AIR FILES LOUNGE is an html based platform created to access digitized version of Air Files Collection.

AIR FILES COLLECTION Air Files is a collection of images, sounds and texts made at the Ohio State University, 2000-2001. The collection is made of both the originally made and found objects that thematically correspond to the themes of airplanes and airports. In broader sense, it addresses discourses of art, science, travel, contemporary cultures, power, politics etc.
Three major subsets of the collection are defined by media: image, sound and text. Within each section there is a number of subsets determined by the topic and character. All together there are 32 folders and 600 files in the collection. The nature of all subsets is that they operate as individual units without hierarchy between them. For that reason, there is no the beginning or end of the collection. A viewer can browse the Air Files collection randomly or based on an arbitrary system of browsing such as alphabetical, chronological or aesthetic hierarchy.
The production of this collection was conducted as a research. It is an investigation of art activity as an experimental research method and alternative science. Through out this process, the legitimization of both science and art becomes an issue. This is greatly influenced and inspired by my personal position of being a Croat at an American University. The legitimization of science and labor as well as art within capitalism significantly differs from the socialist environment that I grew up in. The personal tone of the text in certain chapters acknowledges that fact more directly, while theoretical sections try to take a more objective stand and build the argument obeying the structure of the discourse.

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS:

AIR FILES SLIDE PRESENTATION is originally made to present Air Files Collection as a slide projection. It depicts various sets of the collection and it is a part of the collection at the same time.
This is a selection of slides. For the complete database visit Air Files Database Navigator.

AIR FILES AIR CUBES is a subset of Air Files collection created through Air Files Abstract Laboratories, the alternative research and art techniques.
This is a selection of images. For the complete database visit Air Files Database Navigator.

AIR FILES AIR CINEMA is a subset of Air Files collection created through Air Files Abstract Laboratories, the alternative research and art techniques.
This is a selection of images. For the complete database visit Air Files Database Navigator.

AIR FILES TRAVEL SLIDES are the resource material made at the round trip flight USA-Croatia-USA. This presentation combines Air Files Travel Slides with Air Text Files: Air Log, Eclipse and Angels.

COMPLETE COLLECTION:

AIR FILES DATABASE NAVIGATOR presents the whole Air Files Collection. The database contains over 600 files grouped in 32 folders.
This is the best way to experience the collection. There is no beginning or end and it is possible to start to browse the collection at any point and proceed in any direction.

SOUNDTRACK

AIR FILES: AIR SOUNDTRACK is the music score originally made for this project through Air Files Abstract Laboratories.
This is a selection of albums. For the complete database visit Air Files Database Navigator.

Air Files Lounge was originally made for CD-ROM viewing. This version has been appropriated for the Web and changed: to shorten the download time, the compression of images was increased and therefore their quality lowered; the database and highlights selection originally contained audio files which are left out here.

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