The Other Tiger
The Other Tiger
Chloe Accardi, shooting a project in Beelitz-Heilstätten. October, 2014
Chloe Accardi is an east-coast based, often traveling, documentary artist and ethnographer. She holds an MA in Folklore from the University of North Carolina, and her current work involves place, abandoned / reclaimed spaces, and artist profiles. Prior to UNC, Chloe spent five years as the Literature Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts. Her other interests include narrative, street art, and expatriate communities. Chloe's photographs and illustrations have appeared in Meat for Tea, the NC Folklore Journal, and The Virginia Quarterly Review.
Chloe Accardi
About The Other Tiger:
This site takes its name from a Jorge Luis Borges poem of the same title. Borges' tiger is a creature in its purest form - uncompromised as yet by art or language. Exploring the tension between the real and the represented, this poem mirrors the work, and echoes the challenges faced by the folklorist and documentarian. Borges' words act as inspiration - calling creative ethnographers to keep pursuing new means of presentation, engagement, and community collaboration.
