Published by viaindustriae
Edited by Sergey Kantsedal
Softcover, 232 pages
16 × 23 cm, on opaque paper
Black-and-white printing
Italian / English
Foligno, 2024
BARRIERA UNINSTITUTE. The Aftershow Book: A Critical Inventory of Documents is an after-exhibition project and a critical inventory of the materials documenting the seventeen-year history of Associazione Barriera, a contemporary art space founded in Turin in 2007. The publication seeks to contribute to the broader debate on institutional archiving within the fluid and evolving practices of contemporary art. How can the future be envisioned through the lens of the past? What role do the archive and the act of archiving play in this process for an institution? The prefix UN in BARRIERA UNINSTITUTE signals an ongoing reconsideration of the status of both an entity and a space. Rather than focusing on exhibitions as finished products, individual artworks, or the collection as heritage, the volume centres on what is commonly referred to as printed matter: carefully produced ephemeral materials that have communicated and supported both exhibitions and research-based projects. Following this predominantly visual, asynchronous, and “eccentric” documentary section, the publication presents a thematic and chronological register of the events, exhibitions, catalogues, and artists that have passed through and contributed to Barriera's history.