Digital access to collections is an important function of many Southeast Asian art archives. As digital resources and nodes for peer-to-peer sharing, these archives play an important role in seeding new research and cultivating a regional historical consciousness.

Focusing on the Southeast Asia Performance Collection and Indonesia Visual Art Archive as case studies, curators Annie Jael Kwan and Farah Wardani examined how these archives have used digital tools to grow their discursive communities, collaborating with organisations and navigating intellectual property regimes in this conversation moderated by gallery curator Kathleen Ditzig.

This discussion was part of an online workshop, “Archival Intelligence,” that brought together artists, researchers and archivists from the region alongside lawyers and Arweave, a blockchain seeking to create a ‘permanent Internet’. Together, they discussed about sustainable Web3 solutions that could serve marginalised artists, independent spaces and cultural histories which are at risk of being lost.

This programme took place at National Gallery Singapore on 9 Oct 2022, as part of October Gathering.

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