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The archive has increased its functions in its relation to the technology surrounding it. The aesthetic archive as I have named it has the function of activating our sensitivity. The aim of this paper is to make clear why such an activation occurs.
We can’t, as Spieker has pointed out, avoid seeking connections between materials in an archive, because we suppose they share the same principle of provenance. According to Wittgenstein, what we do in an aesthetic investigation is to place things side by side, thereby “to exhibit these features”, and “to draw one’s attention to certain features”. We can also show an internal relation among them by placing things side by side, thus we can help others notice an aspect. It follows from these thoughts of Wittgenstein’s that to place things side by side is to show an internal relation of these, and to draw attention to these features.
In the aesthetic archive, our attention is drawn to the features of the materials because they are placed side by side. Thus we grasp them aesthetically.
