Never The Same

Chicago artist and activist Daniel Tucker and Art Historian Rebecca Zorach expand a project entitled Never the Same which, since 2010, has sought to archive and document the history of Chicago’s rich storehouse of politically and socially engaged art practices.

Artists and activists have increasingly taken to creating their own archives independent of major institutional affiliation or support. This gathering brought together both new and established examples of this work from across North America and paired them with exciting practices happening in Chicago. This day-long forum explored some of the ambitions, issues, and concerns emerging from these diverse and instructive models. It took place on June 7, 2013 at the Logan Center for the Arts. See video documentation of the day's first event, a panel discussion on grassroots archiving, as well as a full symposium schedule below.

Schedule of Events

1-3pm
Panel on Grassroots Archiving

Karen Stanworth (Toronto) Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives
Chaitra Powell (Los Angeles) Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
Josh MacPhee (Brooklyn) Interference Archive

3:15-5:15pm
Show-N-Tell

Unfurling of Never The Same Archives with Skyla Hearn, Daniel Tucker and Rebecca Zorach

5:30-6:30pm
Local Archiving Roundtable

Read/Write Library
Bronzeville Historical Society
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Archive
Media Burn Archive