Securing Contemporary Practices: An International Perspective on Artists’ Archives

4.00pm Saturday 25 March at Photo Museum Ireland

Admission free. All welcome.

Join us for an exciting talk event with leading international film-maker and curator Ralph Goertz, which will give an international perspective on how artists’ practices can be preserved for the future.

Ralph Goertz, founder/ director of the Institute for Art Documentation (IKS) in Duesseldorf, has worked with major figures in contemporary photography and the art world, including Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, and Candida Höfer, producing films to record their practices and working lives. He regularly collaborates with cultural institutions in archiving contemporary photographic artists' practices. This talk event is being presented as part of our continuing focus on securing artists’ practices, a key element of developing the National Photographic Collection at Photo Museum Ireland. In this talk Ralph will explore strategies for working with artists to record the crucial details of their practices for the future, and to provide an overview of individual practices over the whole span of artists’ careers. Through its films and curation projects, the IKS offers vital insights into the materials, working methods and motivations of artists. This is an important model for how artists practices can be contextualised in a wide-ranging and sustainable fashion. Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to welcome Ralph to Dublin to offer his unique international perspective on this subject.