All that glitters is not gold : on the overuse of the "A" word

Dotyczy: Leksykon archiwum afektywnego, kuratorzy: Giulia Palladini, Marco Pustianaz, red.: Katarzyna Tórz, tłum.: Joanna Diduszko, Maciej Kositorny, Ewa Młodecka, Ewa Palka, Joanna Pomorska, Dorota Semenowicz, Marzena Maria Smoleńska, Jan Stachowski. Słowo/Obraz Terytoria, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Gdańsk-Warszawa 2015

Agnieszka Dauksza writes about słowo/obraz terytoria publishers recent Leksykon archiwum afektywnego [Lexicon of an Affective Archive] (curators: Giulia Palladini, Marco Pustianaz, ed. Katarzyna Tórz, Gdańsk-Warsaw 2015). The publication was created on the initiative of the pair of curators, and includes twenty-five articles they commissioned. Dauksza critiques the abuse of such terms as "affect" or "trauma" without reflection on the historical traditions of these concepts. The author does, however, attempt to perceive the value of the publication as well, whose main attraction is the descriptions by the artists (particularly Warning/Ostrzeżenia by Rabih Mroué )