Forging Folklore, Disrupting Archives: Curatorial Explorations between Tradition and Innovation
Forging Folklore, Disrupting Archives: Curatorial Explorations between Tradition and Innovation
Author(s): Magdalena Buchczyk, Gabriela Nicolescu, Alexandra UrdeaContributor(s): Constance Howard Gallery (Photographer), Gabriela Nicolescu (Photographer), Savitri Sastrawan (Photographer)
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: Curating; ethnography; folklore; creativity; archive;United Kingdom.;
Summary/Abstract: This article describes how artists, scholars and curators have used folkloric collections and exhibitions as tools to explore the relationship between tradition and innovation. Contemporary art practice has seen a growing interest toward the use of folkloric material. With this in mind, in our curatorial work on the Forging Folklore, Disrupting Archives exhibition, we experiment with new methods of ethnographic representation. The article highlights the importance of animating folkloric and traditional objects through experimentation with collaborative, participatory and visual approaches.
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 129-147
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English