The Afterlife of Archives

Date: 20 Nov 24

Time: 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: KNMA Noida 

The workshop invites participants to explore the narrative possibilities offered by archival materials from across Asia, ranging from reproductions of artwork documentation, newspaper clippings, photographs, exhibition catalogues, ephemera, and more. It draws on art historian Aby Warburg’s project Mnemosyne Atlas, which consisted of organising panels of myriad images from across geographies and time under thematic categories. Allowing us to view images in non-linear ways and signpost unexpected connections, Warburg’s Atlas has also inspired several artistic projects, including those that respond to recent shifts in internet culture. Deploying some of the methodological possibilities offered by these projects, the workshop hopes to elicit a range of immediate and synoptic insights into modern and contemporary art histories of Asia.

Who Can Join?

This workshop is open to interested and committed participants aged 18+. Limited seats, so register soon!

About the Artist: 

Sneha Ragavan, Senior Researcher & Head, Asia Art Archive in India. She conceptualises and leads AAA-I’s research initiatives on modern and contemporary art, including projects digitising artist archives; creating digital bibliographies of art across multiple languages; co-editing a forthcoming three-volume publication on 20th century art writing from the region; and organising with colleagues, seminars and workshops around archiving and art history. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, for her work on the discourse of the national modern in twentieth century architecture in India.

Image credits:

Installation view of MAP Office: Atlas of Asia Art Archive, Asia Art Archive Library, 2012. Courtesy of AAA.