Curator

SITE and Dittmar curated

Contributing Artists

Melanie Ahn, Elie Dale Anderson, Alison Campbell, Snow Chen, Zach Dobbins, Ceninye, Tamara Harris, Sam Hernandez, Negin Mirfakhraee, Tati Munoz, Renee Royale, Mira Simonton-Chao, Katherine Demetrious Diselsky, Yeoreum Summer Shin, Anna Seo, Apollo Umbra, Zixi Wang, and Vivian Wheatly
Daniella Ungo Berio, Quentin Colson, Zach Dobbins, Tamara Harris, Carissa Hodges, Ian Lei, Edana Lynch, Mauricio Lopez, naakita f.k., Amin Pakparvar, Renee Royale, Mehraneh Salimian, Katherine Demetrious Sidelsky, Sayeda Misa Sourour, Yeoram Summer Shin, and Zixi Wang

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the School of the Art Institute Chicago’s SITE Galleries and the 53rd anniversary of Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, the two galleries have partnered to curate a cross-institutional exhibition featuring current student work surrounding archives.
Archive as Action, Archive as Discourse features the work of more than twenty artists across both institutions whose work interrogates the archive as a dynamic system that is constantly reimagined through material exploration, embodied memory, and critical engagement. Through simultaneously challenging and embracing traditional archival hierarchies, the artists activate both the real and speculative, underscoring the archive’s potential as a site of agency, affect, and transformation.