Archive as Detour

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

AvSau Wai Vennes Cheng

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Contemporary East Asian Visual Cultures, Societies and Politics

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Beskrivning

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

Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary East Asian Visual Cultures, Societies and Politics
Antal sidor:241
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819724871

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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.