An interdisciplinary seminar/workshop Archive Fever. Archives of Contemporary History and Art in Poland After 1989. This seminar aims to reflect on the question of archive research in the historical, artistic and cultural context, as well as its significance for theory and practice. The invitation has been extended to historians, art historians, philologists, cultural anthropologists, archivists, curators and artists. We will address the following issues: what are the key archives in Central Europe? How to analyze the archive material amassed by institutions of an oppressive power apparatus? What is the relationship between archives and memory? What is the role of archives in research on the Holocaust within the context of non-memory, repressed memory, and exclusion? How can a research practice combine archive research with research based on oral history? Can artistic practices foster a new understanding of the notion of an archive?
PROGRAM
Friday, 13 November, 2009
Dom Spotkan z Historia [History Meeting House], ul. Karowa 20
9.00-9.30
Introduction:
Dr Luiza Nader (Institute of Art History, Warsaw University), Karolina Lewandowska (Archaeology of Photography Foundation, Warsaw)
9.30-10.15 lecture by Professor Daria Nalecz (Lazarski School of Commerce and Law, Warsaw)
10.15-11.45
Panel Discussion 1
Archives of Contemporary History (and Art)
Professor Marcin Kula (Institute of History, Warsaw University), Dr Blazej Brzostek (Institute of History, Warsaw University), Dr Magdalena Radomska (Institute of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan), Zbigniew Gluza (Karta Center Warsaw)
Moderated by: Dr Marcin Zaremba (Institute of History, Warsaw University)
12.00-13.30
Panel Discussion 2
From Collection to Archive
Karolina Lewandowska (Archaeology of Photography Foundation, Warsaw), Joanna Mytkowska (Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw), Agnieszka Szewczyk (Museum of the Fine Arts Academy, Warsaw), professor Andrzej Turowski (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon)
Moderated by: professor Maria Poprzecka (Institute of Art History, Warsaw University)
15.45-17.15
Panel Discussion 3
KwieKulik Archive
Zofia Kulik, Dr Łukasz Ronduda (Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw), Maryla Sitkowska (Museum of the Fine Arts Academy, Warsaw)
Moderated by: Dr hab. Agata Jakubowska (Institute of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Saturday 14. 11. 2009
Venue: Warsaw University, ballroom of the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście 32
9.30-12.00
The Archontic Power of the Archive. Contemporary Artistic and Curatorial Practices.
Panel Discussion 1
‘Archive of Constructivism‘, ‘Working Title: Archive‘, ‘Central Archive‘
Wojciech Nowicki (Imago Mundi Foundation, Krakow), Dr Andrzej Lesniak (Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University, Krakow), Magdalena Ziolkowska (Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz)
Moderated by: Dr Adam Mazur (Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw)
Panel Discussion 2
‘Place‘ by Rafal Jakubowicz
Dr Piotr Bernatowicz (Institute of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan), Rafal Jakubowicz (Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan), Dr Ewa Mikina
Moderated by: Karol Sienkiewicz
12.15-13.45
Discussion 2
Memory and the Archive in Research on the Holocaust
Dr Elzbieta Janicka (L. Schiller Film School [PWSFTViT], Lodz), Dr Jacek Leociak (Polish Center for Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Alina Skibinska (Polish Center for Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)
Moderated by: Professor Ewa Hauser (American Studies Center, Warsaw University)
15.45-17.15
Discussion 3
The Archive: Theories and Practices
Professor Ewa Domanska (Institute of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; Stanford University), Professor Piotr Juszkiewicz (Institute of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Professor Andrzej Paczkowski (Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw),
Professor Piotr Piotrowski (Institute of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan; National Museum, Warsaw)
Concept and coordination:
Luiza Nader naderluiza@gmail.com (Institute of Art History, Warsaw University, Ars Auro Prior Foundation)
Karolina Lewandowska lewandowska.karolina1@gmail.com (Archaeology of Photography Foundation, Warsaw)
Cooperation: Sylwia Serafinowicz-Wesołowska s.serafinowicz@archeologiafotografii.pl (Archaeology of Photography Foundation)
Organizers:
Institute of Art History, Warsaw University
Archaeology of Photography Foundation
Ars Auro Prior Foundation
History Meeting House
Co-organizers:
Institute of History, Warsaw University
With kind financial support of:
Faculty of History, Warsaw University
The seminar was organized as a part of the 6th edition of ‘Art Days‘ at the Warsaw University.
