Projects
What do we imagine when we think of an archive? Typically, a library or repository — a collection of interconnected parts that form a greater whole like a human body. But what about the individual elements that constitute this body? Archives may appear as complete entities, yet they emerge from countless singular components: fragments, traces, and records that accumulate over time, and are ever-changing and expanding. The Archive Body brings together artists who engage with archive-making through direct, hands-on practices. It explores a different approach to archival work, one that emphasizes physical labor: gathering, sorting, imprinting, and layering. This exhibition is complemented by a collaboration with Reading Room, transforming the mezzanine into a temporary reading space that functions as an active archive.