Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory
Ariane Beyn ; Rick Prelinger
- Editor(s)
- Ariane Beyn, Rick Prelinger
- Publication
- San Francisco : CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2007
- Scope
- 54 Pages, illustrated, 28 cm.
Booklet, published in conjunction with the exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, 19.04-23.06.2007. The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory examines how the use and reuse of documents and artifacts can allow cultural attributions to shift, exposing less-obvious aspects of cultural memory. The exhibition brought together artists who utilize archival materials in their work or whose documentary practices echo an archival approach; it also features selections from a number of self-organized archival initiatives. The California Files investigates the idea and reality of California as a place that lacks a fixed identity and is occupied with its own history and reinvention. The exhibition focused on idiosyncratic details of Californian culture through a variety of documentation practices and methods.
- Person as subject
- Craig Baldwin, Sandow Birk, Andrea Bowers, Kaucyila Brooke, the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Abigail Child, Sunah Choi, Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda, the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Cultural Center, Harun Farocki, Jill Godmilow, Jack Goldstein, Karl Holmqvist, William E. Jones, Helen Kim, Nina Könnemann, Jesse Lerner, Jenny Perlin, the Prelinger Library & Archives, Miljohn Ruperto, Susan Schwartzenberg, Allan Sekula, Danh Vo, Clemens v. Wedemeyer, Christine Würmell
- Keywords
- photography , film , video , installation , sculpture , appropriation , archives
- Location
- Cabinet 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties
- Remarks
- Incl. artist Biographies.
