Project Files
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Ramírez Jonas, Paul, 1965-
- See more items in
- Paul Ramírez Jonas papers
- Extent
- 2.4 Linear feet (Boxes 4-6, OVs 8-9)
- 2.54 Gigabytes (ER06-ER09)
- Date
- 1990-2014
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.ramipaul, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Gigabytes
- Collection Citation
- Paul Ramírez Jonas papers, circa 1989-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically by name of project within each year. Undated projects are housed at the beginning of the series; records of miscellaneous ideas and source material are housed at the end of the series.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents
- Called "Work" files by Ramírez Jonas, project files, like the exhibition files, provide a fairly comprehensive record of over two decades of projects, including large scale public art installations and smaller, more intimate projects that trace evolving themes in Ramírez Jonas's work, such as creating art whose meaning exists in the encounter it creates between the artist and the viewer. Files include unrealized projects as well as those that were executed. Many of the project files intersect with records found in the exhibition files, such as detailed records demonstrating how Ramírez Jonas developed instructions for his kites used in Heavier Than Air, and how he developed the Key to the City project explored in the Open exhibition. Files relating to a project involving 50 state summits, include maps and photographs of Ramírez Jonas at the sites used in the project. Files for the water wheel he created for the Hudson River Park, include multiple sketches with notes showing the evolution of his ideas, questions, and solutions to challenges in this complex project. Files also includes architecture plans, schematic drawings with Ramírez Jonas's notes, correspondence and memoranda about the project, contractual documents, budgets, invoices and receipts for payment. Files on miscellaneous ideas and source material include many sketches and notes. Some of the materials are in digital format.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1594759053754-1594759053802-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0