The Archive as Liberation by Aaron Turner
The Archive as Liberation brings together artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods, including the participants’ role in documenting, interrogating, and understanding experiences, both individual and collective.
It features artists AndreBradley, ChisatoHughes, calistalyon, RaymondThompsonJr., HarrisonWalker, and SavannahWood, with writing by Andrew Martinez, Alec Kaus, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallen, and Donasia Tillery. Each visual artist is represented by a colored shape that’s used as wayfinding throughout the book.
Content slips off the book’s pages, imparting a sense of freedom and mold-breaking.
Across the book, various cuts—both slab serif and monospace—and sizes of type from the same family are implemented in response to different texts, underscoring a feeling of mixed sources and authors.
The book features a number of inserts including an excerpt of Andre Bradley’s Dark Archives, reprinted as a facsimile of the original publication; a fold out poster by calista lyons; and vellum pages printed with work by Raymond Thompson, Jr.
Organized by: Aaron Turner
Editor: Donasia Tillery
Images: Andre Bradley, Chisato Hughes, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison Walker, Savannah Wood
Text: Andrew Martinez, Alec Kaus, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallen, Wendel White, Donasia Tillery
Co-published by the Center for Art as Lived Experience (CALE) and Light Work
