Lexicon for an Affective Archive

Giulia Palladini

ISBN 10: 1783207787 / ISBN 13: 9781783207787

Published by Intellect, GB, 2017

About this Item

To study an archive or archival materials is to encounter an affective and critical practice involved in the construction of memory. Lexicon for an Affective Archive, edited by Giulia Palladini and Marco Pustianaz, is an international collection of these encounters, offering glimpses into the intimate relations inherent in finding, remembering (or imagining) and creating an archive. Bringing together voices from a variety of fields across the humanities, performance studies and contemporary art, and engaging in a multidisciplinary analysis, this beautifully designed and fully illustrated volume advances the idea of an "affective archive" as a useful conceptual tool - a tool which contributes to an understanding of an expanded notion of an archive and its central role in contemporary visual and performing arts. A co-publication with NInA and Live Art Development Agency.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lexicon for an Affective Archive
• Publisher: Intellect, GB
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783207787
• ISBN 13: 9781783207787
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

To study an archive or archival materials is to encounter an affective and critical practice involved in the construction of memory. Lexicon for an Affective Archive, edited by Giulia Palladini and Marco Pustianaz, is an international collection of these encounters, offering glimpses into the intimate relations inherent in finding, remembering (or imagining), and creating an archive. Bringing together voices from a variety of fields across the humanities, performance studies, and contemporary art, and engaging in a multidisciplinary analysis, this beautifully designed and fully illustrated volume advances the idea of an “affective archive” as a useful conceptual tool—a tool which contributes to an understanding of an expanded notion of an archive and its central role in contemporary visual and performing arts.
 
A co-publication with NInA and Live Art Development Agency.

About the Author

Giulia Palladini is an independent researcher and guest professor at Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin. Marco Pustianaz is professor of English and theater at Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy.