Public Memory is an ongoing project for moving select video works out of the flow of social media and into a more lasting public archive.
Many of these works began as digital sketches. Instagram has been my sketchbook for years. Some of those sketches have gone on to be exhibited, shared widely, or become seeds for larger works.
Public Memory is a way to give certain pieces a second life.
Each selected work is prepared from the original video file and made available for a new score.
When a piece is held by a musician or sound artist, it is no longer available to others. They can take the time they need. The work comes back when the sound becomes real.
The visual artist keeps authorship of the image. The sound artist keeps authorship of the score. The final piece becomes a collaboration.
Most works are short, looping videos, usually between 30 seconds and one minute.
The score may follow the original duration, or extend the piece through multiple loops. The only real request is that the sound and image feel complete together, and that the final work can live as a loop.
As completed works return, they are gathered into release batches.
On the full moon, each batch is released together.
The batch is written in public memory.
This means the final works are preserved outside of Instagram and outside of any single closed platform.
I am working with collaborators and technical partners to build a durable system for long-term access and preservation, using public and decentralized storage where appropriate.
Public Memory is still in its early stage.
I am speaking with musicians, sound artists, curators, technical collaborators, producers, and advisors to shape the project carefully and fairly as it grows.
The goal is to build something generous, lasting, and artist-led.
Each work will maintain a clear record of authorship, collaboration, release history, and archival status.
If exhibition, licensing, or collectible opportunities arise, they will only move forward with the agreement of the people involved.
This is not meant to rush the work.
It is meant to give the work a place to live.