Can look-ing at a quilt panel on a computer screen have the same meaning asseeing it and touching it? How important are its physical qualities toexperiencing the quilt
Not to take away from the quilt, but this statement seems applicable to any medium that is digitized. What is lost when something is digitally archived? What new narratives are gained? Relating this concept to the Rodney footage and the K-town'92 archive, profound connections emerge with an arrangement and description that allows a viewer to choose and make their own narrative. Digitizing and making work accessible to the public creates awareness and allows for people to experience these histories in new ways. But physically experiencing something does seem to create its own unique narrative.The AIDS Memorial Quilt