Collection 06 sum of the parts

Start year: 2017

sum of the parts, brings together a selection of films and performances by artists who activate personal histories drawn from familial and public record. Through a compelling excavation of the past, these artists draw from familial, historic, and archival sources, visualizing complex narratives of race and class, and their recognition within official records.

Throughout the spring season of 2018, 221A hosts sum of the parts, a curatorial research project by Jenn Jackson which brings together a selection of films, performances and installations by artists who activate personal histories which are drawn from familial and public record. Artists Deanna Bowen, Felix Kalmenson, Divya Mehra, Krista Belle Stewart, and Casey Wei, present compelling excavations of the past, by drawing from familial, historic, and archival sources—visualizing narratives of race and class, and their recognition within official records.

Each film and performance provides a framework for a larger narrative of archival complexities—offering a visual key to examine discourses on the commodification and construction of historic record in relation to the business of archival storage, preservation, and dissemination within the public realm. In mining the potential of the private and public archive, these artists interrogate the visual and material nature of historical reference and activate immaterial records. Events and research associated with sum of the parts will be hosted at Pollyanna 圖書館 Library, among other venues. For the duration of the program, a library collection holding books and other documents selected by the various contributors and collaborators involved in the project is available for public reference. Further details for this series are listed at https://221a.ca/sum-of-the-parts

Browse Collection 06

19 items

Media link	Name	Call No.	Produced by	Material	Selected by	Collection
	Spring 2018 : Dirty Words	SOTP 001	Canadian Art	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	The Commisar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia (New Edition)	SOTP 002	David King	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism	SOTP 003	Judith Butler	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	как всегда Kak Vsegda As Always (2nd Edition)	SOTP 004 REF	Felix Kalmenson (Reprinted by DDOOGG)	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	как всегда Kak Vsegda As Always (1st Edition)	SOTP 005 REF	Felix Kalmenson	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	Quit India	SOTP 006 REF	Divya Mehra	Print	Divya Mehra	06
	Dr No	SOTP 007	Ian Fleming	Print	Casey Wei	06
	The Joy Luck Club	SOTP 008	Amy Tan	Print	Casey Wei	06
	Colour-Coded. A Legal History of Racism in Canada 1900-1950	SOTP 009	Constance Backhouse	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	The Ku Klux Klan in Central Alberta	SOTP 010 REF	William Peter Baergen	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature	SOTP 011	Wayde Compton	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	Pourin’ down Rain	SOTP 012	Cheryl Foggo	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	Roll, Jordan, Roll: the World the Slaves Made	SOTP 013	Eugene D Genovese	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness	SOTP 014	Paul Gilroy	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	Beloved	SOTP 015	Toni Morrison	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	Paradise	SOTP 016	Toni Morrison	Print	Deanna Bowen	06
	The Capilano Review 3.34 / Winter 2018	SOTP 017	The Capilano Review	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	Truth and Reconciliation	SOTP 018 REF	The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Printed and bound by Publication Studio	Print	Jenn Jackson	06
	Familial Document – Potato Gardens Band	SOTP 019 REF	Krista Belle Stewart	Three-Gallon Utility Bucket with 50lbs of Soil from Spaxomain (Douglas Lake)	Krista Belle Stewart	06
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