Archivist Fingers
![Lesbian Herstory Archives, installation view with shelves and library ladder](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3bea948092201d33cef3d729c5b1a647fae3b4ea8601a5a9d97508eae236ade/IMG_0179.jpg)
![detail view of bronze fingers in profile with archive shelves out of focus in the background](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/333866fd1b7f7d055f72cc3112f450597e7eb0016e4e76ac38b642aed777671e/_IMG_0151.jpg)
![detail view of bronze fingers from above](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff31f07629dcd6c5d5ad3e0251d064ee307491972e9aff0e3e9a505f4d868679/IMG_0062.jpg)
![detail view from below showing how the bronze fingers hook onto the library rail](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f086f3eaa897b0018287655abbd0e66d1bb7e44ad0515480acba7dd630640b8d/IMG_0069.jpg)
![detail of top rung on library ladder; a title plate reads "Archivist Fingers / Anna Campbell, 2014" and a graffiti drawing of a vulva is to its right](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91c607f70b26f1a680bae48398019912d29d99cb8aef9fe9ede215229c597dcd/IMG_0171.jpg)
This permanent installation at the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, NY consists of a collection of bronze fingers cast from the archivists who built and sustained that institution. These fingers are installed in rotation on the library ladder that runs along a track in the Archives’ central room, mimicking both the queer labor and desire that is central to the survival of that space.
set of five bronze fingers and felt-lined wood case, archive ladder case dimensions: 12”h x 36”w x 12”d 2014 |