Re-enacting the archive: untimely meditations on the use and abuse of repetition

Kollectiv, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-9318 and Kollectiv, G. (2018) Re-enacting the archive: untimely meditations on the use and abuse of repetition. In: Clarke, P., Jones, S., Kaye, N. and Linsley, J. (eds.) Artists in the Archive Creative and Curatorial Engagements with Documents of Art and Performance. Routledge, London, pp. 144-150. ISBN 9781138915381

Abstract/Summary

The essay argues that reenactment of past events and artworks can be a critical strategy. Using theoretical writings by Friedrich Nietzsche and Guy Debord, the text examines the film Alien: Resurrection to propose a mode of repetition that doesn't collapse into the cyclical production of novelty dictated by the logic of the market.