Artpool Art Research Centre is one of four archives participating in the international research project 'Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study for Open-Source Approaches to Artists' Archives', and will host a meeting of archivists from Scotland and Ireland in person and an online workshop with leading experts from Denmark, Germany, and Netherlands during 24-25 October 2024. The project, led by Dr Judit Bodor (University …
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 …
… Even if only because any disobedience invited the disapproval of the authorities, and bureaus and archives were the domain of the state. Over time, the artistic spaces created by Galántai, Klaniczay and Partum transformed into a real Archive and a real Bureau full of materials and responsibilities: they corresponded, they filed documents, they received visitors. What were they doing, what were they working on? Let us be aware that the activities involved artists from both sides of the …
… by bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in transnational research on artist archives, progressive curatorial and museological practices, and the historiography of Cold War art scenes and networks. The conference takes Artpool’s 1979 concept of an “ Active Archive ” as a starting point to explore its contemporary interpretations and applications, and its similarities with and differences from other artist archives. As Artpool’s founder György Galántai puts it, an …
… Visual and Industrial Artists, etc.) appear as a central element, a "decorative motif" in the archives in front of backgrounds with colors extracted/mixed from documents - yellowish letter paper, stamp blue, etc.. The left corridor's enamel "board pictures" (by Albert Ádám), distributed on a metal supporting structure, "illustrative tools" transform some selected motifs of the works of József Rippl-Rónai, Dezső Korniss and Lili Ország, as well as the documents of Mihály Munkácsy, …