Antonopoulou, Alexandra and Dare, Eleanor Riverine Archive. In: Museum Without Walls. MAES, pp. 50-53. ISBN 978-65-00-35772-1
Type of Research: | Book Section |
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Creators: | Antonopoulou, Alexandra and Dare, Eleanor |
Description: | The Riverine Archive is an attempt to catalog the various activities of Phi Books; a project carried out since 2008 by art- ist-researchers Alexandra Antonopoulou and Eleanor Dare. The core of Phi Books is the develop- ment of methodologies for communica- tion and learning across disciplinary barriers. Inspired by the legacy of algorithmic and interactive forms, the project appro- priates the book as a model for structures shared among different ways of knowing and seeks to explore the contingencies of this and other writing platforms as a springboard for collaboration. Often, Antonopoulou and Dare make use of informational spaces as a meeting point between their practices, playing with the loss of control and the friction with the environment in order to gen- erate performances, graphics, stories, and simulations. In this memory project, it could not have been any different. The Riverine Archive uses the changing shape of the river to produce a dysfunctional collec- tion, in which the records float with the waves and can only be accessed in a fragmented way. This Brechtian gesture invites us to take critical distance and creates suspi- cion about the forms of immersion and automation of empathy promised by virtual reality. Perhaps technology will not be able to free us completely from the threat – or the promise of liberation – symbolized by forgetfulness. |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | MAES |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Communication |
Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2022 20:31 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2023 14:22 |
Item ID: | 19213 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/19213 |
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