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The Durutti Column, Domo Arigato (VHS Tape), 1985.
Design – 8vo
Stephan Crasneanscki, What We Leave Behind - Jean-Luc Godard Archives, 2014.
Stephan Crasneanscki’s photographs are taken from a genuine yet largely forgotten audio-visual archive of Jean-Luc Godard, (re)discovered by chance somewhere in France. The images are mostly documentary in nature and feature vast piles of cardboard crates, packaging, reels and VHS tapes. They offer, directly or indirectly, an impression of the life of the film-maker and his works.
As is often the case with archives, the sheer volume of content is sometimes overwhelming, perhaps even disheartening. Where do we start in our efforts to make sense of it all? Is this attempt to find meaning even a worthwhile pursuit? It is a collection that titillates and evokes memory.
From this apparently chaotic arrangement, he captures a number of more abstract images, with superimposed documents, scribbles, papers and notes, some of which are reminiscent of the style of Cy Twombly. They may offer some important insights, but they also add to the confusion. The eye is keen to understand; what it may learn from this encoded mystery is the fact that the pen, the visual quality of the ellipses and the imprint are the bedrock of indexing. Yet the spirit is keen to know. What can we learn from these archives? Are they used? Can they even be used?
BE KIND PLEASE REWIND
“Special Arakinema: Araki Nobuyoshi vs. Moriyama Daido." Japan: Kuesto (Quest), 1998, VHS Tape.
The Durutti Column, Domo Arigato (VHS Tape), 1985.
Design – 8vo
Cover for a VHS tape made by the Green Team Video Collective (綠色小組) about the farmers protest on 5/20/88.
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Chen Kuo-fu (陳國富)
Treasure Island / 宝島 / 只要為你活一天 , 1993
Hsu Hsiao-ming (徐小明)
Dust of Angels / 天幻城市 / 少年吔，安啦, 1992.
