‘archives’

The research service of the Archives and Documentation Center (ADK) and of the Artpool Art Research Center is closed from 27 July to 31 August. See you again from 1st September!   Photo credits: Hédi Majoros, Zodiac Signs (1967-2011), ceramic mural of the Thermal Bath in Kaposvár (removed). Inventory number: Ad/25001/2014/105/I/17 Sculptor Fülöp Beck Ö. in the Széchenyi Termal Bath (1930s). Inventory …

30 years of artpool.hu curated by Judit Bodor and Roddy Hunter   ➤  OPENING EVENT WITH PERFORMANCE  Thursday, 21 May 2026, 18:00 pm (CET) Opening speech by János Sugár Performance :  Roddy Hunter: a u t o m a t i n g {a r t p o o l . h u}     ➤  ASSOCIATED EVENT Thursday, 21 May 2026, 16.00-18.00 pm (CET) HISTORY/REALITY #4: from The Garden of Communication …

… The series title derives from Pete Horobin’s 1970s performance, which explores how artists’ archives–particularly those emerging from time-based and networked practices–survive in post-digital contexts. Presented in association with  archivuminternetwork : 30 Years of artpool.hu,  History / Reality #4  invites reflection on archiving networked art in an age of automation emerging superintelligence, systems we are still only beginning to understand. The title of the event draws on two …

… by his daughter Lauryn Welch as well as Eloise Sherrid, who are visiting the key figures and archives of the international Mail Art network for the purposes of filming their documentary M.A.I.L. A twenty-minute excerpt from the film will be shown at the finissage, featuring a conversation with Uruguayan poet, performer, and mail artist Clemente Padín, who passed away in October this year.   The Print Networks: Edgardo Antonio Vigo and the Artists’ Magazines collection show’s …

… 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 specialises in artist’s books and mail art-related collections and is compiling Artpool's  Mail Art Chro-No-Logy.   Please note that audio and …