OCCLUSION: Performative Re-use

Egbe, Amanda; op den Kamp, Claudy

Abstract

Archival repositories are results of historical narratives, but in turn, are also building blocks of new ones. This 40-minute artistic intervention / performative lecture takes the archival collec tions of mainly the Library of Congress as a starting point. It emphasises that archival repositories are important places of discovery. And that they are acute and necessary starting points of personal entry. By examining institutional archival layers of control, the performance highlights invisible barriers to collecting and curatorial practices. By exploring that control’s resulting occlusions, absences, things not present, and lacunae, the performance reflects on pervasive narratives and possibilities for decolonising revisions.

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Eye International Conference 2024
• Start Date: Nov 26, 2024
• End Date: May 29, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Nov 13, 2023
• Publication Date: May 26, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 12, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13419998
• Additional Information: Performance lecture
• External URL: https://assets.eyefilm.nl/downloads/blocks/Programme-Booklet-Eye-International-Conference-2024.pdf