The Hand at Work or How the KGB File Leaks in the Exhibition

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The Hand at Work or How the KGB File Leaks in the Exhibition

Vagramenko, Tatiana; Nicolescu, Gabriela
Date: 2021
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Citation: Vagramenko, T. and Nicolescu, G. (2021) The Hand at Work or How the KGB File Leaks in the Exhibition, Martor: The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review, 26, pp. 24-46.

Abstract:

The article tells the story of the use and perception of images of violence from an unusual trial against a group of believers, arrested in 1952 in Ukraine. Visitors to an exhibition held in 2019 at the Museum of Art in Cluj-Napoca as part of the Hidden Galleries European Research Council project were invited to look at two sets of photographs: originals and spruced-up copies coming from a recently opened penal file retrieved from the SBU (former KGB) archive in Kiev. Through the reconstruction of the story of the people who suffered the arrest, we attempt to question the use of research ethics and of heritage in relation to retrieving from archives and displaying violent images of the past. What are the attributes and limits of showing? And what can we learn from the hand at work, the process of actively manipulating the image?

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This research is part of the project Creative Agency and Religious Minorities: Hidden Galleries in the Secret Police Archives in Central and Eastern Europe. The project has received funding from the European Research 2020 research and innovation programme No. 677355.

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