Archival Degradation is the title of this piece and the namesake of the exhibition. The term is a double entendre, referring to the conservation of both physical objects and cultural paradigms of misogyny. “Archival” not only denotes the systematic preservation of information in a historical archive, but it also delineates physical materials that are durable, resistant to deterioration, and that last for centuries. “Degradation” references both this physical deterioration of a material and the conceptual degradation of women. Thus, the phrase “Archival Degradation” implies that the objectification of women is archival, or preserved in multiple ways.
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