Pathways

Memory, Archive, and Counter-History

History is often presented as fixed and authoritative, yet it is built through acts of selection, omission, and interpretation. The artists in this pathway approach memory as an active, contested terrain, uncovering narratives that have been forgotten, displaced, marginalized, or deliberately erased. Working across photography, installation, present.Featured artists:

Nazanin Noroozi (406)
Jason File (507)
Maria D. Rapicavoli (601)
Bundith Phunsombatlert (610)
Shimon Attie (707)
Keren Benbenisty (802)
Carlos Motta (805)
Dana Levy (902)
Karina Skvirsky (913
Billy Gérard Frank (1002)

Memory, Archive, and Counter-History

Featured artists:

Nazanin Noroozi (406)
Jason File (507)
Maria D. Rapicavoli (601)
Bundith Phunsombatlert (610)
Shimon Attie (707)
Keren Benbenisty (802)
Carlos Motta (805)
Dana Levy (902)
Karina Skvirsky (913
Billy Gérard Frank (1002)

History is often presented as fixed and authoritative, yet it is built through acts of selection, omission, and interpretation. The artists in this pathway approach memory as an active, contested terrain, uncovering narratives that have been forgotten, displaced, marginalized, or deliberately erased. Working across photography, installation, video, performance, painting, collage, and research-based practices, they engage archives both personal and institutional, drawing attention to the gaps between lived experience and official record. Family histories, migration, exile, labor, colonial legacies, political violence, and collective remembrance emerge as recurring concerns. Rather than treating the archive as a repository of stable facts, these artists reveal it as a site of negotiation—one shaped by power, absence, and desire. Through acts of recovery, speculation, reconstruction, and reimagining, they create counter-histories that challenge dominant narratives and expand our understanding of how the past continues to shape the present.

History is often presented as fixed and authoritative, yet it is built through acts of selection, omission, and interpretation. The artists in this pathway approach memory as an active, contested terrain, uncovering narratives that have been forgotten, displaced, marginalized, or deliberately erased. Working across photography, installation, video, performance, painting, present.Featured artists: