‘Artpool’
Artist Archives of the Future
… “Artist Archives of the Future”, the Andrzej Partum Archive (managed by Muzeum Sztuki) and Artpool staff are conducting comparative research in one another’s respective archives. The Andrzej Partum Archive (1938—2002), named after a prominent artist and theorist of the Polish neo-avantgarde, represents the art network of the 1970s and 1980s. Similar to—and in part overlapping with—Artpool, it has a significant collection of mail art, including works by several Hungarian artists …
Networking the Peripheries / World Art Post: International Artist Stamp Exhibition
… documents he received from all over the world largely through the mail art network when he founded Artpool in 1979 together with Júlia Klaniczay. From this point on, in the spirit of the "active archive" concept, the Artpool collection, as well as its network, was systematically and strategically enriched through projects and “Art Tours” in Western Europe. This decentralized network not only facilitated communication with the art scene in capitalist countries, which was coveted due to limited …
Resonances
… issues based on the papers of the conference series. For more details visit: resonances.artpool.hu Past events: Art Margins, Regional Resonances: In Search of the Transnational in Central Eastern European Art of the 1970s issue dedicated to the Resonances project World-Famous World-Archives – László Beke 80. Presentation and discussion (23. 05. 2024) Sešit/Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones issue dedicated to the Resonances project Resonances IV. …
Dóra Halasi
… marginalized in the history of art. Since 2005 she has been an archivist and art historian at the Artpool Art Research Center, specialising in audio and video archives, the poster collection, and the associated research service. Since 2007 she has been Artpool’s chief photo and video documenter, and has been responsible for archiving media (video and audio digitalization). Participation in projects: Krisz-Krasz exhibition and conference (PPKE-BTK, 2004). Crosstalk Video Art …
Zsófia Kókai
… curator, at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. Since 2021, she has worked for the Artpool Art Research Center as an assistant museologist, participating in and working on international collaborations, curatorial projects, conferences, events, and communications of Artpool and the Central European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI). Since 2016, she has been a member of MŰTŐ, an artist-run gallery and art collective. From 2020–2021, she was project manager and …