The streets of San Francisco: encounters with the Selle
collection of street vendor photographs.
We frequently come to know archives through the weight of their
sheer number in mass, which quantifies and qualifies their origins,
ability, and options for future interpretation. These . . .
Caught: on camera.
CAUGHT BY JOACHIM SCHMID
[ILLUSTRATION . . .
God Bless this Circuitry.
This portfolio is one of twelve fictional episodes involving a
churchgoing father and son. Each part of the story is assembled out of
the memory or use of a machine they have in common. The . . .
Post-postmodernism and the archive: uncertain identities and
"forgotten" legacies.
THE DISCOVERY
Early in 2005, a dramatic discovery was made in the attic and
basement of a home in Southern California. It was the complete archive
of a photographer apparently active in the mid- . . .
Found in the UK's national collection of the art of
photography.
Even so, it is clear that one does not collect paintings by Old Masters
in the same spirit that one collects cigar bands.
--"The System of Collecting," Jean Baudrillard
Thirty years ago, the . . .
The black box of the occupation revisited: photography,
responsibility, and the Israeli occupation.
This article considers two exhibitions organized by Israeli writer
Ariella Azoulay (1), "Everything Could Be Seen," held at the
Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery in 2004 and "Act of State: 1967-2007 . . .
F for filing system: an interview with AA
Bronson.(Interview)
The artists' magazine FILE, which published between 1972 and
1989, was founded in Toronto and edited by AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and
Jorge Zontal (known collectively as General Idea). Styled after . . .
Boxed up: time capsules, archives, and magazines.(High
Performance)
A recent story from Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported on a
"ruined" time capsule built in 1957. The capsule was opened
this year during Oklahoma's Centennial celebrations, but it had
leaked and the 1957 . . .
The archaeology of photography: rereading Michel Foucault and the
archaeology of knowledge.
The French historian of discourse, Michel Foucault, made a clear
distinction between the "archive" and the method that he
describes as archaeological. While this method does not require a trowel
to . . .
Photography and the archive.
This issue is devoted to photography and the archive, a topic that
has been of particular interest since the 1980s when commentators began
to analyze the dynamic between institutionalized power and . . .
Notices.
EXHIBITIONS
ARIZONA
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona,
1030 N. Olive Rd. Ralph Gibson and Lustrum Press, 1970-85. Through Sept.
30. www.creativephotography.org.
. . .
Media noted and received.(Book review)
Archive Style: Photographs & Illustrations for U.S. Surveys,
1850-1890, by Robin Kelsey. University of California Press/288
pp./$49.95 (hb).
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Photographs and illustrations . . .
Writing new media.(Book review)
META/DATA: A DIGITAL POETICS
BY MARK AMERIKA
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: MIT PRESS, 2007
520 PP./$35.95 (HB)
Groundbreaking multimedia artist Brion Gysin famously uttered,
"Writing is fifty . . .
The autonomy between US.(Book review)
PARTICIPATION
EDITED BY CLAIRE BISHOP
LONDON/CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: WHITECHAPEL/MIT PRESS, 2006
207 PP./$22.95 (SB)
Claire Bishop has emerged as one of the key critics in . . .
Between stillness and movement.(Book review)
THE CINEMATIC
EDITED BY DAVID CAMPANY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: MIT PRESS, 2007
208 PP./$22.95 (SB)
The title of this anthology of writings on photography and film,
The Cinematic, is . . .
Making virtual art present.(Book review)
FROM TECHNOLOGICAL TO VIRTUAL ART
BY FRANK POPPER
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: MIT PRESS, 2007
459 PP./$45.00 (HB)
Long in gestation, Frank Popper's study From Technological to
Virtual Art . . .
Revolution or revelation?(Movie review)
IRAN: A CINEMATOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION
BY NADER TAKMIL HOMAYOUN
98 MINUTES, 2006
In the documentary film Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
filmmaker Nader Takmil Homayoun tells the story of a . . .
Springing backward.
WILL VAN OVERBEEK: 24 SUMMERS AT BARTON SPRINGS POOL
AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART
AUSTIN, TEXAS
MAY 19-AUGUST 12, 2007
Barton Springs, located in Austin, Texas, covers three acres in
Zilker Park. . . .
Big ideas in small packages.
CLIP/STAMP/FOLD 2
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE
MONTREAL
APRIL 12-SEPTEMBER 9, 2007
"Clip/Stamp/Fold 2" is an homage to the radical,
"little" architecture magazines of the 1960s and . . .
Back to life.
FRANCESCA WOODMAN
VICTORIA MIRO
LONDON, ENGLAND
JUNE 19-JULY 28, 2007
FRANCESCA WOODMAN
TATE MODERN
LONDON, ENGLAND
MAY 1, 2007-APRIL 13, 2008
Francesca Woodman's reputation . . .
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