[Lyle Ashton Harris]: In a way, identifying the collage’s individual components allowed me to experience my archive in a new way. It enabled me to slow down, to reengage with it from different angles, and to do some fact checking. In the Ektachrome Archive, there are two dates associated with each image: One date records when I originally shot the photo and the other date identifies when I selected it for inclusion in the archive. …
[Jameson Johnson]: Documentation and archives are a mode for validating existence. Especially in Black and queer communities, archives can be like lifelines.
Jameson Johnson ⬩ Mapping Obsessão: In Conversation with Lyle Ashton Harris
added October 12, 2023 ⬩ random excerpt