Artpool

Active archive of contemporary art in Hungary

16.06.2017 - 03.09.2017

Cabinet exhibition at the Center for Artists’ Publications.

Founded in Budapest in 1979 by Hungarian artist György Galántai and Julia Klaniczay, Artpool Archive is one of the seven major archives in Europe dedicated to collecting, archiving and preserving the artistic materials of the new alternative movements in art since the 1960s. The exhibition provides an overview of Artpool’s history and activities, as well as its unique collection of Eastern European artists’ publications, from samizdat to sound poetry. In cooperation with Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest.

Program Opening and Symposium
Thursday, June 15

18:00
Greeting and Introduction
Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Head of Centre for Artists’ Publications

7:00 p.m.
Artpool, the Experimental Art Archive of East-Central Europe – History and Memories
Julia Klaniczay, Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest

19:30
The Collections and Activities of Artpool Art Research Center Budapest
Dóra Halasi, Viktor Kotun, Kristóf Nagy and Anna Szirmai
Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest

20:00
Independent Art Spaces in Hungary and Poland: Artpool Archive, the Exchange Gallery and Accumulatori 2
Isabelle Schwarz, Bremen

20:30
Discussion and Conclusion

 

Free entrance