inter:archive is an ongoing and experimental research project in the form of a digital platform dedicated to explore and interact with the multiple narrations from intersectional, queer, decolonial feminist perspectives.
Due to the pandemic hitting the globe in winter/spring 2020, the physical manifestation of inter:archive was constrained to suspension. As part of zürich moves 2020’s official programme* the project was intended to take place as a temporary and «particip-active» source on the theme of intersectionality at the OnCurating Project Space from 4 April to 3 May 2020. For the opening event, inter:archive was planned to be activated by the live performances of Josephine Baan with Amos Cappuccio, Tina Reden, Romy Rüegger and ‘MEXA! The female takeover’ by Paloma Ayala and Adriana Dominguez. In collaboration with stage designer Elisabeth Fritsch, the ZHdK Bibliotek and media centre, Frauenstreikhaus, and VOLUMES, inter:archive aimed to challenge the standard library constellation and categorisation by displaying and assembling a miscellany of intersectional feminism sources in an interactive and participative way.
As anchors for resilience, inter:archive has transitioned to the digital sphere. The online version is an experimental space developed in a time of social paralysis in order to maintain the initial elements of research induced in the project while at the same time exploring an alternative format. It is not about exhaustivity but about a collective opportunity to share fragments of references and works, in which the topics of gender, race, sexuality, class, ethnicity and disability intersect. In an endeavour of emancipation, awareness and care, the pieces take a stand towards the multiple injustices, differences and discriminations still overtly present in our contemporary society. Over the course of 30 days from 9 April to 8 May 2020, inter:archive will navigate through the different facets of intersectionalityby sharing content ranging from texts, images, quotes, poems, zines to soundpieces, mixtapes, videos and more. In line with the initial gesture of the spatial design, the digital version of inter:archive will present the materials non-linearly, creating a assemblage for visitors to (re)arrange in their own sensibility. In addition, new contributions by Zurich-based artists will embody and interact with the collected material, including the zürich moves’s artists invited for inter:archive, Josephine Baan & Amos Cappuccio, Tina Reden, and Romy Ruegger, as well as an online adaptation of MEXA! The female takeover‘s workshop by Paloma Ayala and Adriana Dominguez. These contributions will be shared every week throughout the month as a form of activation of the archive and a means of exploration and reinvention amidst this exceptional moment of crisis.
the project is developed by curators Giovanna Bragaglia, Miwa Negoro and Camille Regli
* Initiated in 2012 by Marc Streit, zürich moves! is a week-long festival presenting contemporary artistic practices in the field of performing arts developed in the context of transnational and transgender artistic engagement.
inter:archive was developed by curators Giovanna Bragaglia, Miwa Negoro and Camille Regli, as part of the zurich moves! in 2020 at the OnCurating Project Space with support by Fluxum Foundation. It collaborates with the VOLUMES archive, a non-profit organisation in Zurich that supports the local and international DIY-facet of art publishing, and took part in the 2020’s LEARN supported by School of Commons (SoC), a community-based initiative dedicated to studying and developing decentered knowledge, located at the Zurich University of the Arts.
