93b.Repositioning the Archive

This three-part series investigates how the archive is repositioning, both as archival collection and as artistic tool. The series was organized by The Center for Book Arts and is presented here in conjunction with their Summer Appeal.

Panel 2: “Innovative Practices of Presenting Archives to the Public”

This panel considers the ways in which archivists and curators are changing their presentation of archives as material culture to respond to new content and new users, including artists and the general public.  Moderator: Marvin J. Taylor, New York University, Director & Curator, Fales Library

The panelists - Andrew Blackley, Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Archivist, and Artist

Ben Vershbow, New York Public Library, Director, NYPL Labs

Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc, Founding Director.

93a.Repositioning the Archive

This three-part series investigates how the archive is repositioning, both as archival collection and as artistic tool. The series was organized by The Center for Book Arts and is presented here in conjunction with their Summer Appeal.

Panel 1: “Understanding Archives and Recent Shifts”

This panel takes a historical and theoretical approach to discussing the history, theory and practice of archives as well as the way in which most people understand archives as material culture in relation to a lived history. Moderator: Marvin J. Taylor, New York University, Director & Curator, Fales Library

The panelists - Jonathan Berger, 80WSE Gallery, Director and Artist

Ann E. Butler, Bard College, Library & Archives, Center for Curatorial Studies, Director

Glenn E. Wharton, New York University, Clinical Associate Professor of Museum Studies.

92.  Christopher Davenport of Pocket Knife Press records stories of ecology, place, and people through hand pulled paper and the artist book.