Facing the loss of archive

Abstract

The recent report by the artist Sophie Hemon about the total loss of her archives of images sends one directly into the issue of memory and reconstruction. Starting from such a circumstantial introduction observations shall be made on the notion of editing, based on the analyses of contemporary artistic practices. Starting with Edward Ruscha, passing by Bernd and Hilla Becher, by Boltanski, Ritcher and Lara Amarcegui, a reflection will be carried out on the constitution of files in contemporary art, and about the potency of discursive articulation of certain images and their commercialization be it
by means of an exposition, be it in a publication. How such practices of resingularization of the world are given back to the world as works, and what other issues do they bring to the field of art and culture?