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| ACP Photofile 78 Magazine |
 Blowing dust off the Solander boxes and re-booting the hard-drive, Photofile 78
takes a wide-ranging look at the archive and its relationship to contemporary
visual culture. From storage solutions to advanced search criteria on Google;
from archive anxiety to collection fetish, guest editors Sarah Goffman and Elvis
Richardson assemble a talented group of writers and artists to discover refreshing
modes and innovative agendas in the organisation and creation of archives. The
issue includes an in-depth interview with photomedia artist Robyn Stacey about her
work in herbaria. Dee Williams brings to life some recent international projects
that involve communities in the generation and outcome of archives while Ross Harley
talks movie-mashing with Sydney's Soda_Jerk. Driven by the acceleration of time and
the condensing of history itself this issue considers how the archives of today may
be interpreted in years to come.Previews: The best photomedia exhibitions across Australia Editorial: Elvis Richardson and Sarah Goffman blow dust off the archive and re-boot the hard-drive Interview: Robyn Stacey finds a new visual poetry in the natural history collections of Australia and the Netherlands Features: Communicating with the Future Elvis Richardson uncovers the buried dreams inside the time capsule Archive Anxiety Daniel Mudie Cunningham finds a new emotional connectedness in the catalogues of everyday life In Living Memory Susan Charlton reflects on the records of the former New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board Koh Nguang How Russell Storer introduces the archivist of Singapore's art scene Out of Order Dee Williams finds history alive and well in the image banks of west-coast America An Affair to Remember Zara Stanhope discovers the bittersweet romance between archive and collection Portfolios: Found Plastic and Stolen Art Collections Sarah Scott fossicks through Tobias Richardson's unusual miscellany in Darwin Alt Archive: The Remix Ross Rudesch Harley talks obsession, time travel and the ethics of mashing with Sydney's Soda-Jerk Food, Sex and Self-portraiture BL Magner finds common threads in the documentary works of William Yang, Lee-Anne Richards and Kylie Ruszczynski Artist Pages by Elizabeth Day and Andrew Hurle A Matter of Life and Death Does Google hold the meaning of life? Scot Cotterell thinks so. Philip Watkins is less convinced... One Folder, One Hour Lucas Ihlein considers the private world (and sticky tape) of Jay Balbi Exhibition Reviews: Fotofreo 2006 - The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography / 2006 Contemporary Commonwealth at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne / Paul Knight at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney / Grant Hobson and Narinda Reeders at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne / Contingency Plan at Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart / Rennie Ellis at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra / Where Angels Tread at the Contemporary Art Centre for South Australia, Adelaide / Carl Warner at Jan Manton Art, Brisbane / Contact Photo Festival in Toronto Book Reviews: Contemporary New Zealand Photographers / Jacky Redgate 1980-2003 / Jesse Marlow: Wounded / Toby Richardson: Singles, Couples and Queens Rant: Melinda Rackham warns media art may not last... Image Credits (Photofile Cover): © Robyn Stacey Mirror Ball 2006 type C print 100 x 100cm Courtesy of Stills Gallery, Sydney |
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Established in 1973, the ACP opened the doors of its first gallery in Paddington
Street, in 1974. In 1981 the Centre moved to Oxford Street where it remains today.
It is now Australia's longest running contemporary art space.
It is the ACP's mission to promote and enrich the understanding of photo-based art
in Australia and this is achieved through a dynamic mix of exhibition, education and
publication. In its blend of activities and range of photographic media, the Centre
is unique in Australia.
ACP opened a Workshop in 1976. Originally in a separate building, this is now housed
within the Centre in Oxford Street and includes black and white and colour darkroom
facilities, a digital suite, lighting studio and library. In 1983 ACP launched the
journal Photofile. It is now the leading photo-based art magazine in Australia,
available through newsagents and specialist bookshops nationally.
Currently located in the heart of Paddington, Sydney's gallery district, ACP houses
two exhibition spaces; a foyer display area and a Project Wall for emerging artists;
an extensive workshop with comprehensive curriculum and public access facilities; a
specialist bookshop and library.
The ACP is a not-for-profit organisation supported by the NSW Government through the
NSW Ministry for the Arts, the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts
funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of
the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The ACP raises over half of its
revenue from non-government sources.
