Tag: Archival
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Tshepiso Moropa blends Setswana folklore in archival collages
Using personal and archival images, Tshepiso Moropa cuts and splices delicate collages that consider the ever-evolving nature of the stories we tell. The self-taught artist draws on her background in psychology and linguistics as she plumbs African archives and oral histories, reinterpreting her findings through minimal, yet weighty compositions. Moropa often grounds her works within read more
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Archival Art Will Not Save Us
Last fall, I attended a double documentary screening at Welcome to Chinatown of Christopher Radcliff’s 15-minute short, “We Were the Scenery” (2025), and Elizabeth Ai’s New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora (2024). The audience was packed, and with dinner provided by local downtown hotspots, it’s easy to see why. Over the past read more
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