Morris Fox's 'Vestiges and Remains'

Abstract

In Morris Fox's solo exhibition Vestiges and Remains, the artist acts as 'Exhibition Programmer', curating an Artist-Run Centre's 40 year archive, theorizing and queering this expansive collection of ephemera, posters, 8mm video and bureaucratic records. My paper will explore Fox's work through an analysis of Queer Goth Aesthetics and Fox's exploration of the archive as both a physical remnant and a theoretical tool for jumping through time.  This paper emphasises Fox's approach in aestheticizing the archive through an activation of The Gothic, his interests in digital versus material dust and avatars, and ultimately provides an intersectional framing of the archive which centres multidisciplinary collaborations between activists, archivists, administrators, and visual artists.