Photography and The Archive:
I initially got interested in photography during grad school. I always had some interest in it, often taking fun snapshots on my phone...
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Mar 13
The Archive - A Personal Story
Writing about my work with Belén’s archive has had me reminiscing on why I became an archivist. Growing up, I had a knack for collecting-...
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Mar 6
Combing Through Information, Part 2:
We’ve photographed objects, scanned journals, and gathered materials- what now? This is where the real archival practice starts to take...
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Feb 28
To Interview An Artist
As I’ve said previously, one of the benefits of starting this archive now is that our subject is still living! We currently have the...
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Feb 21
Combing Through Information
When collecting material for an archive, I tend to lean on the side that more is better. In my opinion, it is better to collect all...
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Feb 15
A Meeting of Minds: Part 2
After a lovely three hour train ride from Paris, I arrived in the city center of Geneva for the annual Artgenève art fair. Having over 80...
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Feb 7
A Meeting of Minds: Part 1
The past two weeks I had the pleasure of returning to Europe to meet with my colleagues and fellow collaborators of the Archivorum Ark...
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Jan 17
Documenting A Space
We’ve talked discussed documenting journals, libraries, and the artist themselves, but do we ever consider the environment these items...
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Jan 10
Staying Organized
It’s the start of 2024 and everyone is focused on their New Year’s resolutions. Personally, one of mine is to develop new organization...
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Dec 22, 2023
Documenting an Artist: Part 3
Reviewing my previous entries, we have a few ways of documenting how an artist thinks. When we focus on the smaller details of their life...
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Dec 15, 2023
Documenting an Artist: Part 2
We all have some sort of journaling practice. Whether it is the handwritten messages you find in the margins of your favorite book, the...
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Dec 8, 2023
Documenting an Artist: Part 1
One of my favorite archival experiences was when I was working on my Master’s Thesis at NYU. I used the “David Wojnarowicz Papers”...
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Dec 1, 2023
ArchivorumArk by Stephen Biegel - Starting an Archive
The Artist's Wall. During our first meeting, the artist described the wall as her own "archive" of sorts. Having images and objects that...
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