Camulodunum, Firstsite, Colchester, September 25, 2011–January 22, 2012
Aleksandra Mir
American and Swedish, born Poland 1967
2011–12
An exhibition invitation card for Aleksandra Mir’s Camulodunum that uses a photographic arrangement of fragmented, worn objects to suggest archaeological ruin and contested local history.
You’re struck by a rusted car door and a red, helmet-like scrap set on a pale tiled floor, cropped and overlaid with a purple announcement block and the oversized, translucent word “firstsite,” so everyday detritus reads like excavated relics.
As a piece of ephemera, the card shows how contemporary artists and museums use printed matter and found imagery to stage narratives—collapsing publicity, documentation, and artwork to make modern waste read as historical trace.
Medium
Exhibition invitation card, brochure, program, catalogue, preview card, and ticket
Dimensions
various dimensions
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Richard Gerrig and Timothy Peterson
Accession
125.2012.168a-f
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
