Archives are Hot – Panel
This session brings together representatives from four different archives to share insights into their collections, current projects, and ways artists have engaged with their holdings. Each speaker will offer a short presentation highlighting the scope of their archive, examples of artist collaborations, and opportunities for creative engagement. Savannah Smith from City of Melbourne, Nick Devlin from RMIT Culture, Ange Bailey from Australia Queer Archives, and Ana Tiquia from State Library of Victoria.
RegisterTime: 11am – 12.30pm
The Garden Building
RMIT University
Melbourne City Campus
Photo courtesy of RMIT
Supported by
CAST
Engagement: Archives are Hot!Contemporary Art and Social Transformation (CAST) produces art research that critically engages with social and public spheres with a particular interest in how artistic practices intersect with issues of equity, access and democracy.
The research group is a hub for critical thinking, collaboration and the exchange of ideas, knowledge dissemination, practice-led artistic research and socially-engaged art practice. We work to strengthen art projects on creative care, ecology, education, queer(y)ing practice, migration and mobility, social practice and public art. CAST engages on local and international levels by collaborating with practitioners, communities, industry and government partners.
Across all of our research, CAST recognises the importance of Indigenous and First Nations voices, perspectives and agency. We believe that Indigenous ways of knowing and being are central to the fabric of contemporary life and we acknowledge the sovereignty of our First Peoples.