Stories of the Building

What are the aims of the Arts Centre, and have these changed across time? Is it possible to create an institution for the whole community?

We explore the role of memory and archives, and ask whether we can accurately remember the Arts Centre’s past. How can we claim to know the building if memories are fallible? Who writes the history that gets cemented in our minds, and what might their biases be? How do we construct a history from incomplete archives? 

Today we explore our own relationship to the present-day ACCA, and return to the vision of Dr. Walter Eysselinck (Director of the Centre, 1960s). In its suspended state, how can ACCA re-connect to its heart? Where does the heart of the building lie in the first place? Why do we care about the Arts Centre at all?