Practice

Discover here some of the encounters and inspiring cases that cross our path, as well as the research projects in which CKV cooperates and contributes.

In practice

Marcel Mariën Fragments

It was in relation to the launch of online platform of the Marcel Mariën Foundation that a conversation took place about the remains of the Mariën studio in the Jan Van Veen archive.

In practice

Tuesday June 9 we celebrate International Archives Day. June 9 is therefore the day to think about your archive. Especially for this occasion, the TRACKS partners organize online question-and-answer sessions with #askanarchivist!

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hanstheys.ensembles.org

Hans Theys is a twentieth-century philosopher and art historian. He has written and designed dozens of books on the works of contemporary artists and hundreds of essays, interviews and reviews in books, catalogues and magazines.

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The Paul Bervoets Archive: Hors Circuit

The archives of Paul Bervoets are representative of abstract modernism after 1945 and can therefore be used for more research, publications and exhibitions.

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The Mark Verstockt Legacy

Compiling, organising and storing – first-line conservation for the archives of artist Marc Verstockt.

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The Jan Van Veen Archive

The Jan Van Veen archive is an example where emergency shelter ensures that interesting archive materials are not irrevocably lost.

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WORKSHOP – art archive do’s and don’t’s

CKV was a guest at the Kunsthal Ghent. Together we talked about what an archive makes, about why archiving, about how to structure and organize, about acid-free packaging, about digitization and much more!

Affiche voor Post-Performance Project 3, Vleeshal Middelburg, Nederland, 1981.

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Hugo Roelandt Archive

The CKV is opening the archive of Belgian artist, Hugo Roelandt (1950-2015) – one of Belgium’s preeminent pioneers of performance art in the 1970s and 80s.

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Frans Van Roosmaelen Archive

Complete archives aren’t the only ones worth conserving and exhibiting. The CKV is handling a few fascinating remnants of the Frans Van Roosmaelen archive.

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Luc Deleu Archive / T.O.P. Office

The CKV and the Flemish Architecture Institute (VAi) are looking into how to take care of the archive, knowledge and ideas of Luc Deleu / T.O.P Office sustainably.

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Jef Lambrecht’s Legacy

Following Jef Lambrecht’s death in 2016, his family and friend began sorting and inventorying his literary and artistic archive. CKV is supervising the last, critical phase of the (re)purposing of a significant segment of this archive.

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Jef Verheyen Archive

CKV started working with the Jef Verheyen Archive in 2019 to gear up for the opening of artist Jef Verheyen’s (1932-1984) oeuvre and archive to the public. This is a must for obtaining an impression of Verheyens’ flow of ideas.