September 15, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsView images from "Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace" Video of the program “Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace” will be posted on the Ransom Center’s website once it is transcribed and captioned to comply with ADA guidelines. Please click the thumbnails to view larger images. At the podium, Jake Silverstein reads an excerpt from Wallace’s essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.” Kurt Hildebrand reads the footnotes for the piece. More than 300 people attended the event “Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace” to celebrate the opening of the Wallace archive at the Ransom Center. Elizabeth Crane reads an excerpt from Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest.” Chris Gibson reads from Wallace’s Kenyon College commencement speech. The Ransom Center hosted a reception after the event “Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace.” The reception following “Consider the Archive” featured Wallace-themed desserts. Guests view a display of materials from the Wallace archive at the reception. The materials will be on display through October 17. The reception following “Consider the Archive” featured Wallace-themed desserts. More than 300 people attended the event “Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace” to celebrate the opening of the David Foster Wallace archive at the Ransom Center. From left, Kurt Hildebrand, Shannon McCormick, L. B. Deyo, and Wayne Alan Brenner read an excerpt from Wallace’s first novel, “The Broom of the System.” Owen Egerton reads an excerpt from Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest.” Guests view a display of materials from the Wallace archive at the reception. The materials will be on display through October 17. Guests view a display of materials from the Wallace archive at the reception. The materials will be on display through October 17.
