Abstract
The following is an interview between editorial board member Madison Treeceand celebrated Chicana artist Amalia Mesa-Bains. Treece has worked as Mesa-Bains’s archivist since 2017. For this issue on “document/ary,” Treece askedMesa-Bains about the function of the archive as document, its contributions toChicanx art history, and its more personal implications. The interview took placeon March 9, 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview hasbeen edited for length and clarity.
Highlights
The following is an interview between editorial board member Madison Treece and celebrated Chicana artist Amalia Mesa-Bains
You might as well know how long we have all been doing this and why it’s important to continue to do it.” The archive helps that in a bit of a way
Summary
The following is an interview between editorial board member Madison Treece and celebrated Chicana artist Amalia Mesa-Bains. Mesa-Bains & Treece | Interview with the Artist the process of documentation but the formality of archiving and what that turned out to mean, which I had no idea when I started. MT: We talked about how the process of archiving and documenting contributed to your artistic practice, as well as why your work often documents your personal and your family’s history.
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