Playing with a mode between storage and display, an extended structure stretches through the exhibition space, presenting Index Magazine, published 1992-1998, as well as archival elements, objects and ephemeralia from Index’ living history and active present.
The spatial installation makes visible the everyday of Index through the years and connects to Index’ re-use of materials through exhibitions; a vitrine from a previous exhibition is reused to house a different object each day that THE -ING FORM is open to the public. The object could be a photograph from the archive, a fax from Galleri Index of the mid 1990s – it could also be an object as yet unknown, suggested by a visitor.
A series of recorded interviews with Index directors past and present can be watched, and during the spring, the Index team will have a series of open conversations with other key figures connected to Index and institutional thinking.
Also on view is research by Melike Janine Sökmen investigating Index’ shifting vocabulary over 25 years, presented with a graphic translation by Oskar Laurin and William Jokijärvi Andersson. Using Text Mining, Sökmen works with data analysis of all the press releases and exhibition texts. The result is a glossary and analysis of Index’ changing language over time and in relation to shifts in thinking and a changing world.
