"Active - archive - research" workshop

On 26 October 2023, archive research workshops will be launched at the Artpool Art Research Center. The group of seven people (university students and young researchers from different professional backgrounds) will start their work under the leadership of Andrea Pócsik, cultural researcher.

The idea of the "laboratory" is based on the unique feature of Artpool that participants can develop their own research questions in discussion with the founders, artist György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay, and find the right paths to understand the archive and explore the collection. They will also learn about the complementary but different methods of art history and cultural studies, and gain insights into the conceptual and theoretical framework of memory and archive research.

The learning (in the words of György Galántai) becomes an exchange of ideas, and the results further enrich the possibilities of thinking about Artpool as an active archive.

The workshop will consist of three sessions (26 October, 9 and 23 November 2023), online consultations and independent research.