GALA PORRAS-KIM: THE LIVING COLLECTION
Short film, 2024.
Editor & Cinematographer.
Director Ellen Moody.
Conceptual artist Gala Porras-Kim takes the practice of collecting, conserving and exhibiting objects as the subject of her work, which highlights the way these institutionalized actions inadvertently create new meanings. A self-appointed advocate for entities— spiritual, microbial, or otherwise — that may lay claim to these objects, Porras-Kim brings focus to their original functions and contexts, and how they can subvert common practices in collecting institutions.
This video is part of Getty Conservation Institute's Artist Dialogues video series. Explore the entire series here: https://gty.art/artist-dialogues