What are Archives? | Animating the Archives

This video series examines some of the stories behind Tate’s archives of British art, exploring questions and processes that are emerging from their collection, conservation and use.

What does the word archive mean to you? Hear from artists, gallery volunteers, and history experts about the sorts of things you can find in archives. What secrets do archives hold and how can your own experiences and possessions be of archival value?

[ludwigschilling]

Loved the concept of an open archive, using a Map as a Device for collaboration. gonna check out the South London Black Music Archive

[joanfrancis]

Amazing! I was in the archive without actually being there! I thoroughly enjoyed this tour!

[bglvaupel]

The archives have a responsibility to check files in and out like in a library. They must at all times know where their documents are, especially high security.

[xbethbeth]

This has been really helpful as i'm currently taking part in a University project based on curating an archive!

[andriisukhariev]

I found some interesting pictures of Ukrainians from King David collection in your catalogue, , but seems that they are not digitalised and i must visit the reading room to at least see them… what would you suggest to do if i can’t visit England any time soon, and would love to use materials with reference to your Archive … thanks in advance

[organicrobot]

I plan on archiving a bunch of stuff surrounding video game culture and maybe one or two other things... not sure if I will ever get around to it but you know how it goes

[frankjeffs]

A very useful resource spoilt yet again by pretentious out of focus shots and unnecessary camera movements across out of focus foregrounds