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On October 20 and 21 it was celebrated in the theatre Piccolo Arsenale of Venice, Archives and Exhibitions, the first conference on archives organised by la Biennale di Venezia – ASAC (Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts) in the context of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition with the collaboration of Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici del Veneto – Soprintendenza Archivistica per il Veneto.
"You can't hold an exhibition, even one dedicated to the avant-garde, without having recourse to the archives," says Paolo Baratta. "For some time now, the present and the contemporary have been viewed in the light of previous experiences or of history. The conference Archives and Exhibitions, promoted by la Biennale di Venezia – ASAC, more than a technical conference, is therefore aimed at launching an indispensable instrument for cultural organisation, and will be repeated every year at each Art and Architecture Exhibition. La Biennale is thus enriched by a further, ongoing research project."
The conference began with a reflection on the use of archives in the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by David Chipperfield. The theme of the Exhibition has led the participants to reflect on themes concerning "continuity, context, and memory, and towards shared expectations." The participants were encouraged by the curator to demonstrate the importance of influence and of the continuity of cultural endeavour, to illustrate "common ideas that form the basis of an architectural culture." Many of the architects invited by Chipperfield, in creating their original proposals and installations, have drawn from material from architectural archives.
La Biennale dedicated two days to debate, divided into 5 sessions that include institutional interventions in the morning and two roundtable discussions in the afternoon.
The last session devoted to defining a future work program, which provides for seminar meetings devoted to specific aspects of the preservation and use of the archives of the twentieth century and contemporary age.
