[Reader-list] Asia Art Archive: Symposium on The Subject of Archives

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Event Details
Venue: School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi, India
Date: Saturday 26 February 2011
Time: 10am – 6pm
Language: English
Presented by: Asia Art Archive
Hosted by: School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
http://www.aaa.org.hk/newsletter_detail.aspx?newsletter_id=972
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You are cordially invited to 'The Subject of Archives', a one-day symposium
hosted by the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU) on 26 February 2011 at the School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium,
JNU, New Delhi. This symposium is occasioned by the launch of 'Another Life:
The Digitised Personal Archive of Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram', the newly
digitised personal archive of art critic and curator Geeta Kapur and
contemporary art practitioner Vivan Sundaram.

The first art archive in India to be digitised by AAA, the project brings to
the public the broad range of material collected by Kapur and Sundaram since
the 1950s. Originally established as a personal archive, the collection not
only documents the artwork and writings produced and published thus far
during Kapur and Sundaram’s prolific careers, but also documents events in
India’s art community over the last 50 years, and includes exhibition
catalogues, newspaper clippings, and artists' slides, some of which are
entering the public domain for the first time.
The symposium will reflect on a growing interest in the subject of archives
around the world, coupled with an escalating anxiety about the custodianship
of memory. Through presentations by internationally and regionally respected
scholars and opportunities for open dialogue, The Subject of Archives will
create a platform for the ongoing discussions that surround issues of
archiving today, particularly with regard to India.

Speakers include Sabih Ahmad (Research for India, Asia Art Archive), Jeebesh
Bagchi( Artist, Raqs Media Collective), Parvez Kabir (Lecturer, Kala Bhavan,
Santiniketan),Geeta Kapur (Art Critic/Curator), Ashish Rajadhyaksha (Senior
Fellow, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore), Prof.
Kumkum Sangari (William F. Vilas Professor of English, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Ashok Sukumaran (Artist, CAMP and Pad.ma),Professor
Sven Spieker (Professor, Comparative Literature Program, University of
California, Santa Barbara) and Vivan Sundaram (Artist).

Special thanks to the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU), and Anupam Poddar and Lekha Poddar, Devi Art Foundation.