Conference by
Kirsty Robertson
Photo credit: Bruno Sinder
The Foundation, in collaboration with FOFA Gallery, is happy to invite you to the lecture Shadow Collection: Chemical Intimacies in the Museum and Archive by Kirsty Robertson, winner of the 2024 Research in Visual Arts award.
The conference (in English) will take place on 13 March at 5:30 p.m. in York Auditorium (EV-1.605), EV Pavilion, Concordia University, and will be followed by a drink around the marble table.
Museums are often described as “pristine” spaces. This is in part a reference to the apparent (but constructed) “neutrality” of the white cube. The production of environments that slow and intervene in the action of time on materials is typically considered to be a crucial role of museums. But as museum “neutrality” has come to be challenged, so too should any notion of the pristine museum space. This research develops a theory for the shadowy, feral underside of collections, focusing on toxic and chemical elements that often invisibly accompany material objects.
Free admission
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