Meta-archive

How to archive a body of work that is abundant, messy, relational and non-hierarchical? ‘Process’ is central in Sands’ practice, and to keep honouring that, a part of the ‘Gift Science Archive’ project deals with recording (and archiving) the process of the archiving itself: also known as the meta-archive. This is a term MH came up with, and RR was within the ‘Gift Science Archive’ collaboration happy to take up the role of 'meta-archivist'. The meta-archive materials contain snapshots taken during the 18-month Gift Science Archive performance and archiving activities, combined with diary notes. Another aspect is a series of longer recorded conversations initiated by RR (with Sands, with Sands & Amalia Calderón and with Sands & Robin Wassink-Murray), which aimed to capture ideas about value, structure, and care for an artistic practice, as well as providing plenty of space for sharing references, gossip, and ‘information’ – one of Sands’ main materials. These seven hours of interviews – some in Dutch and some in English – are all in their unedited richness part of the meta-archive, both as audio recordings and transcriptions (translations and transcriptions by Martha Jager). Finally, an e-mail thread between MH, RR and SMW from late 2020 gives space to speak about their collaboration and the process (and their feelings) at that time through the medium of an unedited e-mail correspondence. – RR.

Listings connecting to the typology “Meta-archive” (286)

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Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01326-2020-MaPi-ShabbyChic-011
  • Title
  • Shabby Chic
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 18 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 28.01.20. Location: Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of SMW and MH unpacking, measuring, photographing and ordering rolled-up painting works. Images of the large print of e-mail from Adrian Piper with archiving tips on the wall.

  • Reflection Notes

“2009 was the year Sands started to paint (again) and from this time we find the figurative Erykah Badu painting, but also a more text-based painting mentioning for instance Iris Kensmil, and texts that are overlapping each other. They remind me of hyperlinks, with different windows popping up-a sort of analog web/internet.” From the meta-archive process diary. – RR.

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Photographer: Megan Hoetger

  • Catalog No.
  • 01273-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-006
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Megan Hoetger

  • Catalog No.
  • 01305-2020-MaPi-MeetYourOwnNeeds-002
  • Title
  • Meet Your Own Needs
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 12 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 14.01.20. Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of various materials that are unpacked in the studio by SMW and MH. Written caption by Sands on a rolled-up painting ‘meet your own needs’. Two images of a diagram MH has made during a brainstorm about the possible structure of the database.

  • Reflection Notes

“MH discussed the set-up for an archive, with possibilities for cross-referencing-‘Adrian would be proud’. Names and relations with people can play a big role and become one of the ways to search through the archive (aside from year, typology etc). It would be great if the archive will eventually become public. Our conversation went on about Sands his website and its current list of names (mostly female or feminist artists). Sands mentioned there have been many other websites before, built in collaboration with Robin, including one that had 3500 links (!). The link and reference as a way to give attention to others. Thinking of these websites, and how Sands used social media such as facebook as a ‘process archive’, it’s a reminder Sands has actually been taking care of his archiving for a long time.” From the meta-archive process diary. – RR.

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Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01284-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-017
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01316-2020-MaPi-ShabbyChic-001
  • Title
  • Shabby Chic
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 18 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 28.01.20. Location: Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of SMW and MH unpacking, measuring, photographing and ordering rolled-up painting works. Images of the large print of e-mail from Adrian Piper with archiving tips on the wall.

  • Reflection Notes

“Is it trash or trashy? Trashy can be good, but these rolled paintings were first stored in trash bags, and perhaps that went a bit too far. Can we also let the paintings be trashy, while store them in a more careful way?” – RR.

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Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01263-2019-MaPi-FirstMeeting-003
  • Title
  • First Meeting
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 7 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 05.12.19. Location: Studio Sands, Swammerdamstraat 4E, Amsterdam. Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping visit the studio of Sands, with Sands. This is the first meeting they have together. Snapshots of the studio as it is, with a painting 'Listen to yourself' on the wall, and shelves that are full with stacks of paper, drawings and cardboard boxes. Images of the perfume collection. Reflection of MH, RR and SMW in the mirror.

  • Reflection Notes

“Sands has an inventory of his perfume collection, the last inventory was made in 2011. There are over 500 bottles. Monument to Depression is a work. It’s also a perfume collection. And the perfumes could be viewed as a kind of medicine; they are not only collected, Sands wears them as well.” – RR.

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Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01295-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-028
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01327-2020-MaPi-ShabbyChic-012
  • Title
  • Shabby Chic
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 18 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 28.01.20. Location: Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of SMW and MH unpacking, measuring, photographing and ordering rolled-up painting works. Images of the large print of e-mail from Adrian Piper with archiving tips on the wall.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Megan Hoetger

  • Catalog No.
  • 01274-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-007
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01306-2020-MaPi-MeetYourOwnNeeds-003
  • Title
  • Meet Your Own Needs
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 12 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 14.01.20. Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of various materials that are unpacked in the studio by SMW and MH. Written caption by Sands on a rolled-up painting ‘meet your own needs’. Two images of a diagram MH has made during a brainstorm about the possible structure of the database.

  • Reflection Notes

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “My relationship with money is disastrous.” – SMW. “If you show them (galleries, museums, employers in general) that they can do that to you, they will do it to everyone. We need to get paid for the hours that we put in, not the product. My salary per hour is X much, as per X Artist Association guidelines.” – Anon.

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Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01285-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-018
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01317-2020-MaPi-ShabbyChic-002
  • Title
  • Shabby Chic
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 18 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 28.01.20. Location: Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of SMW and MH unpacking, measuring, photographing and ordering rolled-up painting works. Images of the large print of e-mail from Adrian Piper with archiving tips on the wall.

  • Reflection Notes

“Adrian’s e-mail with archiving tips, printed on the wall to not forget (it gives a structure, or a reminder of a possible structure) while we had to find out our own way of archiving.” – RR.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01264-2019-MaPi-FirstMeeting-004
  • Title
  • First Meeting
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 7 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 05.12.19. Location: Studio Sands, Swammerdamstraat 4E, Amsterdam. Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping visit the studio of Sands, with Sands. This is the first meeting they have together. Snapshots of the studio as it is, with a painting 'Listen to yourself' on the wall, and shelves that are full with stacks of paper, drawings and cardboard boxes. Images of the perfume collection. Reflection of MH, RR and SMW in the mirror.

  • Reflection Notes

“More perfumes! Testers and smaller bottles. When you see this image, are you overwhelmed or can you spot a structure? Looking back 6 months after taking the snapshot I now notice the business card of Angelyne, her name in hot pink” – RR.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01296-2019-MaPi-StudioMove-029
  • Title
  • Studio Move
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 32 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 12.12.19. Location: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, small studio (in main building) and large studio (in manege). Images of Sands Murray-Wassink, Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping moving studio; from a smaller ‘office-like’ space in the main building of the Rijksakademie, to the larger studio at the manege. Images of paintings, slides, photographs, studio interior, bags to move the materials. Plus a portrait of SMW, MH, RR together.

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Image of Studio object

Photographer: Radna Rumping

  • Catalog No.
  • 01328-2020-MaPi-ShabbyChic-013
  • Title
  • Shabby Chic
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • 18 phone snapshots
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Date: 28.01.20. Location: Rijksakademie, studio manege. Images of SMW and MH unpacking, measuring, photographing and ordering rolled-up painting works. Images of the large print of e-mail from Adrian Piper with archiving tips on the wall.

  • Reflection Notes

“BOYS. BOYS. BOYS. BOYS. BOYS. BOIS. BOIS. VOIS. VOISE. VOICE. VOICE? // Glitter clipped to the wall// dripping down sweaty rsvps // i WILL NEVER call you. Glitter cascading down a skin far too unflattering. Glitter naked // threading us the emperor’s robe // parading up and down your throatGLITTER UP // those // uncanny expectators…they know // they KNOW // how to // make a fit among the living // Glitter up and down like // good-too-quick-i’m-coming sex as af // ill-in for the gender mob // glitter my words: i can be trashy. Glitter in your cornea // GOLDEN VISIONS // or nothing at all. // WILL NEVER-GLITTER UP-KNOW-GOLDEN VISIONS // WGKG WGKG WGKG WGKG WGKG WGKG WGKG WGKG.” – AC.

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