ACTIVATING THE ARCHIVE

 

Banner Repeater and Hackney Archives

 

invite you to a

 

Borough of Hackney Artists’ Publishing exhibition at Hackney Archives.

5th Feb - May 16th 2015.

 

Banner Repeater has been working with Hackney Archives to promote the richness of Artists’ publishing across the borough.  The project aims to provide a temporary platform to raise the visibility of publishing as an art form, and is part of a broader aim to introduce Artists’ Publishing within the network of Hackney Libraries.

 

Hackney Archives is the recognised repository for the Borough history and its research.  This service preserves the Borough’s historic records and makes them accessible for people to research and learn from.  Hackney Archives also collects and records information relating to past and current activity in the borough.  Activating the Archive has provided Hackney Archives with the opportunity to identify local, contemporary work with a view of adding this work into the archives and to ensure its contribution to the Borough’s creative heritage. 

 

The exhibition features works from local artists. The exhibition is accessible during the public opening hours of Hackney Archives, located on the second floor of CLR James Library, Dalston.  Many of the works can be handled to allow the visitor to explore this medium at its best.  The works collectively go some way in representing a broad range of artistic practices that engage with the publishing process, including Artists, Artist-led groups, collectives, and independent publishers working with Artists.

 

Supported by Arts Council England.