This alternative study of archive and photography sits firmly against the backdrop of the traditional archive. Although many types of image assemblages feature-public and private, formal and informal, physical and digital-they are all considered in relation to the highly regulated systems that opera...

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Main Author:	Birkin, Jane 1946-2023 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2021]
Series:	Recursions: Theories of Media, Materiality, and Cultural Techniques
Subjects:	Art and Material Culture Film, Media and Communication Interdisciplinary Studies Media Art and Visual Cultures Media Studies New Media and Technology LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries Archival materials Cataloging of archival materials Cataloging of pictures Photography > Archive applications Fotografie Bestandserschließung Archivbestand
Summary:	This alternative study of archive and photography sits firmly against the backdrop of the traditional archive. Although many types of image assemblages feature-public and private, formal and informal, physical and digital-they are all considered in relation to the highly regulated systems that operate within the institutional milieu. Cataloguing is presented as a radical form of knowledge production, and the catalogue as a critical tool for mapping image time. The unfamiliar and overlooked language of image description is considered as having a life, a worth and an aesthetic value of its own. Functioning at the intersection of text and image, this book combines media culture and techniques of the archive, as well as contemporary discourse on art and conceptual writing. There is a media-archaeological debate throughout as to how physical archive systems and material technologies connect with different archival models, including social media spaces and other image networks
Physical Description:	218 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9789463729642