UltraViolet Archive (2018-2024) is a nomadic collection of endangered creative works—including films, music, literature, visual and performing arts—that were banned, challenged, or physically attacked. The installation includes a neon sign, bookshelves, film screening room, computer station, and a seating area for the public to spend time with the collection. By interrupting cultural norms such as censorship, data harvesting, and capitalism, she invites the audience to critically examine the institutions that hold and reinforce power.
Christina Freeman (she/her) is an artist and curator based in New York City. Her participatory installation, UltraViolet Archive was exhibited in the Queens International 2018: Volumes (Queens Museum, 2018-2019), with mentions in Artforum and Vulture. This traveling installation was also commissioned for Creative Time Summit X (Cooper Union, 2019) and featured on Governors Island (Flux Factory, 2022). In 2024 Freeman will participate in Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Freeman’s projects have also received support from Culture Push (2018-2019), ARoS Public (Aros, Denmark 2018), Danish Arts Foundation (2018), and SOMA (Mexico City 2012). Freeman teaches at Hunter College, CUNY for the Department of Art & Art History and the Department of Film & Media.
Christina Freeman's residency at NARS is made possible by The Professional Staff Congress CUNY.
