"Desire Lines Experimental Video as Social and Spatial Interventions"

Abstract

ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL GUIDES SERIES One of the central goals of Archive/Counter-Archive is to increase public engagement with our partner organizations and their collections through an “activation” of archival materials that foregrounds the pressing need to rethink what archives can/might do in the 21st century. In order to achieve this goal, we have developed a series of Educational Guides designed to accompany film and video from A/CA’s Case Studies and facilitate their integration into K-12 and postsecondary classrooms. About the Guide This guide includes a selection of twelve videos curated by Alanna Thain and Ylenia Olibet. It includes a curatorial essay by Thain and Olibet, synopses, and discussion questions oriented toward a range of thematic areas. We recommend previewing the works before you screen them for your students in the order that they are suggested. We also recommend reading the contextualizing information provided in this guide. Please note that some of the videos contain distressing themes."