14 September 2016
‘Matter and Meaning: Materiality and the Visual Arts Archive’
A collaboration between the ARLIS/Committee for Art and Design Archives and the University of Brighton Design Archives
DATE: Friday 23 September 2016
TIME: 10.00am – 6.30pm
VENUE: University of Brighton, Room M2, Grand Parade, BN2 0JY
‘On the one hand… material is discussed today in the light of an idea that it has been dissolved by the so-called immaterialities of new technologies, while on the other – from the margins – we can observe the consolidation of material as a category of its own’.
(Monika Wagner)
Within the expanding digital environment that encompasses our professional and personal experience, ideas of materiality have received extensive recent attention, across a range of disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, art history, literary studies and material culture. As yet, archival theory and practice have given limited consideration to materiality as an approach to the archive. Conservation practices, while focussing on material qualities of archives, may not attend to more philosophical implications beyond technical research. This symposium seeks to reach across and between these various bodies of knowledge, considering materiality as a framework for analysing, interpreting and engaging with archives of art and design.
To view the full event page for the Symposium, including the programme and abstracts, please visit the University of Brighton website: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/research-events/research-exhibitions-and-events2/materiality-conference
If you would like to book a place please visit the Arlis Events page to register and pay: http://www.arlis.net/events
Please note that lunch is not provided
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