Catalogue launch: Ephemeral Matters. Into The Fashion Archive
Saturday, October 19, 2024 – 13:00–Saturday, October 19, 2024 – 15:00
On Saturday, October 19th, International Library of Fashion Research is hosting a book launch event for the exhibition catalogue that accompanies the new exhibition 'Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive’ that opens the same week at the National Museum of Norway. On this occasion, Marco Pecorari (guest curator) & Hanne Eide (curator of contemporary fashion, the National Museum of Norway) will also be in conversation with Elise By Olsen (founding director, International Library of Fashion Research) to elaborate on the themes behind the exhibition and present the catalogue, fresh off the press. Light refreshments, free notebooks & archive fever. Welcome!
The exhibition 'Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive' is based on Pecorari's book 'Fashion Remains: Rethinking Ephemera in the Archive' (Bloosmbury 2021), and explores flimsy printed documents such as invitations, catalogues, press releases and other paraphernalia created on the occasion of fashion shows and other special events in the fashion industry and beyond. Although generally the result of great creative and economic investment, these documents are often thrown-away after their original function and, for this reason, they are often dispersed and lost. 'Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive' explores this paradox and brings to light these overlooked printed remains through a presentation of six private and public archives. Including Palais Galliera, Diktats, Queer Zine Archive Project, Rare Books Paris, the National Museum’s research library and documentation archive, as well as yours truly, International Library of Fashion Research.
