We Can (Not) Work It Out: A Curatorial Inquiry into the Danish Radio Archive

Trine Friis Sørensen

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Abstract

My PhD project inquires into the Danish Radio Archive through the commission of two artists, Kajsa Dahlberg and Olof Olsson, who I – in the early stages of my PhD – charged with producing artworks in relation to the archive. This practical component of the project was concluded with a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde (Dahlberg) and a performance tour (Olsson), both of which I curated. In the thesis, I examine and develop the act of commissioning as a mode of inquiry, and I analyse and speculate on the possible meanings that Dahlberg and Olsson’s work enable me to advance with regard to the archive. I am, in other words, proposing a way to conduct research through curating; a process that engenders me to reinvigorate the notion of curatorial care by modelling it on Derrida’s understanding of the supplement.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherDet Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
Number of pages149
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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