Resolved to go through thick and thin;
He lifts the lid, there needs no more,
He smelled it all the time before.
-Jonathan Swit
Would that I
could lick the dust that like—I
think it’s—mu-
sic will not reach
-Solmaz Sharif
We are excited to share Archive Night School (ANS) which seeks to strengthen artists’ ability to identify, acquire, process, and make accessible archives of contemporary artmaking.
This 8-week course, in collaboration with Southland Institute, will articulate LACA’s archival methods, as well as explore and discuss collections and artistic methods of organizing. The course will increase our capacity to care for materials of all kinds, as well as the artists who create and access them. We will engage an educational approach emphasizing conversational and participatory inquiry, while also building concrete skills in archival techniques, approaches, and conceptual considerations. We will focus on collective research, critical recovery, valuing and applying directly experienced understanding, and the production and diffusion of new knowledge.
Keep a look out for more ways to be involved in the program. More information on the program and syllabus coming soon.
April 15-June 3, 2025
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
contact us at admissions@southlandinstitute.org
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