A curatorial archive is much more than a curator’s archive; it is also an instrument and working place for the curator and/or the institution that hosts the archive. This publication aims to promote the idea that curatorial archives should be considered not only as resources for objective research, but also as systems or operational structures where curatorial visions are set out. In other words, a place where practice is expressed and takes shape; a salon where it is possible to enter into discussion with individual and collective methodologies…

In this issue, Alessandra Franetovich and Trevor Paglen discuss Orbital Reflector, Paglen’s reflective sculpture launched into low-earth orbit as a satellite. Housed in a small box-like structure, the lightweight reflective material of the sculpture was meant to deploy and self-inflate like a balloon and reflect sunlight towards earth, making it visible to our eyes as a nearby artificial star. Unfortunately, at the critical moment of the sculpture’s release in 2018, the US government was on shutdown, with all agencies held hostage in order to force Congress to fund Trump’s gigantic border wall between the US and Mexico. There was no ...

Offering an exploration of KADIST’s programs, this publication describes the organization’s way of working and its collaborative approach. The aim of this publication is not to present a comprehensive archive, as our website does, but instead to collect a multiplicity of voices who have participated in the making of the organization and who speak from personal points of view: founders, advisors, team members, artists, and curators we have been working with since Kadist’s inception in 2001. Alongside our mission statement running throughout the pages, is a series of exhibition views creating a visual timeline of Kadist’s exhibition history, each image documenting one ...