AAL Lab Convenings

 

The AAL Lab Convenings, titled Contemporary Art and Archive Practices, are a series of public events that bring together the African Arts Libraries Lab (AAL Lab), its Affiliates Network, and wider audiences to engage in research-sharing and dialogue on contemporary art and archival practice. Informed by the conceptual threads of Re:assemblages 2025–26—Ecotones, The Short Century, Annotations, and The Living Archive—each convening features reflections from invited speakers and the AAL Lab’s inaugural cohort alongside contributions from the broader public.

Liz Johnson Artur, Black Balloon Archive

The first convening of Contemporary Art and Archive Practices took place on August 5th, 2025, in partnership with Gallery TPW and the National Gallery of Canada, with artist Liz Johnson Artur leading a public talk and two in-person sessions at Gallery TPW.

 

Rooted in her Black Balloon Archive, a four-decade project documenting the presence, lives, and everyday moments of Black communities across the world, Liz’s sessions opened new pathways into archives as living, relational spaces shaped by community, celebration, resistance, and continuity.

 

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