the "blob" as the archive, transformation of materials, embedding loss? A something that becomes nothing, and then something again. It is indicative of what happened, a physical history.

Derrida writes that every archive contains within it a “death drive”, an impulse both to preserve and to annihilate. The act of archiving the burned house becomes a paradox, trying to hold onto what has already been consumed by fire.

Cornelia Parker: Cold Dark Matter
The restored contents of a garden shed that was exploded and then reconstructed. She suspended it from the ceiling as if it were mid explosion. In an interview, Parker said that to her, an explosion is an 'archetypal image'.

Gordon Matta-Clark: Building Cuts
documented partial demolitions, turning acts of destruction into sculptural archives.

Rachel Whiteread: House
This was a large-scale sculpture created by making a concrete cast of the interior of a demolished Victorian terraced house in East London. Creating an inversion of absence and memory.

How do you make new work after losing all physical evidence of your practice? Fostering a space for creativity after loss.

Using social media as a form of documentation and archiving. How digital platforms transform memory into a performative, ongoing practice rather than retrospective archiving.

The struggles of housing, having to find another somewhat affordable place. The idea of finding housing wasn't even on our radar, we signed a 2 year lease. Turn over rate is so fast, I'm sure a developer is eager to get their hands on the land

pros and cons of digital vs physical archive. Ideally finding a medium between the two. Access to a digital archive requires accessibility to technology.