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Early bird tickets £25 / full price £40
In collaboration with PARSE Journal
A one-day, in-person symposium examining how creative practices can disrupt power structures embedded in archival collections
How can creative practices disrupt power structures within the archive? Autograph and Parse Journal present a new symposium examining strategies and methodologies to rethink, reimagine and reshape the histories embedded in archival collections.
We will examine how archival materials can be reactivated through diverse perspectives and disciplines, challenging dominant narratives. With a focus on decolonial and queer methodologies, this symposium will invite discussion on approaches that encourage a continual re-engagement with archives.
Encounters: Art, Power and Archives will highlight a broad range of voices, including artistic and scholarly research, creative and social projects, and provocations.
Hosted in Autograph's galleries, the symposium will take place surrounded by exhibitions underscoring the critical role of archives. Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos is the first display of remarkable portraits from 1970s Lagos, possible through the ongoing efforts of the Lagos Studio Archives project, which aims to preserve and present the legacy of Nigerian studio photography. You will also see Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Staging Desire, the culmination of meticulous research into the artist’s archives, presenting never-before-seen works.
The full symposium schedule and speaker list will be released shortly. As this event takes place in the galleries, limited tickets are available to ensure the best experience for everyone. Autograph's events are popular and we recommend early booking.
Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos exhibition at Autograph exhibition at Autograph
Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire exhibition at Autograph
We have set aside 5 free tickets for artists working with archives in their creative practice, for whom the symposium fee would be a barrier to attending.
Apply by 10am (GMT) on Monday 17 February
Everyone is welcome at Autograph. Planning a visit? Have a look at our Visit Us page to find out more about getting to the gallery, accessibility and more.
Autograph welcomes people with all types of disabilities.
Our building and entrance is step free. A wheelchair accessible lift goes to all floors.
This event will take place across Autograph's galleries and studio space.
Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.
The ticket price includes lunch.
Venue information and access
The symposium will be taking place at Autograph's gallery in Shoreditch. The venue and every floor has wheelchair access. We have set aside budget to support access to this symposium. Please let us know on the Eventbrite booking form if you have any access needs. If you’d like to discuss this further or in advance of booking please contact: harriet@autograph-abp.co.uk
Can I join the symposium online?
This is an in-person event only. However, select papers from the symposium will be published in an upcoming issue of Parse Journal, and content may also be shared on Autograph's website.
What is included in the ticket price?
Your ticket grants you access to all talks at the symposium, and includes complimentary lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.
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Autograph and Parse Journal have chosen work from Sasha Huber's powerful series Tailoring Freedom (2021-2022) as the lead images for the Encounters: Art, Power and Archives symposium. These works were exhibited at Autograph in Huber's 2022 exhibition YOU NAME IT.
In this series, Huber commemorates seven enslaved individuals, adopting art as a means to heal colonial traumas.
Read and see more The Encounters: Art, Power and Archives symposium has been convened by Rose Brander, Jolie Hockings, Nina Mangalanayagam, Jyoti Mistry and Harriet Vickers
If you need to cancel your ticket for any reason, you can receive a refund up to 1 week before the start of the symposium. You do not need to bring your paper ticket to the event.
Banner image: Sasha Huber, Tailoring Freedom – Jack and Drana, 2022. Metal staples on photograph on wood, 97 x 69 cm. Courtesy the artist. Commissioned by The Power Plant, Toronto; Autograph, London; Turku Art Museum, Finland; and Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, 2022. Original images courtesy the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Jack, 35- 5-10/53043; Drana, 35-5-10/53041).
Exhibition preview (left to right): 1) Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos exhibition at Autograph, London. Curated by Bindi Vora and Lagos Studio Archives. Photograph by Kate Elliott. 2) Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire exhibition at Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliott.
Your Visit and Accessibility: 3) Autograph, London. Photographed by Kate Elliott
About the Lead Images: 4) Sasha Huber, Tailoring Freedom – Fassena, 2022. Metal staples on photograph on wood, 49 x 69 cm. Courtesy the artist. Commissioned by The Power Plant, Toronto; Autograph, London; Turku Art Museum, Finland; and Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, 2022. Original image courtesy the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and. Ethnology, Harvard University, 35-5- 10/53048
Autograph is a place to see things differently. Since 1988, we have championed photography that explores issues of race, identity, representation, human rights and social justice, sharing how photographs reflect lived experiences and shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
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