the importance of archiving
The canon has become a crutch for those bored with the present.
W. David Marx • Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
“An archive presuposes an archivist”. That is where the thought about the agency of the archivist can be developed. The archivist has the needed agency to decide on the purpose and predestined longevity of the archive. I would like to dip into longevity first. In that respect there seems to be at least two ways to archive. First is archiving for a
... See moreThe last remaining option is mal d’archive, the Kang solution: you ease the weight of all this cultural stuff by simply destroying it all. Like nerdery, this impulse has been waiting in the wings for a long time. It is also an emergent property of large stores of information, this drive ‘to burn the archive and to incite amnesia, the thing refuting... See more
The solution is paradoxical: To move forward, we need to study the past, so thoroughly that it becomes boring—as boredom is one of the most reliable catalysts for innovation. The goal should be a disciplined engagement with historical works, paired with a futurist drive to forge entirely new creative pathways.
W. David Marx • Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
The famous quote from Samuel Johnson said it best. “...make new things familiar and familiar things new.”That is the real opportunity.To take the emotional truth of the past and give it new meaning.To let the best moments play a new tune in a new culture, for a new world. But that requires work. It requires freshness. Nuance. Forward thinking. And... See more
Paul Venuto • feed updates
You've almost certainly heard them before, even if you have no idea where. They've just always been there , hanging in the fog of indeterminate memory.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer · Album Review ⟋ RA
The internet is no longer forever. You need to become your own archivist for whatever you are passionate about, because at some point this decade there is going to be a major purge and I strongly suspect >80% of global digital content will simply disappear.
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