The archive has been a central figure and pre-occupation over several decades for both the organizational infrastructure and the practical production of contemporary art. Indeed, it might be argued that the archive has become the enabling and the limiting horizon of many cultural practices. 

Considering this, this online training will explore what might be at stake in translating this archival thinking into specifically "social" and "participatory" art practices. What might it mean for practices that give primacy to some idea of social relation to archive those relations? 

The session will be managed by Mick Wilson, Director of Doctoral Studies and Professor of Art at HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden).

This online training will take place on Wednesday, 11 September, from 12 to 13.30hrs CET.The language of the workshop will be English.

This session is part of the European project ‘Art Living Lab for Sustainability’, which aims to respond to three open participation processes in Spain, France and Belgium through an artistic solution committed to the environment and nature.

More information here.