Hidden Conference 3

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the conference has been cancelled.

The Hidden Conference is a series of films started by Rosa Barba in 2010 where she is exploring the invisible connections between the different artworks in storage; the web of links that create a collective idea of a consistent space which is a permanent carrier of cultural value. Especially interested in the storage shelves and how they create an elaborate memory system.

“Do our memories and associations with an artwork define our perceptions of it more than the sight of the actual object? It strikes me that an artwork stored in a major archive is like something finally brought to rest, as if in a deep sleep after the exhausting process of a change of ownership; the communication, negotiation and complex transactions of the art market. And then there’s the question of how the new acquisition introduces something new to the collective memory of the whole archive. When we search our own memory for a word or a name, it’s strange how some seemingly arcane or random association might help us recall it.” Rosa Barba

Hidden Conference 3 is presented by the artist and Filipa Oliveira, curator of Satellite 5. Free entrance. On reservation only: infoauditorium@jeudepaume.org