Synopsis
The book stems from the project Archiving, gathering, exhibiting, recounting, remembering,nloving, desiring, ordering, mapping. A performance cycle, which analysed collecting as ancultural practice through the work of artists that make use of the archive and of the collectionnin their practice. Four performances by artists Patrizio Di Massimo, Ryan Gander, PierrenLeguillon, Tris Vonna-Michell, were commissioned by Nomas Foundation and hosted by thenAccademia di Belle Arti di Roma.nnThe publication is organised as an abcdaire ordered around the nine words enclosed in thentitle. The four artists developed a contribution reflecting on a chosen word, thus addressing inna different media the issues that were central in their work for the performance cycle. In additionnto this, the book also includes three essays selected among those which have been crucial innstructuring the understanding of the archive/the collection vis a vis Nomas Founations programme. n-- nCurated by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni -- Giorgio Agamben, Adrian Rifkin, Mieke Bal, Patrizio Di Massimo, PierrenLeguillon, Ryan Gander, Tris Vonna-Michell. -- 15 X 21 144 Ita /EngnEdition of 700 2011nnPublished by Lorenzo Micheli Francesco de Altrospazio, Karolina Pavle Mamula, Marilena Randa, Francesco VentrellannProduced by Nomas Foundation, Rome
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