Einladung. Archiv als Ereignis
Annette Jael Lehmann/Rudolf Fischer/Anna-Lena Werner/Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft/Archiv der Avantgarden - Egidio Marzona/Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden

Based on a selection of hundred invitations primarily from the Archiv der Avantgarden in Dresden, the book Invitations: Archive as Event introduces exemplary positions of the twentieth century avant-gardes from historical and contemporary perspectives. The invitations serve as the starting point for investigations in practices and visions of the avant-gardes, providing information about networks, participants and institutions. Artistic events such as exhibition openings and performances are put in focus: Following principles of rhizomatic mapping, the publication comprises a wide spectrum of event descriptions, case studies, interviews, visual references and theoretical interventions each representing important links for aesthetic, socio-political and ecological questions relevant today. In doing so, scholars, students, artists and curators test a lively and performative archival model.