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Mar 27, 2024
Focus on Kara Kum
In my conversations about Nil's work with various individuals, one question frequently arises: does Nil still create today? The answer is...
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Mar 27, 2024
Time, Space, and Relative Dimensions:
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Belén about her work and practice. This is in order to help preserve her...
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Mar 20, 2024
Archivist and The Other Hats
I have often spoken about the privileged relationship I have built with Nil. Despite our differences in age, background, profession, and...
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Mar 20, 2024
Photography and The Archive:
I initially got interested in photography during grad school. I always had some interest in it, often taking fun snapshots on my phone...
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Mar 13, 2024
Architecting the Archive
I was recently pondering the form of the archive. Indeed, while the “content“ is already quite evident and in the process of being...
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Mar 13, 2024
The Archive - A Personal Story
Writing about my work with Belén’s archive has had me reminiscing on why I became an archivist. Growing up, I had a knack for collecting-...
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Mar 6, 2024
The Art of Ill Assumption
Starting off this project, I have seen the benefits of my academic background in Business Studies and Cultural Economics. I can...
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Mar 6, 2024
Heading Towards the Physical Archives
With a slight delay, we’ve finally reached a milestone: all the digital archives that Nil consented to share with Archivorum for our...
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Mar 6, 2024
Combing Through Information, Part 2:
We’ve photographed objects, scanned journals, and gathered materials- what now? This is where the real archival practice starts to take...
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Feb 28, 2024
Home is where the Art is
The train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam passes through Schipol airport, picking up holiday- goers to complete the final leg of their...
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Feb 28, 2024
Carousel of Images
Not having seen Nil this week, I’m taking this opportunity to share with you a sample of photographs of Nil in her early adult life....
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Feb 28, 2024
To Interview An Artist
As I’ve said previously, one of the benefits of starting this archive now is that our subject is still living! We currently have the...
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Feb 21, 2024
Sculpting Serendipity
As one feels when beginning any new chapter of their life, my first day working on the project of ArchivorumArk was one with mixed...
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Feb 21, 2024
A Pool of Archives
Last Thursday, I had a Zoom meeting with Nil’s gallerists based in Istanbul. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the types of...
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Feb 21, 2024
Combing Through Information
When collecting material for an archive, I tend to lean on the side that more is better. In my opinion, it is better to collect all...
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Feb 15, 2024
Precious Moment : Bebek
Nil and I meet – or at least we try to – once a week. At her request, I arrive at 2:30 PM. We chat a bit, catching up with each other's...
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Feb 15, 2024
A Meeting of Minds: Part 2
After a lovely three hour train ride from Paris, I arrived in the city center of Geneva for the annual Artgenève art fair. Having over 80...
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Feb 8, 2024
My Work Is an Archive
“My works are themselves archives”, Nil often repeats to me when we discuss either her works or the archival project we are undertaking....
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Feb 7, 2024
A Meeting of Minds: Part 1
The past two weeks I had the pleasure of returning to Europe to meet with my colleagues and fellow collaborators of the Archivorum Ark...
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Feb 2, 2024
Highlights & insights from Archivorum's ArtGenève week
Last week, amidst the vibrant backdrop of Art Genève, Archivorum had the pleasure of hosting a series of exceptional events that brought...
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