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This chapter analyses what happens when archival theories migrate to an art context, and considers the specific conditions that make the term stick. It shows how the archive functions as a productive short cut to theorise a changed notion of art, and the complex function of art institutions, documents and discursive systems in post-war art.
In this report, Sarah Haylett discusses the history and theory of archival practice and record management, her position within the project and within Tate, and the key questions that she will bring to the research.
7 lis 2019 · As such, they offer useful introductions in the elusive effort to define archival and research-based practices in contemporary art. These two exhibitions feature work by many artists using archival materials or structures in their practice.
The archival material is typically understood to be a component of the artwork; an output of the way it works, the way it functions – for example, Richard Bell’s installation Embassy (2013–ongoing) is a space for programming talks and events which are recorded and added to the archive at each activation. The generated archival material ...
The archival turn suggests a radical change in the conceptualization of these artworks, with consequences for the normative framework of conservation that had long been compliant with museum practices related to conventional, apparently static artifacts.
A keyword search on the term archive and archival on the online sites of two prominent art magazines (Artforum and Art Journal) reveals relatively few references to these terms in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, growing slightly in the 1990s, only to rise sharply from around 2005 onwards with hundreds of hits each year.
