As a large number of contemporary art centres are celebrating decades of work - thirty, forty, even sometimes fifty years since their creation- how can they proceed to write their history without having previously organised their memory?

On the occasion of Capc’s fiftieth anniversary, DCA organised a symposium on the art centres’ archives with the presence of artists, curators and art historians. This symposium was followed on from a professional day entirely dedicated to archives and aimed at the art centre teams.

Tuesday the 28th of November, 9h30-13h
In the Auditorium of the Capc
7 Rue Ferrere, 33000 Bordeaux
Free admission, booking required
Detailed Schedule
Video Recording

9h30 — Opening remarks
Sandra Patron, Director of the Capc, Bordeaux
Garance Chabert, Director of the Villa du Parc, Annemasse
Marie Chênel, General Secretary, DCA

9h45-10h15 — Communication
Les archives visuelles des centres d’art, capital documentaire de l’histoire des expositions
by Rémi Parcollet, art historian

10h15-10h45 — Communication
Penser les manques
by Salma Mochtari, research worker and curator

11h-12h30 — Round-table discussion
With artists, curators, art historians: our guests dived into the art centres’ archives to study and exhibit them, as well as to create a work of art out of them.

With Anne Favier, lecturer in art sciences; Virgile Fraisse, artist; Eva Barois De Caevel, curator, art critic and independent research worker; and It’s Our Playground, artist duo made of Camille Le Houezec and Jocelyn Villemont.
Moderator: Garance Chabert, Director of the Villa du Parc, Annemasse

12h30-13h — Conclusion
Observer: Adelaïde Blanc, independent curator.

An event co-organised by DCA — French national network of contemporary art centres and the Capc Museum of Contemporary Art. Supported by the Ministry of Culture, the ADAGP and the City of Bordeaux.