Round Table Discussion: E. A. Vigo in the Mail Art Network

Edgardo Antonio Vigo’s work, long recognized in Argentina and Latin America thanks to numerous academic studies and several landmark solo exhibitions, remains relatively unknown in Europe, with too few events dedicated to it. The collection display at Artpool, as an essential historical archive of Mail Art, aims to contribute to his recognition in Europe by giving visibility to this marginal yet essential poet, artist, and publisher. The day after the opening, a roundtable discussion will explore, among other things, Vigo's European connections.

Participants:

• Marie Boivent, professor of Visual Art at Université Rennes 2 (France), curator of the collection display. Her research focuses on artists’ publications, in particular those inspired by popular forms such as calendars, postcards and periodicals.

• Henar Rivière, professor of Art History at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain). She specialises on international intermedia art, with a main focus of experimental writing in its various forms, including mail art and its expansion into the field of artists’ archives. She lead the research project « OBASA and Artpool: Collecting, Connecting, Archiving. The Active Archive as a Cultural Alternative on the Global Stage” (2021-2022)».

• Viktor Kotun, archivist in Artpool Art Research Center. He is specialised in artist’s books and mail art-related collections and is compiling Artpool's Mail Art Chro-No-Logy.

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