How does one consider the archive as a space of knowledge production, rather than solely of preservation of memory? Archive and Fiction: an experiment with artists at the Public Archive of the State of Bahia (3rd Bahia Biennale, Brazil, 2014) (original) (raw)

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussions focusing on the problematic of the archive in the field of culture, with contemporary art as a guiding thread. We will address the issue here by analyzing the project for the 3rd Bahia Biennale31 (2014), an arts event held in Salvador, Brazil, and the experience of the Arquivo e Ficção (Archive and Fiction) exhibition, for which artists were brought to the Public Archive of the State of Bahia to conduct research and create artworks involving the collection of Estácio de Lima Anthropological and Ethnographical Museum.