salvaged.work is an archive for texts, audio, and images that have languished within the confines of analogue media. The archive pays homage to these works through curation and digital restoration so that they may be shared with a wider, modern audience.
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26 articles across 4 creators are currently archived.
The Bird, the Animal and the Human in Nordic Iron Age Art is the second volume in Asger Jorn's posthumous series 10,000 Years of Nordic Folk Art, featuring photographs by Gérard Franceschi and text by Norwegian archaeologist Bente Magnus examining animal symbolism in Nordic Iron Age art.
Added: February 04, 2026
La chevelure des choses (The hair of things) is an exhibition catalogue by Belgian poet Christian Dotremont and Asger Jorn.
Added: February 05, 2022
Mémoires is an artist's book made by the Danish artist Asger Jorn in collaboration with the French artist and theorist Guy Debord.
Added: February 03, 2022
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Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International.
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Henning Christiansen (May 28, 1932, Copenhagen – December 10, 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement.
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Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening, and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue.
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Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happening and Fluxus.
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