"I love Home | Activating the Archive"

2022-08-15 22:00:42

HomeIntroduction - Glenn AlteenEssay - Lorna BrownActivating the Archive (ATA)Welcome message from ATA Producer Glenn AlteenThis project has developed over the last twenty-two months beginning when we first invited the public into our archive to explore and develop the material, culminating in six diverse websites. The response to this project has been overwhelming, beginning with the exhibition in the summer of 2010 and leading to the 25+ individuals who came to work on various elements of the project including archiving, curating, digitizing, and designing. Working on this project has been a very exciting journey. Through the eyes of younger artists, curators, and art historians, our archive has come to life in unexpected ways. Having worked at grunt for the past twenty-eight years I was pretty sure I knew the archive, having had a hand in the production or presentation of most of the work in it; however, through these fresh eyes a transformation was achieved. What they saw and how they used the archive allowed for a reinterpretation -- finding work that was overlooked and making connections that I never saw.Read more...Essay: Category Drift - Lorna BrownIn the early 2000s, during an Acquisitions Committee meeting at the Vancouver Art Gallery, I was struck by an unusual order of business. Ordinarily, our committee work consisted of motions to accept donated artworks into the collection and, following the advice of the curatorial team, recommending artwork purchases. On our agenda that day was a motion to transfer a number of objects - videos, lithographs and photographs - by artist Theodore Wan from the archival holdings of the museum to the art collection proper, in preparation for a touring exhibition of his work, curated by art historian Christine Conley. “Known primarily in the art world, Theodore Wan made a significant contribution to conceptual art in Canada throughout the 1970s and 1980s, specifically in Halifax and Vancouver. Wan's reputation was secured through a remarkable series of medical photographs that played on the ambivalent status of the photograph as art object and illustration. In these works that bridge scientific illustration, performance and self-portraiture, the artist submitted his body to various procedures, instruments and technologies of medical examination and treatment. He also created a number of engaging conceptual pieces with a humorous twist, including officially changing his name to Theodore Saskatche Wan. In the late 1970s Theodore Wan opened an artist-run gallery in Vancouver called Main Exit and went on to develop a commercial photography practice that fed his fascination with performance, narcissistic spectacle, and exotic dancing − riding a fine line between art and everyday life.” Read more...We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canadathrough the Department of Heritage Canada Interactive FundThis project was made possible in part though financial support by radio stations 103.5 QM/FM, The Beat 94.5 and Team Radio. CreditsINDIANactsindianacts.gruntarchives.orgCurators: Dana Claxton, Tania WillardCuratorial Assistance: Joi ArcandRoundtable: Daina Warren, Glenn Alteen, Tania Willard, Joi Arcand, Dana ClaxtonWriters: Daina Warren, Tania Willard, Dana ClaxtonOriginal Art Direction: Terry Lau, Beehive Design Web Developer: Archer PechawisFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, Sask Arts Board, Vancouver Foundation, ArtsFACT, BCAC Co-op, City of Vancouver, TribeSculpturesculpture.gruntarchives.orgCurators: Glenn Alteen, Polina BachlakovaWriters: Robin Peck, Grant Shilling Artist Interview: Mary AliceDedication: George Sawchuck and Annette HurtigWeb Design & Development: Archer Pechawis - All Nations MediaFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, Vancouver Foundation, ArtsFACT, BCAC Co-op, City of VancouverArt of Engagementartofengagement.gruntarchives.orgCurators: Tania Willard, Pat Beaton, Paula JardineWriters: Glenn AlteenWeb Design & Development: Archer Pechawis - All Nations MediaFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, Vancouver Foundation, ArtsFACT, BCAC Co-op, City of Vancouver, BCAC -ABCDExtractextract.gruntarchives.orgCurator: Kate ArmstrongCuratorial Assistance: Jennifer CampbellWriters: Kate ArmstrongWeb Design & Development: Archer Pechawis - All Nations MediaFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, Vancouver Foundation, ArtsFACT, BCAC Co-op, City of VancouverGhostkeeperghostkeeper.gruntarchives.orgCurators: Malcolm Levy, Glenn Alteen, Archer PechawisCuratorial support: D’Arcy O’Connor, Jessica MachWriters: Sara Diamond, Zainub Verjee, Steve Loft, Marcia CrosbySource material: Alain Malo, Michelle Brass, Western Front, National Gallery, VtapeWeb Design & Development: Archer Pechawis - All Nations MediaFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, Vancouver Foundation, ArtsFACT, BCAC Co-op, City of Vancouver, Canada Council Media Arts, SFU, Banff Centre, Neutral Ground, VTape, UBC, National Gallery, Fuse Magazine, VIVO, On MainQueer Intersectionsperformance.gruntarchives.orgCurator: Christine StoddardWriters: T.L. Cowan, Christine StoddardRoundtable: Laiwan, Archer Pechawis, Paul WongWeb Design & Development: Archer Pechawis - All Nations MediaFunding: Canadian Heritage - Canada Interactive Fund, ArtsFACT , Vancouver Foundation, City of Vancouver , BCAC Co-op, Tribe, Vtape, Western Front, VIVO, SFUThe Activation Mapgruntarchives.org/ataProject Manager: Malcolm LevyProducer: Glenn AlteenAdministration: Meagan Kus, Mary Ann Anderson, Linda Gorrie, Cornelia Wyngaarden Copyright: Cornelia Wyngaarden Marketing: Demian Petryshyn, Francois Roux, Adrienne Greyeyes, Diana Zapata, Olga Alexandru, Jessica Mach, Dan Pon, Sonia Hebert, Sylvana d’Angelo, Alexander PimmCollections: Venge Dixon, Olga Alexandru Database Manager: Olga AlexandruCollections and Database Support: Jessica Mach, Diana Zapata, Kendra McLellanTechnical Director: Archer PechawisLead Digitizer: Brian Gotro Digitization Team: Steven Tong, Dan Pon, Zoe TissandierTechnical Support: Steven TongCurators: Tania Willard, Dana Claxton, Glenn Alteen, Malcolm Levy, Archer Pechawis, Christine Stoddard, Kate Armstrong, Pat Beaton, Paula Jardine, Polina BachlakovaCuratorial Assistance: Joi Arcand, Jennifer Campbell, D’Arcy O’Connor, Jessica MachEditors: Venge Dixon, Hillary WoodProgrammers:Mainsocial - Ben Nevile, Alanna Scott, Ginger NgoAll Nations Media - Archer PechawisATA Assistant: Sarah Cole-Burnett