The Remote Archivist #8: Archival Presentation Barbara Bloom
12:00–18:00
Opening: Thursday 5 March, 18:00–20:00
de Appel, Tolstraat 160, Amsterdam
Barbara Bloom, 'On Location' NYC, 1978
The eighth edition of The Remote Archivist, made by Matt Hinkley, features the work of American artist Barbara Bloom. To celebrate this edition, the display in de Appel Archive will feature a selection of ephemeral objects produced by Barbara Bloom, a former Amsterdam resident and long-time collaborator of de Appel, that are housed in the archive. Bloom’s enigmatic output of printed matter, which mysteriously traverses poetry, fiction, photography, design and advertising, was the subject of Matt Hinkley’s research into the de Appel Archive and is subsequently presented in print in the form of The Remote Archivist #8.
The Remote Archivist is a recurring publication from the archive of de Appel that can also be accessed while the reader is physically distant, or the archive is far away. The distance, and at the same time the fickle proximity of digital platforms, is now translated into the tangibility of archival messages.
You can visit the archival presentation during de Appel’s regular opening hours between Wednesdays and Sundays.
Barbara Bloom, Foreign Edition no. 1 (1982)
Barbara Bloom, Ghost Writer 003 (1988)
