Earlier this year, Tony Lorenzo responded to our participant call out to join Activating our Archives, Modern Art Oxford’s collective digital archiving project which has evolved alongside the exhibition, Akram Zaatari: The Script. In this photo essay, Tony reflects on his experience of taking part in the project. When I was a child I was asked what… Continue reading Catching Memories: Reflecting on Activating our Archives
Month: April 2019
Tom Milnes interviews Bob Bicknell-Knight
Tom Milnes worked with Modern Art Oxford on Activating our Archives, a project that culminated with an event he co-curated with the Activating our Archives project lead Sunil Shah. This Image is No Longer Available took place on April 27 and was a celebration of both the project and the ways that artists and art galleries work… Continue reading Tom Milnes interviews Bob Bicknell-Knight
Everyday Archives and Everyday Art
Sunil Shah is the Lead Artist on Activating our Archives, a group project which uses photography and curation to bring together a community of people from across Oxford to build an online archive of images that reflect on and explore their own lives. The project comes to an end this weekend with an all-day event at… Continue reading Everyday Archives and Everyday Art
Between Anywhere and Nowhere
Between Anywhere and Nowhere presents the work of three female performance artists who explore their connections to the Middle East.
Chaos in the Classroom: Performing DIY Filmmaking in Schools
In our latest update on City as Studio: Moving Image, lead artist Kate Mahony tells us how the students have been experimenting with DIY filmmaking techniques to create their own moving unique moving image works. Throughout City as Studio: Moving Image I was determined to help the students create films using equipment that was readily… Continue reading Chaos in the Classroom: Performing DIY Filmmaking in Schools
The (Networked) Image in Conflict: Cultural Activism and Visual Culture
This research seminar brings together leading academics to explore the global relationship between digital images and cultural activism.
Reading List – Akram Zaatari: The Script
Through his compelling and deeply researched practice, Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari explores the manner in which we choose to present ourselves both on, and offline, from YouTube videos to photographic archives. His work touches on complex and timely themes including contemporary image production, cultural activism and archival studies. Drawn together by our curators, this reading list delves… Continue reading Reading List – Akram Zaatari: The Script