6.30-8.30pm

Hackney Archives Dalston Square, London E8 3BQ (map)‍

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Artist Moi Tran invited participants to join archivists Stef Dickers, Paul V. Dudman and Etienne Joseph to explore performative intervention and sonic value in archival processes in response to her ongoing project, Civic Sound Archive. This event was held off site at Dalston CLR James library, Hackney and encouraged active participation from audiences.

This event was part of the public presentation of Civic Sound Archive at Peer, on show from 1 July – 3 September 2022. The Civic Sound Archive was an unruly, anecdotal repository for sonic expression as personal testimony, celebrating the joy of poor acoustics and fleeting sonic encounters that are often devalued within traditional archival methods. The project was an ongoing process of knowledge-making that used sound to map personal experience and celebrated the power of archival practice in marginal spaces.


BIOGRAPHIES

Paul V. Dudman is an Archivist at the University of East London Archives. His research interests are focused on refugee history and the role of archives in documenting and preserving the personal narratives and life histories of migration.‍

Etienne Joseph is a London-based archivist, researcher and producer currently working at Hackney Archives. Founder of the Decolonising The Archive initiative, his work strives to understand the purpose and function of heritage within African/Diasporic cultural contexts.‍

Moi Tran is an artist based in Hackney, London. Her practice explores the intersection between contemporary art and live performance through theatre, text, sound, installation, and video.‍