Field: A Journal of Socially-Engaged Art Criticism
Issue 14
Art & Activism in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
07–2019
Issue 14
Art & Activism in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
07–2019
As co-editor of this special issue of Field dedicated to Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, I examined how processes of gentrification intersect with artistic production and cultural organizing, considering how artists and institutions influence and contest urban redevelopment.
Digital Knowledge and Collective Memory
05–15–2019
05–15–2019
Technology influences collective forms of memory. In the era
of social media, what form do cultural memory practices take today?
This paper examines popular metadata practices and their impact on collective memory. How does social media contribute to the writing - and erasure - of history? how do the algorithms of social computing replicate historical power dynamics found in the archive?
Presented for the workshop series:
Interrogating the Archive, Visual Arts Department, UCSD.
of social media, what form do cultural memory practices take today?
This paper examines popular metadata practices and their impact on collective memory. How does social media contribute to the writing - and erasure - of history? how do the algorithms of social computing replicate historical power dynamics found in the archive?
Presented for the workshop series:
Interrogating the Archive, Visual Arts Department, UCSD.
Interrogating the Archive: Shared Research Methodologies at the Intersection of Aesthetics and Authenticity
UCSD Collaboratory
https://archive.ucsd.edu/home
2017 - 2019
UCSD Collaboratory
https://archive.ucsd.edu/home
2017 - 2019
Interrogating the Archive is a collaborative research project of humanities researchers and scholars at the University of California, San Diego, which identifies, examines, and addresses the challenges of the archive.
This project endeavors to critically rethink archival practices, exploring the archive not as a passive collection of documents, but as an active and ongoing performance in the construction of historical narratives.
This project endeavors to critically rethink archival practices, exploring the archive not as a passive collection of documents, but as an active and ongoing performance in the construction of historical narratives.
ZINE response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade
08–07–2022
08–07–2022
A series of posters produced for an indie publication in response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.
The publication was designed and produced by Ana Monroe and Scott Kellum and distributed via independent bookstores and events in Los Angeles.
The publication was designed and produced by Ana Monroe and Scott Kellum and distributed via independent bookstores and events in Los Angeles.
Touch Grid: Material Studies
05–17–20
05–17–20
“Touch Grid” is a material study exploring the paradox of digital tactility. Composed of looping, screen-based fragments, the work reflects on the sensory absence embedded within the smooth, frictionless surfaces that mediate our digital encounters.