The Narrative potential of the archive

Citing innovative examples of the ‘archival turn’ described by Hal Foster with regard to the archive as one of the most ubiquitous convention for narrative portrayal of the past - this lecture presented case studies and critique of para-fictional and narrative devices employed in contemporary visual culture where fictional archives have been presented as real …..and other occasions when real life is stranger than fiction.

Lecture at UCA - Archives Symposium