Order and disorder: Archives and photography.
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Title
Order and disorder: Archives and photography.
Venues
National Gallery Of Victoria: International. (18 October 2008 – 19 April 2008)
Date
(2008)
Summary
Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Photographs
Country of context
Australia
Abstract
Archives contain elements of truth and error, order and disorder and are infinitely fascinating. As both collections of records and repositories of data, archives are able to shape history and memory depending on how, when and by whom the materials are accessed. Their vastness allows for multiple readings to be unravelled over time.
Photography is naturally associated with archives because of its inherent ability to record, store and organise visual images. With this in mind, this exhibition brings together artists drawn largely from the permanent collection of the NGV who explore the idea of archives as complex, living and occasionally mysterious systems of knowledge. Several of the selected artists act as archivists, collecting and ordering their own unique bodies of photographs, while others create disorder by critiquing the ideas and systems of archives.[Gallery media, 2008].