RESEARCH STATEMENT

Working with Archives
SHEDHALLE, SELF-ORGANIZATION AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION

“The mental comma instead of the full-stop“. - Shedhalle


1. Analytical and Critical – Examining a breadth of an
organization’s archive via online and physically.

2. Participative Projects – Creating conceptual art
projects as an evidence of research.



Self-organization and Cultural Production are the main areas of my research - within it I also explore autonomy, working conditions and examine Shedhalle Archives as a starting point. The research process has involved working in a traditional systematical approach by recording and observation. In the evolution of working in this manner, the framework of examining archives progressed to connecting with creators of the archives; from artists to writers and then broadening the network outside of this starting point in more specific areas relating to women and minorities. Broadening the parameters of the framework is also a focal point in understanding the research itself – as an important process in self-organization. The results of working in this method and working with Shedhalle Archive “Collaborative Practices” in particular, have justified some distinct areas in cultural production that the process of “work in progress” can be paradigmatic in artistic and cultural practices.