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Audio Tour: The Way of the Shovel

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The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology traces the interest in history, archaeology, and archival research that defines some of the most highly regarded art of the last decade. Consisting almost entirely of work produced after the year 2000, The Way of the Shovel re-imagines the art world as an alternative “History Channel” that is as concerned with remembering histories as it is with challenging their truthfulness. Archaeology is considered both metaphorically and literally, with an emphasis on historical and archival research and the relationship between objects and historical truth.

Audio Playlist

  • Dieter Roelstraete Exhibition overview by Manilow Senior Curator Dieter Roelstraete
  • Pamela Bannos Pamela Bannos, on Shifting Grounds: Block 21 and Chicago's MCA
  • Joachim Koester Joachim Koester, on Passaic Seems Full of Holes
  • Mark Dio Mark Dion, on Concerning the Dig
  • Jack Green ­Archaeologist Jack Green, on the tools of the trade
  • Mariana Castillo Deball Mariana Castillo Deball, on Uncomfortable Objects
  • Susanne Kriemann Susanne Kriemann, on A Silent Crazy Jungle Under Glass
  • Susanne Kriemann Susanne Kriemann, on in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (work cyclus)
  • David Schalliol Sociologist David Schalliol, on the financial crisis of 2008
  • Scott Hocking Scott Hocking, on Rusty Sputnik
  • Sociologist David Schalliol Sociologist David Schalliol, on Detroit's socio-economic conditions
  • Sociologist David Schalliol Sociologist David Schalliol, on the Steel Belt and local activism
  • Joachim Koester Joachim Koester, on Message from Andrée
  • David Schalliol ­Sociologist David Schalliol, on the effects of the housing crisis in Chicago
  • Joachim Koester Joachim Koester, on Some Boarded-Up Houses (Chicago)
  • Nancy Burke Psychoanalyst Nancy Burke, on Sigmund Freud
  • Nancy Burke Psychoanalyst Nancy Burke, on Freud's antiquities collection
  • Nancy Burke ­Psychoanalyst Nancy Burke, on Freud's office
  • Nancy Burke Psychoanalyst Nancy Burke, on Freud and memory
  • Rebecca Keller Rebecca Keller, on her installation
  • Nancy Burke ­Psychoanalyst Nancy Burke, on Freud and archaeology
  • Jack Green Archaeologist Jack Green, on art and archaeology
  • Michael Rakowitz Michael Rakowitz, on The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
  • Jack Green Archaeologist Jack Green, on the looting of Iraq's National Museum
  • Mariana Castillo Deball Mariana Castillo Deball, on It rises or falls depending on whether you're coming or going. If you are leaving, it's uphill; but as you arrive it's downhill
  • Jack Green Archaeologist Jack Green, on burial archaeology