Tag: Ecart
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New Publication! Instilling Liveliness: Archives of Neo-Avant-Garde Art as Sites of Activation, by Aga Wielocha
Congratulations to Aga Wielocha, our postdoctoral fellow, on her new article “Instilling Liveliness: Archives of Neo-Avant-Garde Art as Sites of Activation”, recently published by the Journal Institute of Conservation. In this article, she explores the concept of activation in relation to the archive, with a specific focus on Ecart, an artistic collective active in the
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Episode 6: ‘Dream Piece’ (1976) by John Armleder
‘Dream Piece’ (1976) is a performance by John Armleder, conceived and enacted within the expansive context of the Ecart Group, an artistic collective that thrived in Geneva during the 1970s. Ecart’s approach to art bore a strong imprint of Fluxus influence, a fact made evident by the numerous characteristics that situated the group firmly within…