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Introducing Archivetemporal:
The strands (or stomata to use a potato metaphor) of the project are held together by the solar-powered website and archive. Held on a raspberry pi, powered by solar energy (gathered by reused solar panels from a previous project), the website and archive are extremely low-data and as such are a model for documenting other large-scale projects. As a solar-powered website, accessing Archivetemporal depends on sunlight availability and human labour.
The website provides a home for the various components of the project. It also includes an image archive of our time in Arles and our work on the various components of Objects as Temporal Entities. The images have been dithered to reduce their size, and the archive is organized so that it can be explored in multiple ways. Each pathway through the archive is described as a variety of potato.
Archivetemporal is, much like the humble potato, defined by time as well as its material qualities, its vulnerability to disease and decay, its flexibility and its connection to the environment it inhabits. We encourage you to interact with this archive through a detemporalized lens by navigating the overlapping themes and concepts that have defined Objects as Temporal Entities.
The website and archive can be accessed at www.archivetemporal.com
Generally, during the winter and when it is sunny (in London, ON), the site will be available Monday through Friday, 12 pm – 4 pm EST. On cloudy or snowy days the site will be offline.
The hardware running the site charges over the weekend (the site will be offline).
As the season changes, we will update you on the site’s online hours.
Objects as Temporal Entities is a project developed by the Centre for Sustainable Curating with members of the Synthetic Collective as a part of the Sustainable Institution (TSI). The TSI programme is an artist-in-residence programme by LUMA Arles (Atelier LUMA), the E-WERK Luckenwalde, and Rupert Centre for Art and Education. It is co-funded by the European Union, Teltow Flaming and Lithuanian Culture Council.
Archivetemporal design and programming by Imogen Clendinning .