about:
archive:
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Franko B’s archive is held as part of the Live Art Archives at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
The archive covers the last 30 years of Franko’s work and includes material in a wide variety of formats related to his performances, screenings, exhibitions, collaborations, mentoring, books and visual art. There are posters and many photographs of Franko and his work, plus a number of items made from the cloth Franko has bled onto during his performances, including several garments.
In 2018 the University of Bristol Theatre Collection received an award from the Wellcome Trust to conserve and catalogue Franko’s extensive archive. A detailed catalogue of over 3,500 entries published in 2020 is available here. All items listed are available to view at the Theatre Collection.
The project, Challenging Archives, culminated in a public exhibition and symposium in 2020, together with an exhibition catalogue. Visit the archive’s collection page here for more information, including a 360º scan of the exhibition and a series of blog posts by writers in residence Maddie Costa and Mary Paterson.
For further information, and access to the archive, please contact Siân Williams, Keeper: Digital and Live Art Archives on +44(0)117 331 5045, or email theatre-collection@bristol.ac.uk.
LGBTQIA+ archive:
An archive of Franko B’s work is also held as part of Bishopsgate Institute’s LGBTQIA+ Archives.
more information here
archive: about | publication | exhibition | collections
publication:
archive: about | publication | exhibition | collections
exhibition:
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• Reading Franko B: Moments in Love
exhibition of Franko B’s archive at University of Bristol Theatre Collection (2013)
archive: about | publication | exhibition | collections
collections:
The following archives and collections include works or documentation by Franko B:
Tate Archive [London]
Lux Film and Video Archive [London]
British Library [London]
Victoria and Albert Museum [London]
Permanent Collection of The City of Milan
Live Art Development Agency [London]
South London Gallery
European Live Art Archive
Commune di Trevi
Digital Edition (PDF). (2020)
202 double pages
I’M HERE - EDITING MY TIME - AN OFFERING
I'm Here responds to the acquisition of Franko B’s archive by the University of Bristol. The archive contains more than 30 years of material relating to performances, exhibitions, screenings, visual art, collaborations and work as a curator, lecturer and mentor.
I’m Here is a collaborative project with artist and designer David Caines and made possible by the generosity of artists, collaborators, scholars, curators, academics and friends that have contributed to my life journey and work.
-Franko B
The publication includes over 700 archival images by Hugo Glendinning, Thomas Qualmann, Franko B, Manuel Vason, Eva Novillo, Niko Raes, SAMO/Daniel Bollinger, Ali Zaidi, Nicholas Sinclair, David Clark Allen, Pia Randall-Goddard, Jamie Mack, Al Overdrive, Michael Turkiewicz, Henrik Vering, Frances Ottaway, James Tye, Gerard Rancinan, Cesare Fullone, Giuditta Fullone, Riccardo Dogana, Carlo Cupaiolo, Henry Ruggeri, Galleria Pack, and Nikolina Jankovic and features essays by Stuart Morgan, Andrea Pagnes, Ruvi Simmons, Michelle Robecchi, Lois Keidan, Sarah Wilson, Dominic Johnson, Amelia Jones, Jennifer Doyle, David Thorp, Ron Athey, Franko B, Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Diana Damian, and Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan.