pérez, technician from the Granollers archive
• 1.45 pm Estat Previ of Balbina Sardà, artist and Alelí Mirelman, Planas Archive

2.15 p.m. Conclusion and doubts, with Alessandra Monachesi Ribeiro, director of the 3C Calce association (France)

Lunch

5 p.m. Visit to the exhibition L·L Geminada by Pere Llobera curated by Mercè Alsina at the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya

6 p.m. Visit to the intervention Vella Bellesa by Àlvar Calvet curated by Mercè Alsina at the Arxiu etnogràfic i Folklòric de Catalunya

Registration here.