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THE OFFICE FOR ARCHIVAL REVIEW

Consultants

OAR consultants draw on individual fields of concentration to the development of larger research projects. This diverse team offers a unique approach to the burgeoning field of archival review.


Emily Pelstring
Product Transformation Specialist

Anne-Marie Proulx
Researcher and Collections Manager

Maria Raponi
Structures Specialist

Sabrina Russo
Documentation Manager

Karen Elaine Spencer
Reappropriation Specialist

Jasia Stuart
Information Officer

Karen Zalamea
Reconstruction Specialist


Invited consultants

Anne Bertrand
Artistic Coordinator at Centre des arts actuels Skol

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Emily Pelstring
Product Transformation Specialist

Emily Pelstring reduces surplus information by reshaping old documents.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Emily Pelstring



Interventions

/ Meeting-Minutes Smoothies
/ Spitball Stalactite of Desire
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Anne-Marie Proulx
Researcher and Collections Manager

Anne-Marie Proulx creates files noting each person in the archives.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Emily Pelstring



Interventions

/ Archive names
/ Archive portraits
Consultants /

Maria Raponi
Structures Specialist

Maria Raponi creates blueprints and rebuilds sturctural systems for information.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Karen Zalamea



Interventions

/ Floorplans for storage
Consultants /

Sabrina Russo
Documentation Manager

Sabrina Russo reinserts depth into digital information and imagery.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Karen Zalamea



Interventions

/ Deep views
Consultants /

Karen Spencer
Reappropriation Specialist

Karen Elaine Spencer assesses and streamlines archives to ensure continued activity.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Emily Pelstring



Interventions

/ Impossible to archive
/ Archival weight evaluation
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Jasia Stuart
Information Officer

Jasia Stuart creates inventories and cross-links records.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Karen Zalamea



Interventions

/ Why the past, why not now?
/ Appendices
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Karen Zalamea
Reconstruction Specialist

Karen Zalamea tests the accuracy of photographic documentation through refabrication.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Emily Pelstring



Interventions

/ La pierre
Consultants /

Anne Bertrand
Invited consultant: Artistic Coordinator at Skol

Anne Bertrand collects from the inside.


Photo: Sabrina Russo & Karen Zalamea

Interventions

/ Outsider from within
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THE OFFICE
FOR ARCHIVAL
REVIEW
Succ. R C.P. 83
Montréal QC
H2S 3K6

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