The California Files
Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory
Ariane Beyn ; Rick Prelinger

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Editor(s)

Ariane Beyn, Rick Prelinger

Uitgever

San Francisco : CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2007

Omvang

54 p., geïllustreerd, 28 cm.

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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.

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Persoon als onderwerp

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

Trefwoorden

photography , film , video , installation , sculpture , appropriation , archives

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties

Opmerkingen

Incl. artist Biographies.