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.
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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.
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Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
“And the winner is… hot pink. For the window sticker.” – RR.
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Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01794-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Radna Rumping
Date: 26 June 2020. Location: Rijksakademie, studio A11.
“Meeting with Huib Haye van der Werf (who visited for the first time), MH, RR and SMW at a projectspace at Rijksakademie in preparation for the exhibition at mistral. We thought of the Signature Collage and the Big Pumpkin series as the two ‘foundational pillars’ for the show. Here you see the Big Pumpkin series layed out in chronological order, looking almost like stills of a movie. In the exhibition it was installed in a very different order.” – RR.
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Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Radna Rumping
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01707-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01739-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01880-2020…
Meta-archive
Transcripts
2020
Image of Studio object
Printed transcripts of five conversations initiated and recorded by Radna Rumping between October 2019 and August 2020 as part of the Gift Science Archive ‘meta-archive’; transcribed and translated for ‘In Good Company (Horsepower)’ by Martha Jager with design by Karoline Świeżyński.
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01686-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Radna Rumping
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01718-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01750-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
“The first visitor: Titus Nouwens came by before he would travel abroad the next day. SMW and RR gave a quick tour, which felt like a test-run for the exhibition.” – RR.
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01697-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01729-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Megan Hoetger
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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01870-2021…
Meta-archive
Transcripts
2021
Image of Studio object
Printed transcripts of five conversations initiated and recorded by Radna Rumping between October 2019 and August 2020 as part of the Gift Science Archive ‘meta-archive’; transcribed and translated for ‘In Good Company (Horsepower)’ by Martha Jager with design by Karoline Świeżyński.
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01676-2021…
Meta-archive
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2021
Image of Studio object
Photographer: Radna Rumping
Date: 22 February-5 March, 2021. Location: mistral, Amsterdam (Pakhuis Wilhelmina).
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