Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung
Title:
Presence Absence (slides)
Collection Title Date:
1971-1991
Date:
1975
Materials:
31 color slides.
Dimensions:
w1.5 x h1 inches
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, CA 94720
Object ID:
1992.4.487
Provenance:
Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation
Object Type:
Documentation
Heading:
Description
Notes:
"Presence Absence" was included in an artist book exhibition at Other Books and So, Amsterdam, Holland. 1977. See museum# 1992.4.24
Notes:
31 color slides documenting "Presence Absence" 1975 an artist book by Cha. The artist book is bound. The pages are photocopies. 36 pages. The image on each photocopy is a reproduction of a photograph of Cha and her brothers and sisters. The photograph was possibly shot after their exile form Korea before their arrival in the US. As the photocopies progress the photograph moves farther and farther right until the image disappears. See museum# 1992.4.24 for a mock-up of the artist book. 11 slides are labeled "Presence Absence" in black pen possibly by Cha.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf2g5001r 7

Presence Absence (slides)