The California Files
dal 18/4/2007 al 22/6/2007
Segnalato da
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Craig Baldwin
Sandow Birk
Andrea Bowers
Kaucyila Brook
Abigail Child
Sunah Choi
Jay Chung
Q Takeki Maeda
Harun Farocki
Jill Godmilow
Jack Goldstein
Karl Holmqvist
William E. Jones
Helen Kim
Nina Knnemann
Jesse Lerner
Jenny Perlin
Miljohn Ruperto
Susan Schwartzenberg
Allan Sekula
Danh Vo
Clemens v. Wedemeyer
Christine Wurmell
18/4/2007
The California Files
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory. The show brings together artists who utilize archival materials in their work or whose documentary practices echo an archival approach; it also features selections from a number of self-organized archival initiatives.
Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory
Curated by Ariane Beyn
Participants: Craig Baldwin, Sandow Birk, Andrea Bowers, Kaucyila Brooke, the Center
for Land Use Interpretation, Abigail Child, Sunah Choi, Jay Chung Q Takeki
Maeda, the Mayme A. Clayton Library Cultural Center, Harun Farocki, Jill
Godmilow, Jack Goldstein, Karl Holmqvist, William E. Jones, Helen Kim, Nina
Knnemann, Jesse Lerner, Jenny Perlin, the Prelinger Library Archives,
Miljohn Ruperto, Susan Schwartzenberg, Allan Sekula, Danh Vo, Clemens v. Wedemeyer,
and Christine Wurmell
The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory examines how the
use and reuse of documents and artifacts can allow cultural attributions to shift,
exposing less-obvious aspects of cultural memory. The exhibition brings together
artists who utilize archival materials in their work or whose documentary practices
echo an archival approach; it also features selections from a number of
self-organized archival initiatives.
The California Files investigates the idea and reality of California as a place that
lacks a fixed identity and is occupied with its own history and reinvention. The
exhibition focuses on idiosyncratic details of Californian culture through a variety
of documentation practices and methods.
A booklet designed by Karl Holmqvist, one of the participating artists, will
accompany the presentation. To receive a free copy while supplies last, please email
your name and mailing address to californiafiles@cca.edu.
Lead sponsorship for The California Files is provided by the Fleishhacker
Foundation. Founding support for CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts programs
has been provided by Phyllis C. Wattis and Judy and Bill Timken. Generous support
provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco
Hotel Tax Fund, and CCA Curators Forum.
Ariane Beyn is an art historian and independent curator based in Berlin. She has
published numerous essays on contemporary art and film and has taught at the
Universität der Kunste, Berlin. She has curated several exhibitions,
including Hearing Aid (about the sound work of Michael Snow) at Galerie Klosterfelde
and Kunst-Werke, Berlin, in 2002, and the group exhibition Transatlantic Impulses at
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, in 2005. Beyn was an assistant curator for Utopia
Station at the 2003 Venice Biennale. In 2007 she will curate exhibitions at
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, and Atelier Frankfurt, Germany.
Established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute serves as a forum for the presentation
and discussion of local, national, and international contemporary art and culture.
Through exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia,
performances, and publications in the fields of art, architecture, and design, the
Wattis Institute fosters interaction among the students and faculty of California
College of the Arts; art, architecture, and design professionals; and the general
public.
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