Allard Pierson – 100 years of theatre collection – 27, 28 February 2025
On February 28, 2025, Chris van Goethem and Bastiaan Schoof presented the Canon II project at the symposium “100 Years of Theatre Collection” at the Allard Pierson museum in Amsterdam.
All speakers discussed the past and present of this collection, while also looking to the future. Chris and Bastiaan talked about how to document the invisible. “You can’t archive light in a box”, Chris told the audience.
We had 10 minutes to explain our approach, which was quite a short time. However, Chris and Bastiaan managed to capture the audience’s interest, and we received many questions after our talk.
Here, we also announced that we had received our funding from the EU. Allard Pierson and Podiumkunst.net offered to assist us, inviting us to their archive for future Canon II meetings in Amsterdam.