Survey: 88 Room

Posted August 05, 2010 by Anonymous

Organization:

88 Room

Part 1.

Year Founded:

1988

1c. Organization's annual budget.:

$0 - $50,000

1b. Primary activity[ies] of the organization.:

Exhibition Space

Part 2.

2a. Mission Statement:

The 88 Room had a twofold mission. First, the curating focused on giving artists freedom to alter the space and make site-specific installations. Secondly, individual artworks were selected to create a dynamic between divergent works and mediums, and a conceptual continuity between exhibitions. The most memorable exhibitions included ‘Introversion’ (eight artists works in a tiny room highlighting the interiority of the artist’s working methods), ‘Think Tank” (a group show of drawing, and sculpture that provoked the audience to go beyond a retinal interaction), “Free Flow of Information” (a group exhibition in response to censorship issues that placed art as an equal to news media).

Part 4.

4a. Is organization currently active?:

4b. Year activity suspended if no longer active.:

1998

Part 5.

5a. Type of organization at its founding.:

Collective / Unincorporated Association

5b. Type of organization currently, or at the termination of activities.:

Non-Profit [IRS certified]

Part 6.

6a. Does the organization have an archive?:

Yes

6b. Are there any short or long-term threats to the organization?:

Fiscal endangerment of organization

End of lease for your space resulting in termination of activities or changing of priorities

6c. Other threats to the organization::

Are there other threats to your organization? Please describe below.

Part 7.

7a. How important is to the organization to preserve the organization’s historical material. From 1 – Very Important to 5 – Not Important.:

1. Very Important

7b. Has planning for the preservation and documentation of archive begun?:

Yes

7c. Does the organization know how and where to seek expertise and assistance?:

Part 8.

8a. Is the organization's archives in the collection of another institution or promised to one?:

8a. Location:

IF YES to 8: University (Name)

8b. Archival materials are also located at::

Unknown

Where are these locations?:

Where are these locations? [I.E. Home / Office of Private Individual(s) (i.e. Former Board, Staff, Funders, etc)]

Part 9.

9. Does the organization maintain archives for any other organization.:

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IF YES to 9: 10a. Please describe:

Part 10a.

10a. Is the archive accessible to scholars, curators or researchers?:

Yes

Part 10b.

10b. Are there conditions of access for scholars, curators or researchers?:

Yes

Part 10c.

10c. How are arrangements made for access to archive?:

Anyone would have to contact Andrew Guthrie, former director, who is currently living in Hong Kong. The archive is currently housed in a storage space in Somerville MA.

Part 11.

The following questions address the historical materials (type, quantity and storage) of the organization. 11a. Paper Files and Documents:

Artist Files

Exhibition or Production Files

Financial Records

By-laws / Incorporation Documents

11b. Artwork and Documentation:

Slides

Photographs

Other::

Other Artwork

11c. Press and Promotional Materials:

Announcements, Mailing Cards, etc.

Newspaper / Magazine / Media Clippings

Posters / Flyers

Other::

Other Press or Promotional Materials:

11d. Printed Publications:

Brochures

Programs of Events

Other::

Other Printed Publications

Other::

Other

Part 12.

12. What years does the materials cover?:

1980-1989

1990-1999

Part 13.

13a. How is the material stored?:

Other Boxes

Three-Ring Binders

13b. Are some or all of these storage units “archival”?:

Some

Part 14.

14a. Estimated Number of Boxes or Milk-Crate Sized Storage Units:

1 - 10

14b. Estimated Number of Archive Drawers:

----

14c. Estimated Number of Archive Notebooks:

----

14d. Estimated the total Linear Feet. ["Linear Feet" is standard measure of the quantity of archival materials on the basis of shelf space occupied or the length of drawers in vertical files or the thickness of horizontally filed materials. For example, a:

1 - 10

Part 15.

15. Is the historical materials - or archives - inventoried or catalogued in any way, either formally or otherwise?:

Part 16.

16a. Is there a key, index or finding aid to the materials inventoried?:

16b. Paper-based::

Not Applicable

Part 16 / Electronic Files & Archival Management

16f. Does the organization have a back-up program, or back-up schedule, for its electronic records and perform monitoring of its removable media (i.e. floppies, ZIP disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, portable hard drives, etc.)?:

16g. Who is responsible for working with the archival material?:

Other - Please describe below.

Please describe:

Andrew Guthrie, former director

Part 17.

17. How are new materials processed?:

We are not currently processing new material

Part 18.

18. What, if any, conservation methods are in place for both physical materials and electronic data?:

Controlled Access

Acid-Free Housing

Fireproof Building / Fireproof Room

Part 19.

19. What type of climate-controls are present in the area[s] in which the archives are stored?:

Limited climate-controls

Part 20.

20a. What are the goals for the historical materials for the next year?:

20b. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these short-term goals?:

20c. What goals are in place for the historical materials for the next three to five years?:

20d. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these long term goals?:

20e. Are there any additional goals for the organizations historic materials?:

Part 21.

21. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next year.:

Unknown

Part 22.

22. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next five years.:

Unknown

Part 24.

24. What archival issues could / should visual arts organizations address collectively in the next three to five years? Ranked from 1 (highest priority) to 5 (lowest priority).24a. Shared standards / protocols for digitization:

Promote professional standards / protocols for digitization

Part 25.

25a. Is the organization a member of, or in contact with, any organizations concerned with archival issues?:

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Who executed this survey.:

Andrew Guthrie

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I wish to defer payment and allow AS-AP to use these funds to further AS-AP’s efforts to preserve the history of the alternative and avant-garde movement in America.

Is this survey complete and all appropriate questions answered?:

Yes