Archive Fever
Archive Fever
Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art
by Okwui Enwezor

Auteur(s)
Okwui Enwezor
Uitgever
New York ; Göttingen : International Center of Photography : Steidl Publishers, 2008
Omvang
264 p., geïllustreerd, 23 cm.
ISBN
9783865216229

Organized and written by renowned scholar and ICP Adjunct Curator Okwui Enwezor, and taking its title from Jacques Derrida's book of the same name, Archive Fever gathers leading contemporary artists who use archival materials in the fabrication of their work. As Derrida notes, the Greek etymology of "archive" connotes both "commencement" and "commandment," implying that authority is as much at stake as authenticity. For artists, of course, these imperatives provoke all kinds of exciting opportunities for eccentricity and falsification. The images offer a wide-ranging subject matter, but are linked by the artists' shared meditation on photography and film as the quintessential media of the archive.


Persoon als onderwerp
Tacita Dean, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jef Geys, ...[et al.]
Trefwoorden
photography , archives
Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties
Opmerkingen