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Read moreTerremoto's "First Notes for a Proposal for the Decolonization of the Archive"
Archivos Fuera de Lugar publication image courtesy of t-e-e.org.
“..we were interested in discussing the concept of custody. It was vital to articulate how, from the point of view of the institution and as subjects, we were asking ourselves about the limits between guarding and possessing a collection..”
Read moreArt: Jessica Moss talks curating Chris Watts’ “Blahk on Blahk on Blak” on HappeningsCLT
Image courtesy of Chris Watts.
“Through a process that begins with the artist exposing himself to the footage from body cameras, public surveillance tapes and pedestrian iphone footage, Watts experiments with creating visual representations of suspended historicity and trauma.”
Read moreArticle: Community Archiving Profile
The staff of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library is always on the lookout for new ways to engage the public in our work.
Read moreArticle: "Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go"
In “Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till,” Coco Fusco wrote about Open Casket, an abstracted depiction of Emmet Till in his open casket by Dana Schutz, and the widespread criticism it received while on view at the Whitney Biennial in 2017.
Read moreArticle: Community-Based Approaches to Archives From the Black Lives Matter Movement
In recent years, the interest in community-based participatory archiving has grown enormously. This growth reflects a recognition that people and communities should be empowered to document and preserve their own histories…
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