Instilling liveliness: archives of neo-avant-garde art as sites of activation
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Art archives increasingly contain artworks due to the dematerialisation of art. This study proposes "activation" to preserve scattered art, making conservation a shared responsibility beyond conservators.
Area Of Science
- Art History
- Archival Science
- Conservation Studies
Background
- The mid-twentieth century saw the 'dematerialisation of art', blurring lines between artworks and documentation.
- Art produced since the 1960s often exists as scattered objects and documents within archives.
- Traditional artists' archives primarily serve as repositories, not active engagement sites.
Purpose Of The Study
- To propose 'activation' as a novel strategy for the care and continuation of art found in archives.
- To examine the Ecart artistic collective's archives within the Fluxus network as a case study.
- To reconceptualise archival art conservation.
Main Methods
- Archival research focusing on the Ecart collective's holdings.
- Analysis of art objects and documents within archival contexts.
- Exploration of the Fluxus network's influence on art and archiving.
Main Results
- Significant portions of 1960s-1970s art are dispersed across archival materials.
- The Ecart archives exemplify art existing as both objects and documentation.
- Activation emerges as a viable method for preserving this dispersed art.
Conclusions
- Activation offers a strategy for the continuation of art embedded in archival records.
- Conservation can be expanded beyond conservators to include diverse archive stakeholders.
- This approach transforms conservation into a collective, shared responsibility.
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