The GSA Archives and Collections Centre has been busy these
last couple of weeks with artists participating in the forthcoming CCA exhibition
‘What We Have Done, What We Are About To Do’ conducting research in the Third Eye
Centre archive material, and it is becoming increasingly evident of the wealth
of various and often deviant information from a linear history that the
material provides.
While some of these visitors may directly reference material
found within the archive, others will also explore broader discussions on the role
of archives within contemporary art practice and institutions.
We have been out visiting too, and similar
discussions, specifically curatorial intention in dissemination of archives,
were prevalent during the recent Whitechapel event ‘Curating the Archive’.
We also visited Flat Time House, which holds a unique
collection of the personal papers and work in the former studio of John Latham,
an artist who networks with the Third Eye Centre through Better Books and the
Artist Placement Group. Significant
evidence of direct communication between Latham and the Third Eye Centre is yet
to be uncovered, but as detailed research on the first few years of the Third Eye
Centre continues for the exhibition, we look forward to uncovering more
tangible articles such as this carbon copy of a letter from Tom McGrath to
Latham, the original of which amazingly is still currently held at Flat Time
House.
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