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2016.1 - 2016.1 - Collection - 32 boxes
- H - 2016.1/H - Series - 9 files

Reference Number	2016.1/H/7
Level	File
Extent	13 items
Title	Papers related to 'Divers Memories' exhibitions
Date	1994; 1998
Description	Papers related to two 'Divers Memories' exhibitions curated by Chris Dorsett. Includes a photocopied description of 'Divers Memories', accompanied by a typescript list of proposals for the second exhibition at The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford in 1994. According to the list, Dye's contribution was to be a display case containing text dimly lit by a small ultra-violet light. The file also includes papers related to a 'Divers Memories' exhibition held at the Museum of Site, Kat Hing Wai village, Hong Kong in 1998. The papers include maps and plans of Kat Hing Wai village, some annotated with sketches of the village roofs [/3-5]; plans of the exhibition area at the Museum of Site [/6]; information provided by the exhibition curator Chris Dorsett on staging the exhibition [/7-8]; and copied research material [9-13].
Notes	The concept of Divers Memories revolves around the infiltration of permanent museum displays with experimental art.
Related Material	See 2016.1/B/20 for two pencil drawings undertaken by Dye for the 'Divers Memories' exhibition at the Museum of Site, Kat Hing Wai village, Hong Kong in 1998.

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