A SCULPTURE OF PUBLIC INTEREST
The International Performance Art Archive BLACK KIT, founded in 1981, archives the documentation of organisations, associations, artist-run spaces and most important international projects with communicative structures. BLACK KIT | DIE SCHWARZE LADE refers to about 3800 artists, preserves thousands of photographs, individual performance relics and videos since ca. 1970. Furthermore, theoretical publications are collected, including the hybrid field of the public, of teaching, of cooperation, intervention. Furthermore, theoretical publications are collected which also cover the hybrid areas of the public sphere, teaching, cooperation, intervention and crossover areas between other arts.
For further information on the collection visit HERE
Currently, the collection of the International Performance Art Archive is being included in the OPAC of the Museumsbibliothek Köln. Please visit THIS LINK for further research.
One of the central objectives of the International Performance Art Archive is to generate a network of knowledge and to promote the networking of artists, theorists, organisations and presentation forms. 15 international performance art conferences - from Cologne to Bali - have been organised by Boris Nieslony and BLACK KIT since 1995. A special tool for generating knowledge is the „Performance-Art Kontext“-diagram.
The archive is permanently available for research and education. For further information contact our team.