The Atlas Group Archive

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online archivetransmediamultimedialebanonlebanese wartestimonydiaryphotographsvideofictionalityfictionalisation
Description (in English):
Walid Raad's The Atlas Group Archive (1989-2004) is a transmedial, fictional 'archive' which supposedly encompasses donated testimonies on the war in Lebanon (1974-1991), including diary logs, photographs (some of which contain notes), and videos, archived on theatlasgroup.org. Apart from being published on the website, Raad's project has been exhibited in different galleries around the world.

Research Collection that references this work:

Title
The Importance of the Term of Narratology in Electronic Literature
Database Narratives

Critical writing that references this work:

TitleAuthorYear
Transmedial and Transnational (Re-)Contextualisation: The Atlas Group Archive as an Instance of Traveling Memory Hannah Ackermans2016
Visible and Invisible Archives: The Database Aesthetics of The Atlas Group Archive and haikUHannah Ackermans2019
Narrating the Sociality of the Database: A Digital Hermeneutic Reading of The Atlas Group Archive and haikU (presentation)Hannah Ackermans2019
Narrating the Sociality of the Database: A Digital Hermeneutic Reading of The Atlas Group Archive and haikU (paper)Hannah Ackermans2019
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Walid Raad