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Archiving Bonds, Shares & Holdings (Documents on Request)



Plexiglass document boxes, hanging document files, documents from various individuals and organisations relating to the exhibition site


Daily activation by the Caretaker - performative archiving and showcasing of documents on livestream camera
2024

Produced as an anchor project for Bulb, Bubble, Burst



Reviving the exhibition site’s previous use as a physical archival space (for storing big corporations’ documents, allegedly), the grandstands become activated as an archive once again. The current contributing documents are those that were part of the “social historical bureaucracy” of the former shipbuilding yard (now rebranded as and arts enclave NDSM), that manifests and will be shared as a local resource. In relation to NDSM’s original redevelopment and its consequently contested grounds, its land value and (enforced) circulation, this piece invites individuals entangled in the processes to share significant documents that articulates or evokes a particular situation. In addition to that, the archive will also feature documents that narrate pertinent histories leading up to the conceptualisation and execution of this exhibition.




Photography by Tom Philip Janssen, Zhiyi Cao and Lucas De Montalembert



Special Thanks to
Eva de Klerk
Giada La Gala
Ioanna Mitza
Mark