“Informal Archiving: The Space of Reverie and the Dispersed Art Object” presented by Zavitsanou

• Avrokomi Zavitsanou

• Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

This paper investigates the practice of informal archiving as a space of reverie, where memory, creative impulse, and temporal dislocation converge. In contrast to structured, institutional archives, the informal archives curated by artists embrace disarray, fragmentation, and fluidity, embodying a unique form of memory preservation.

Situated in a state of “archival reverie,” artists engage with their dispersed works in a semi-conscious ritual, crafting an environment where art objects move between the physical and digital realms, continuously reshaped by personal association and reinterpretation. This study reflects on how such informal, often somnambulistic, archival practices contribute to digital heritage, capturing not only the remnants of creative processes but also the transitory and transformative nature of artistic legacy.

Ultimately, informal archiving emerges as both a documentation of and a dynamic engagement with the artist’s evolving identity, challenging conventional paradigms of archiving within the digital and creative fields.

• Informal Archive
• Digital Heritage
• Archival Reverie
• Scattered Art Objects
• Memory Preservation

• Short Paper