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What Is The
Stichting Egress Foundation?
The Stichting Egress Foundation is an independent multi-faceted cultural foundation created at the beginning of the twenty-first century to encourage critical research and dialogue in 3 main areas: contemporary art theory and practice; historic textile research; and time and causality studies.
Our primary purpose is to serve as a public means of communication to contribute to the development of innovative critical theory and research in these areas by
(1) Providing an ongoing public forum for the exchange and dissemination of free, open-access information concerning these subjects, including links to/from other people and groups involved in these areas, as well as by
(2) Providing initial funding and other support to selected projects in these areas, especially "unprofitable" critical research projects centered on archives, documentation, bibliographic and online database issues. Our varied range of educational resources, collections and libraries underlying these projects --several of which are still actively growing-- have been developing slowly over a period of 40 years, first in New York during the 1960s, then in Paris and Bagnolet, France during the 1970s and 1980s, and since the mid-1990s, in Amsterdam.
Underlying our future research projects currently in development (see below), we maintain the following libraries and collection resources:
● A contemporary art collection and archives; The Siegelaub Collection & Archives, a collection of what is now known as "conceptual art", and the archives of Seth Siegelaub arising from his activities from 1964 through 1971 in New York and Europe, including exhibitions, projects, and interviews. ● The Center for Social Research on Old Textiles [CSROT] research library and the Bibliographica Textilia Historiae database; a resource centered on documenting the world literature on the history of textiles consisting of a growing library of more than 7,000 volumes from the 15th century to date, and a related database containing over 9,000 entries with over 25,000 bibliographic references to individual authors and texts. To access the database click here. ● The Center for Social Research on Old Textiles [CSROT] collection of historic textiles, including woven and printed textiles, embroideries, and bark cloth (tapa) from Europe, Asia, Oceania & Africa from late antiquity (Coptic Egypt) through the 20th century, with a collection of headdresses from Africa and Oceania (currently a total of 600 works). ● The Egress Time & Causality Library and Database; a small but growing specialized research library and database centered on the theory of time and causality in the context of physics. What Does The
Stichting Egress Foundation Want?
These projects will include: ● Contemporary Art. This section will consist of 3 projects: - Art Theory: A continuing research project on the social-economic issues underlying the production, distribution and consumption of contemporary art and culture, The Egress Forum For Critical Art Studies; - Art Law: A center for the study of the growing legal issues related to contemporary art and intellectual production in general, The Art Law Resource Center, produced by Daniel McClean; and - Concept Art: A complete documentation on the Seth Siegelaub collection of "conceptual art", his archives, and his activities during 1964 - 1971. ● Textile Research: The Center for Social Research on Old Textiles [CSROT] research library and the Bibliographica Textilia Historiae database will continue to develop its library and documentation resources, and will soon make it available as a free open-access database, fully-searchable by multple keywords and criteria. This will be up and running by the Fall 2010. Eventually all this material will be gifted away if and when we find the right conditions. To access the database click here. ● Textile Collections: The Center for Social Research on Old Textiles [CSROT] collection of historic textiles will continue to acquire works and make them available on loan to exhibitions, as well as contribute to the scholarly study of certain aspects of these textile works. It will be presented here as a free open-access visual database. Eventually all these collections will be gifted away if and when we find the right conditions. ● Time & Causality: The Time & Causality Project for the moment is a small growing library and database, whose purpose is eventually to serve as a focus for a scientific discussion to advance our knowledge of these elusive subjects. Eventually all this material will be gifted away if and when we find the right conditions. ● Media Research: The International Mass Media Research Center [IMMRC] mass media library is a library of critical left, progressive and socialist books and pamphlets treating all aspects of the media which was built in France in the late 1970s. Its circa 3,000 volumes was gifted in the 1990s to the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (The International Institute for Social History) in Amsterdam where it can now be consulted. What Is To Be Done?
If you wish to receive free information and updates about any or all of our projects, just click on Register on the top of this Homepage and fillout the form (This information will be kept strictly private). We also suggest that before visiting our website you should read our Terms of Use. In the meantime, we welcome your suggestions, comments and proposals for possible collaboration. We are pleased to establish contact with groups and individuals involved with projects related to ours, including the exchange of links. For more information just send us an email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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