ARCHIVE SPECIES

DescripcióArchive Species is an inquiry into the representation of clothed bodies in print media since the 1970s. Artist Joke Robaard and writ er Camiel van Winkel have been re-assembling and re-reading the vast archive of fashion and newspaper images that Robaard has collec ted since 1979. Together, they selected images from the archive and arranged them into dynamic series or cycles, generating new narr atives and unexpected pathways of signification. Using an artistic strategy of appropriation and alienation, the authors identify cr ucial connections between body, object, and behaviour, in an elaborate attempt to expose the hidden cultural and political layers of fashion photography.