Photography and the Archive Research Community

07/07/2024

An insight into the work being done in the Edward Reeves archive in Lewes on Friday 19 July at 13.00 hrs- free online event

Brigitte Lardinois joins us to talk about the Edward Reeves Archive project.

14/02/2023

After nearly 20 years at the heart of the University of the Arts London research community, the Photography and the Archive Research Centre is closing.

Our social media channels will continue to operate under the new name PARC: Photography and the Archive Research Community.

A big thank you to all of you who have supported, followed, and collaborated with PARC over the years.

05/12/2022

Ethics of Display symposium

Wed, 7 December 2022,
10:00 – 13:00 GMT
Online

Book your free place and see the full schedule here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethics-of-display-symposium-tickets-469994465097

The material past lives and lived testimonies of victims of genocide and human rights abuses frequently form a central part of the narratives of violence in Holocaust and Genocide Museums and other sites of memory. However, the use of victims’ testimonies, personal artefacts, photographs and even in some cases physical remains poses questions about the ethics of display. Firstly, to what extent might this process re-victimise? Secondly, do museums have a moral duty towards the dead they display? Thirdly, how should museums store, handle and display both human remains and personal artefacts? These are merely a few of the myriad moral questions that researchers and museum staff must deal with in their everyday encounters with remains.

Hosted by the Peace and Conflict Cultural Network this symposium will explore this contested space, with contributions from Dr. Zuzanna Dziuban of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, James Bulgin, director of Public History at the Imperial War Museum, Elma Hodžić, of the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hasan Hasanović, of the Srebrencia Memorial Centre, and Tali Nates, director of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.

In addition, we will explore possible themes and ideas for the 'Why Remember?' international conference as part of the symposium and invite both past participants and those wishing to attend in 2023 to engage with the Steering Committee of the Peace and Conflict Culture Network to assist in shaping the call for papers for the 2023 conference.

Image: Personal effects from victims of the Srebrenica massacres exhumed from mass gravesites, from 'Quest for Identity' (2012) by Ziyah Gafić

03/11/2022

What would change look like within cultural spaces?⁠ Explore this question on 9th Nov in The Decolonising Lens Part 7: Gaëtane Verna & Mark Sealy on Cultural Turns, at LCC. Free:

Mark Sealy and Gaëtane Verna discuss the urgencies and complexities of programming within cultural institutions.

29/09/2022

OPENING TODAY!

STORIES SEEN THROUGH
A GLASS PLATE:
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS

The Edward Reeves Archive in association with the Photography and the Archive Research Centre at UAL
and Edward Reeves Photography present STORIES SEEN THROUGH A GLASS PLATE: IN THEIR
FOOTSTEPS, an exhibition of historic photographs of Lewes and its people displayed on lightboxes
throughout the town centre during September & October 2022.

A new exhibition for 2022 from the Edward Reeves Archive. A century of life in Lewes, showing
townsfolk in the places they lived, worked, relaxed and celebrated. Walk in their footsteps.

Displaying new unseen images from the Edward Reeves archive.

Accompanying exhibition, LEWES TOWN HALL: A BUILDING IN FOCUS, examines the crucial
role of the building in town life.

Edward Reeves Photography London College of Communication UAL Research

11/08/2022

Lovely piece in the Guardian last week on PARC member Dr
Paul Lowe's pick of his best shot and his time spent covering the siege of Sarajevo.

‘The siege of Sarajevo was very hard on children, who obviously didn’t want to be stuck indoors. They would risk their lives for a little pleasure’

10/08/2022

A nice piece by our colleagues at LCC on PARC project the Edward Reeves Archive, led by PARC Director Brigitte Lardinois.

Keep an eye out for details of the upcoming, annual lightbox exhibition on Lewes High Street.

LCC PHOTOGRAPHY Photography educators online UAL Research UAL: University of the Arts London London College of Communication Edward Reeves Photography

https://www.arts.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange/stories/inside-the-edward-reeves-archive-in-lewes?fbclid=IwAR3bICdkqcoOB56HYHeiTGJgSuIaOahyuTOWSEufrtCn3QCCXaWlbxM035I

Brigitte Lardinois, director of the Photography and Archives Research Centre at London College of Communication, has been leading on this collaborative research project since 2013.

21/06/2022

"We are all storytellers, yet so often our stories are told for us by others."

emi ijo –heart of dance 2022: Windrush Day 22 June 18:00 – 20:00 BST

emi ijo –heart of dance 2022 is a two-part event. This evening of performance and discussion will occur live at London College of Communication and on ZOOM. It follows on from the storytelling workshop for UAL Staff and Students at 14.00-1600 (BST)

Celebrate the stories of journeys and achievements of the Windrush generations and migrants from postcolonial Africa, inspiring many future generations for the next 75 years:
Evening Event (Public, Online and in-person)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-our-futures-for-the-next-75-years-tickets-348053616737

Workshop (UAL Staff and Students, in person)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-the-art-of-storytelling-tickets-347971310557?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

London College of Communication UAL Research UAL: University of the Arts London

African diaspora storytelling conversations and live music performance.

24/05/2022

Visualizing the Environmental Emergency: Towards Trans-Disciplinarity
26 May 2022
3pm-4.15pm BST (10am-11.15 EDT)
*Ticket link in bio*

Maria Teresa Salvati in discussion with UAL's David Cross. Moderated by PARC's Dr Paul Lowe.

Addressing contemporary climate and environmental crises requires the collaboration of artists, scientists, and other experts to respond to the challenges we are facing. The integration of these different groups is necessary to act as buffers between the public and scientific data and to encourage a richer and more complex conversation about the fundamental issues driving the climate and environmental crises and how to use the powerful impact of contemporary art and photography.

In this context, trans-disciplinarity, which integrates the natural, social and health sciences in a humanities context that transcends the traditional boundaries of discipline, is the path to follow. Trans-disciplinarity involves the integration of knowledge and the abandonment of binary thinking, so we can help construct deeper meanings in the context of real-world problems. For example, when dealing with environmental issues, we know we need to refer to a complexity that embraces a world of injustice and inequality, both in the causes and the consequences of the problems.

How can contemporary photography and art raise their ambition to make real changes in the world? What artistic, human, or scientific approach does trans-disciplinary work require artists to put in place? How do they maintain their personal vision when they deal with scientific data?

Image: The Abolition of Work, 2007 © Cornford and Cross

Addressing contemporary climate and environmental crises requires the collaboration of artists, scientists, and other experts to respond to the challenges we are facing. The integration of these different groups is necessary to act as buffers between the public and scientific data and to encourage a...