Part 1 of 3: Opening Remarks Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute Introductions John Tain, Getty Research Institute Liza Kirwin, Archives of American Art Keynote Address Un-Knowing, Getting Lost, Linking Points in Space: The New Archival Practice Sven Spieker, University of California, Santa Barbara Artists George Herms, Mario Garcia Torres, and Suzanne Lacy and scholars Julia Bryn-Wilson and Sven Spieker gather at the Getty Center to explore the ways in which contemporary artists incorporate archives into their work. This symposium was organized by the Getty Research Institute in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art and presented in conjunction with the Pacific Standard Time exhibition Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics, 1950 - 1980. Learn more about this event at the Getty Research Institute's website. www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/artists_archives/index.html