On several days during the exhibition period of Joint memory: Photographic Fragments, FOTODOK presents the performance The Precarious Archive by Stefanos Tsivopoulos(GR/NL).
Images: Stefanos Tsivopoulos, The Precarious Archive, 2016, at FOTODOK (2019)
The Precarious Archive constitutes a collection of 900 images which is the result of ten years of research into various public and private archival institutions, press offices, and newspapers in Greece. The visual material chronologically covers the period between 1963 and 2002, and relates to some of the most significant political events that took place in post-war Greece.
The meticulously gathered documentation is derived from sources unknown to the public, and the archival images are not part of a broader collective memory in Greece, or elsewhere. However, during the performances, visitors are invited to contemplate and activate the displayed photographs through their own visual memory and one-on-one discussions with the performers; as well as to form as a group a new ‘memory collective’ with a shared image library.
The performances will last approximately 60 minutes and are free to join* on the following dates:
Thursday 14 Nov 2019 — 17:00
Thursday 21 Nov 2019 — 17:00
Saturday 30 Nov 2019 — 15:00
Sunday 15 Dec 2019 — 15:30
Saturday 18 Jan 2020 — 15:00
Sunday 26 Jan 2020 — 15:30
Saturday 08 Feb 2020 — 15:00
Sunday 16 Feb 2020 — 15:30
The performances are conducted by: Nadine Borst, Eros Chien, Keti Kapanadze, Maria Pisiou, Sophie Mak-Schram and Ieke Trinks.
*The exhibition itself has an entrance fee of €4,- for adults and €3,- for students.
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Each week a FOTODOK team member highlights a photo book of his or her choice - rediscovered in their bookcases while working from home and an extra thanks to all photobook makers!
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This week: educator at FOTODOK Elsbeth Pijnappels (@something_elsy) chooses 'Take care of yourself' by Sophie Calle.
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Elsbeth: 'What do you do when your loved one breaks up with you via email? Artist Sophie Calle turned her heartbreak into art. The letter from her ex, a writer, is a carefully written farewell that concludes with the now legendary words "Prenez soin de vous" or "take good care of yourself".
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Sophie: "I asked 107 women, chosen to interpret the email because of their profession or skills - to analyze, comment, dance, sing in relation to the email. To treat the letter exhaustively. To understand it for me. To answer the letter for me. It was a way to take time, break it but foremost to take care of myself."
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The book is one of my favorites because the publication succeeded in capturing the experience of looking at the works as I saw it in Museum de Pont (2010). Different kinds of paper, small bound booklets, inserted DVDs with meditation, music and video, Braille paper and the portraits of the women with the letter. It is an appealing and thorough investigation into love, sorrow, rejection and failure, sometimes with humor, sometimes devious. A shared response from women with a different expertise but all an authority in their field.'](https://www.fotodok.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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