September 2019 - January 2020
[NL] Stichting Spaarnestad Photo heeft in samenwerking met de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten een researchlab ontwikkeld om studenten historische fotocollecties te laten ontdekken als bron en inspiratie voor hun ideeën ontwikkeling. In de tweede editie van Archive 2.0: (Retro) Ethics werd specifiek aandacht gegeven aan onderwerpen waarin de ethiek en macht centraal staan. Onderwerpen voor 2019-2020 waren: de opkomst van het massa tourisme in de jaren ‘60, industrie en uitvindingen, korte journalistieke (misdaad) verhalen en dieren: jacht, dierproeven, dierentuin, circus. Na vijf maanden resulteerde dit in een reeks projecten op het gebied van Interactive Media design, Beeldende Kunst, Interior Design, Graphic Design en Fotografie. Via deze blog kon gedurende het semester de voortgang van dit researchlab worden gevolgd (scroll naar beneden voor het blog).
[EN] The Spaarnestad Photo Foundation has in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, developed a ResearchLab to let students discover collections as a source and inspiration for new ideas. In the second edition of the research lab Archive 2.0: (Retro) Ethics a specific attention was given to topics dealing with ethical issues around image and power. The deep dive into the archive will be treated as a "crime scene investigation”, based on the following photo collections available for 2019-2020: mass tourism in the 60’s, industry and inventions, short journalistic (crime) stories, animal: hunting, medical testing, zoo’s, circus. After five months the results will be presented in a series of projects in the field of Interactive Media design, Visual Arts, Interior Design, Graphic Design and Photography. During the semester one could follow the progress of this ResearchLab through this blog (scroll down).
GUEST LECTURERS: photographer and artist Kazuma Obara, artist David Fathi, Freek Baars (collection specialist at Spaarnestad Photo) and an exhibition at Stichting Heden.
Out of all the pictures that students were inspired by,150 have been selected and digitized. These images are added to our image bank.
Blog researchlab ‘Archive 2.0: (Retro) Ethics’:
Some pictures of what’s been found in the boxes during this researchlab. Boxes with varied topics like Space fantasies, Fortune telling, Animal testing, Animal surgeries, Mining, Apartheid, Food and more are being explored… We can’t wait to see all the projects inspired by this investigation.
