[Bcma-l] Archive City: Portraits of Lulu Island Opening on July 17 at RAG

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*Archive City: /Portraits of Lulu Island/*

**Lois Klassen, Cindy Mochizuki, Jaimie Robson**

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*17* *July -- 31 August, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday 17 July, 7:00-9:00pm

Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to host a project by *Archive City*, "a 
memory collection agency" composed of three Vancouver based artists, 
*Lois Klassen, Cindy Mochizuki and Jaimie Robson*. For their project* 
/Portraits of Lulu Island/,* Archive City members have researched and 
collected various facts and myths about Lulu Island, where the city of 
Richmond is situated. They have created a memory archive comprised of 
stories, images, ephemera, tracings and other related research 
materials, as well as archival boxes which contain the memories of 
Richmond residents they have interviewed in the form of dioramas.

Archive City explores how memory of a place is preserved and archived. 
By mimicking bureaucratic procedures and presentation methods, such as 
creating official-looking documents and an office setting in the 
gallery, the group members seek to expose the processes involved in 
translating traces of memory into concrete documents preserved in an 
archive.

The public is invited to participate in various activities and workshops 
prepared by Archive City in their office at the Richmond Art Gallery. 
To book an appointment in advance contact Nan Capogna at RAG by phone 
at 247.8311, or by email at ncapogna@richmond.ca 
<mailto:ncapogna@richmond.ca>.

*Archive City Memory Seminars:*

Every Thursday in July & August from 11am - 1pm and on Saturdays, July 
26 and August 23, from 11am - 1pm.

The Archive City website www.archivecity.net 
<http://www.archivecity.net/> will launch 17 July, 2008.

The RAG is operated by the Richmond Art Gallery Association and is the 
City of Richmond's Public Contemporary Art Gallery under the auspices of 
the Office of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services. The RAG receives 
generous and ongoing financial support from the City of Richmond, the BC 
Arts Council, the BC Gaming Commission.

Richmond Art Gallery
180-7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond V6Y 1R9
t. 604.247.8312 or 8310
gallery@richmond.ca <mailto:gallery@richmond.ca>
www.richmondartgallery.org <http://www.richmondartgallery.org/>

*Paula Hickey*
*Gallery Assistant*
Richmond Art Gallery
phickey@richmond.ca
tel 604.247.8312

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Archive
City: Portraits of Lulu Island 
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Lois
Klassen, Cindy Mochizuki, Jaimie Robson
 
17 July
&#8211; 31 August, 2008 
Opening Reception: Thursday 17 July,&nbsp;7:00-9:00pm<o:p></o:p>
&nbsp;
Richmond Art Gallery is
pleased to host a project by Archive City, &#8220;a memory collection
agency&#8221; composed of three Vancouver based artists, Lois
Klassen, Cindy Mochizuki and Jaimie Robson. For their project
Portraits of Lulu Island, Archive City members have
researched and collected various facts and myths about Lulu Island,
where the city of Richmond is situated. They have created a memory
archive comprised of stories, images, ephemera, tracings and other
related research materials, as well as archival boxes which contain the
memories of Richmond residents they have interviewed in the form of
dioramas.<o:p></o:p>
 
Archive City explores how memory of a place is preserved and archived.
By mimicking bureaucratic procedures and presentation methods, such as
creating official-looking documents and an office setting in the
gallery, the group members seek to expose the processes involved in
translating traces of memory into concrete documents preserved in an
archive.
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
The public is invited to
participate in various activities and workshops prepared by Archive
City in their office at the Richmond Art Gallery. To&nbsp; book an
appointment in advance contact Nan Capogna at RAG by phone at 247.8311,
or by email at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
 title="mailto:ncapogna@richmond.ca" href="mailto:ncapogna@richmond.ca">ncapogna@richmond.ca</a>.&nbsp; 
&nbsp;
Archive City Memory
Seminars: 
Every Thursday in July
&amp; August from 11am - 1pm and on Saturdays, July 26 and August 23,
from 11am - 1pm. 
The Archive City website&nbsp;<a
 moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://www.archivecity.net/"
 href="http://www.archivecity.net/">www.archivecity.net</a>
will launch 17 July, 2008. 
&nbsp;
The RAG is operated by
the Richmond Art Gallery Association and is the City of Richmond's
Public Contemporary Art Gallery under the auspices of the Office of
Parks, Recreation &amp; Cultural Services. The RAG receives generous
and ongoing financial support from the City of Richmond, the BC Arts
Council, the BC Gaming Commission.
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>
Richmond
Art Gallery 
180-7700 Minoru Gate 
Richmond V6Y 1R9 
t. 604.247.8312 or 8310 
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="mailto:gallery@richmond.ca"
 href="mailto:gallery@richmond.ca">gallery@richmond.ca</a> 
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://www.richmondartgallery.org/"
 href="http://www.richmondartgallery.org/">www.richmondartgallery.org</a><o:p></o:p>
</div>

Paula Hickey 
Gallery
Assistant 
Richmond
Art Gallery 
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:phickey@richmond.ca">phickey@richmond.ca</a>
 
tel
604.247.8312 
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