Archive as Detour

Historical Re-enactment in Artist Archive and Archival Art Practices of Contemporary Hong Kong

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The book brings a new approach to see the art history of Hong Kong as a historical mediator and offers alternative perspective to discern the current hype of archive research and archival art practices, which informs the commitment in the constant production of socio-political meanings through arts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-07-31
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieContemporary East Asian Visual Cultures, Societies and Politics
Antal sidor241
Upplaga2024
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789819724871

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Konsthistoria inom Kultur
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Sau Wai Vennes Cheng, is a scholar, writer, and Associate Curator, Hong Kong Visual Culture, M+, Hong Kong Hong Kong based independent curator and scholar; she received a Ph.D. of History of Chinese Art from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and MA in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. Cheng’s research areas include modern and contemporary art of Hong Kong and China, artist archive, archival art practices, and historical and mnemonic contingency.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Art, Archive, and History(ies).- Chapter 3. The Assemblage of Ha Bik Chuen - his art and his archive as art.- Chapter 4. Image Constellation - The encounter of Ha Bik Chuen’s Modified Books & Aby Warburg’ Mnemosyne Atlas.- Chapter 5. Counter-memorial strategy - The disabled histories in the archival practices of Leung Chi Wo and Lee Kai Chung.- Chapter 6. Staging the archive - the curatorial as detour.- Chapter 7. Epilogue, the becoming histories.