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Archives Yet to Come

February 8 - May 4, 2025

Opening reception: Saturday, February 8, 3-5pm

Curated by Hannah Waiters

The archive is a particular kind of space of “rememory,” perhaps best described as histories in one place; it fuses erased histories without quite resolving them. Archives Yet to Come explores the potential of archives shaped by artistic strategies and actions, focusing on the creative uses of archival preservation. The exhibition examines how archives hold multiple, often conflicting histories, embodying erased narratives without resolving them. Archives are collections of history from diverse perspectives, preserving and making countless versions of the past visible. This exhibition delves into themes of archival imagination, knowledge production, and diasporic storytelling.

Featuring seven artists working across sentimental and familial archives, social practice, and time-based media, this show presents a reimagining of memory. These artists build unique aesthetic languages to reinterpret documents, photographs, and enduring artifacts, exploring how their meaning shifts over time and contributes to the ever-evolving process of collective memory.

Participating artists: Lynse Cooper, Lindsey Filowitz, Jy Jimmie Flora Gabiola, Mary Graham, Nneka Kai, Charles Lee, and Qadir Parris.

The exhibition is curated by visiting curator Hannah Waiters, Curatorial & Project Assistant at UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography. Special thanks to Elena Gross and Marthe Benoit for their project management on this exhibition.

Major Support for this exhibition is provided by the City of Berkeley, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, and East Bay Community Foundation’s East Bay Fund for the Arts.

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