[-empyre-] archiving

[Renate Ferro]

Hello Joanna, 
I am so sorry that this email got hung up in our moderation system.  I have been in New York City over the past two days and did not realize that it was lost in the system.  But alas thanks for sending us this additional information about how to access Barbara’s work. 
Here is the website that gives information on her memorial service: 
http://barbarahammer.com/
The Home Page lists detailed info. 

We have a day left before we introduce Week 2 which we will try to again keep pretty flexible in hopes that our subscribers will post bio information, links to work and personal narratives about these four artists: Barbara Hammer, Carlee Schneeman, Grace Quantanilla, and Agnes Varna.  Also a bit about how these artists have influenced production, writing, ideas. 

As I noted earlier it appears there are editions and artist’s proofs that Barbara created of much of her video work.  As you said the digital work is also being disseminated by EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix) in New York.  Additionally, on her personal website work can be purchased. 

How does that National Gallery handle the acquisition of moving images?  Do they have a collection?  Next week Tim Murray will be our guest.  Tim is the curator and founder of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art.  The Archive has acquired a body of work given by artists but also collected by the curator, consisting of the works themselves but also supporting papers and documents.  The Goldsen Archive is an open archive housed the the library at Cornell where researchers and others can make an appointment to study and browse the contents of the archive. This is so different that a museum or gallery collection. 

I am curious what your own views on archiving an artist’s work are?  That’s a general question of course.  I would love to hear from artists as well as to how they envision their work being archived for posterity?  

Will follow up in a few hours but for now I was fleetingly thinking about the art of archiving. Best.  Renate 


Joanna Raczynska <raczynska.joanna at gmail.com>
Thu, Apr 4, 2:15 PM (1 day ago)
to soft_skinned_space
good evening,

following up on Renate's question regarding Barbara's limited editions:
sadly, no the National Gallery of Art does not own any of Barbara's work
(in any format).
We borrow film materials for our cinema program from the Academy, and have
in the past worked directly with Barbara on accessing her digital files for
screenings. We will continue to work with EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix) in
NYC for access to her files and videos from now on.

Company Gallery holds many of Barbara's photographs and KOW Berlin
apparently has much more of Barbara's sculpture and paintings. With thanks
to curator and archivist Carmel Curtis for confirming this information.

I hope to see some of you (all who can make it) at the celebration of
Barbara's life in NYC on April 21, 5 pm at Abron's Art Center, lower east
side.

-- 
Joanna Raczynska
raczynska.joanna at gmail.com

Renate Ferro
Visiting Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Art
Tjaden Hall 306
rferro at cornell.edu
 
 

On 4/6/19, 3:53 PM, "empyre-bounces at lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au on behalf of Joanna Raczynska" <empyre-bounces at lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au on behalf of raczynska.joanna at gmail.com> wrote:

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