Essay Texts
introduction
+brief intro to my idea of archive - gathering of signs- do this after all of the texts are finished
the collection and the archive
+difference between collection of objects ( as in stock for sale) and archive
+relation of memory to archive
+introduces subjectivity and the archive
producing meaning and the archive
+difference proposing and producing meaning
+meaning malleable because of connection between memory and subjectivity
+viewer ( archive user) produces meaning
+object and the archive
documentation is an archive in process
+when does a recording become and archive?
+elaborates the difference I make between documentation and the archive
a look to the future
+archive and expectation
+the promise of the archive - derrida
+archive as a generative space
hospitality and the archive’s place of residence
+archive in a private/public space
+archive and power through place of residence, place of access
memory and feminist subjectivity
+oral women’s histories
+diaries and autobiographies
+consciousness raising
feminism and the archive system
+grassroots organizing
+‘craft production’ as women’s archives- quilting, knitting, embroidery - and the groups
that were formed around this
+ the work of de geuzen as case study
Context Texts
constant
+ what is constant, activities,
+ openness ( to public, importantness of open source),
+fluidity (populating venues, temporary events),
+shared working environment ( the ‘office)
+digitales,
+constant’s archives (open source),
+how I came to work with constant, what I did,
+artist working in an organization as opposed to a gallery/exhibition circuit ( integrate art production and diffusion into working environment, different time span, scale, public involvement, etc.)
feminist ways of working as an artist
+impact of my living situation as it relates to my work - illegal, mother, artist
+woking as a mother at home
+child care and the way it impacts my process
+artist working in an organization as opposed to a gallery/exhibition circuit in +no object
+working between meeting points and encounters
+portable work, open work
Process Texts (what I did)
Stranding blog
jonctions
+respondent
+interviews - de geuzen, anja, urbonas
+publication text – editing, translations, transcribing, etc
digitales
+the moo
+ four day open production
+working with anja
+digA_p
+working with the material – digitizing, editing, etc.
the play of archiving
+what is it?
+how it relates to digA_p
+it can take place in different venues ex - open house, web venue
open house venue
+ what it is - guests invited to my home, coming together during working hours (9-5),the
play of archiving
+how it functions -the booklets ( what they contain, how one can access the archives
afterwards)
+feedback ( prototype)
web venue
+what it is ( description)
+how it functions ( archives viewed through people)
+how to use it (fill out profile, choose an item, have an encounter - play of archiving in
the web venue)
Motivation Texts ( why I did it)
relating process and context texts to essay texts
jonctions
+respondent
+interviews - de geuzen, anja, urbonas
+publication text
digitales
+the moo
+ four day open production
+working with anja
+digA_p
the play of archiving
+memory ( the archive and feminism)
+producing meaning
open house venue
+archiving physical material
+opening a private space
+archving as a public activity in a private space - hospitality and derrida
+craft circles - feminist production and the archive
+coming together during working hours (9-5) and constant
+multi-media in a private space (the access stations) fluidity and constant
+research - feedback ( prototype)
web venue
+accessibility
+archiving digital material
+framing the archive and the gaze (memory, subjectivity, feminism)
+craft circles - feminist production and the archive
+docmentation versus the archive
future plans
+funding for website
+archives and constant