TECHNOPOLITICS: 16. 12. 2019 @ 20:00

Studio Eckermann Nestler, 1030, Neulinggasse 9, Vienna

Bryan Reedy and I will be talking about our project HAND, archival software for artists which we have been working on since January 2017.

In 2016, I received a grant from the Art360 foundation to start archiving my performance work and Bryan Reedy helped digitise my analogue work. During this process I began to look for a database to host my archives. I was disappointed to find that the models available were expensive, focused on the art object and sales, and didn’t provide me with what I needed.

During this time Bryan built a prototype database to organise my work. Bryan is currently developing a specification for a more widely accessible, desktop version of the original web-based database. This open source software aims to provide an environment that does not privilege the art object or sales but instead creates a space in which research, documentation and social context exist alongside artworks and archive materials.

This project is supported by UCL’s HEIF Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund.