Backroom
For a while now, Raqs has been in conversation with Kate Fowle (and Magali Arriola) about being part of 'The Backroom'. the backroom is a research-oriented project that provides access to source materials which inform and support artists’ practice. Initially accumulated over five months and presented in a temporary space in Culver City, the temporary archive presented objects, videos, magazines, photographs, ephemera, data and written anecdotes from an evolving line-up of artists, filmmakers, writers and architects. From this, a series of presentations and projects have developed. Now its moving also to spaces in Mexico City (See www.ucsi.edu.mx/culturales/celda.htm) and Paris (www.kadist.org). Its a great idea, and this blog entry is quite self-reflexive as the blog is a part of the project, and frankly came into being after discussions with them. We plan to keep posting more.