20 YEARS OF ARCHIVE FEVER

"It is what is happening, right here, when a house, the Freuds' last house, becomes a museum: the passage from one institution to another." (Jacques Derrida, 'Archive Fever') Presented as a gift to the Freud Museum, Jacques Derrida's 1994 lecture 'Archive Fever' remains a compelling work for scholars and artists interested in the relationship between archives, memory, and technology. Originally titled 'The Concept of the Archive: A Freudian Impression', Derrida's deconstruction of the act of archiving beautifully opens up the contradictory nature of archives: how they are simultaneously public and private spaces, institutive and conservative, traditional and revolutionary. To mark the 20th anniversary of the lecture, the 'archive' at the centre of Derrida's thinking - the Freud Museum - is inviting a number of academics who attended the lecture to recall their memories of it, offer their interpretations of the work, and explore its continued relevance today.

Suitable for
18+

Admission
REGISTRATION: £25 Full / £15 Concessions (including students, unwaged and staff of museums and archives) (A further £5 reduction for Members of the Freud Museum and staff and students of Goldsmiths College and The Courtauld Institute)

Website
http://www.freud.org.uk/events/75625/20-years-of-archive-fever/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000274?id=EVENT487911