“Archival Tendencies” is a participatory project that explores how cultural memory, particularly within grassroots media arts communities, is preserved, shared, and passed on. Blending pedagogical approaches with oral traditions, the project utilizes the primal format of the campfire to create pluri-voiced conversations. The goal is to bridge generations of cultural producers—from “uploaders” to “deleters”—by treating the body, voice, and shared stories as living archives.
Following the ‘Island Apocalypse Tours’ (2024) we will also synthesize the documentation and archival materials gathered into a multimedia campsite-esque installation at Oranssi.
The Pixelache community and similar media art networks face the challenge of managing institutional memory in an “always-online” society. This project addresses how we can learn from elders, engage new students, and create sustainable structures for association archiving.
Programme:
TUE-THU 20.-23.10 Oranssi
Evening campfire for talks and discussions with artists and the audience at 20:00 in Oranssi
FRI 23.10. 13.00-14.30
Visit to Kiasma for a presentation by Susanna Sääskilahti who will introduce the National Galleria’s media art archiving activities and the audiovisual archives collection, and Ulla-Mari Siitonen will present Kiasma Library and its research services. Meet at the Kiasma entrance lobby at 12:55! Open for up to 15 persons. Please register interest by 20.10. to andrew@pixelache.ac
16.00-18.00:
Archival Tendencies: Presentation by Antti Ahonen & Andrew Gryf Paterson, followed by discussion.
20.00:
Campfire discussion continues.
Work group:
Antti Ahonen is association photographer, artist-archivist, creative director of Koelse.org, based in Helsinki, FI. @ahonen.antti
Andrew Gryf Paterson is association archivist; artist-organiser, curator, independent researcher based in Helsinki, FI. @agryfp
Jenna Jauhiainen has been facilitating memory work and site-responsive remembering of Pixelache since 2020.
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