‘9,000 vinyl records’ displays artist Stephen Williams’ personal collection of original first pressing soul records and record sleeves, combining them with a complete indexed catalogue, text, video and recorded music which relate directly to the records themselves.
The exhibition explores the aesthetics of the archive including collecting, cataloguing and display of archival objects. It examines how personal choices have informed the development of the archive, how collecting might relate to obsessive compulsive behaviour and how taste, aesthetic judgement and fetishism shape the development of an archive.
‘9,000 vinyl records’ challenges the viewer to think about their relationship to objects, and to reflect on their own impulses to collect.
fortyfivedownstairs
Until 21 November, 2015
Melbourne
9,000 Soul Singles, 1960-1975, vinyl records, cardboard, wood, 362 x 180 x 20cm
Courtesy the artist and fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
