After extensive research amongst the remnants of amateur film clubs in Poland under socialism, I co-developed the Enthusiasts: archive. A critical archive of beautiful amateur films found, restored and made available for you.

Presented as a collaborative artwork the Enthusiasts: archive enables you to explore how the generosity of the enthusiast reveals a range of interests and experiences generally invisible amongst the breathless flow of the State sponsored, or professionally mediated.

My intention with Enthusiasts: archive is to stimulate interest and discussion into the nature of creative exchange, the function of public archives and the future of the public domain. In many ways, the project informs Procesos de archivo/ Archivalprocess

Archives, like collections in Museums and Galleries are built with the property of multiple authors and previous owners. But unlike the collection, there is no imperative within the conventional logic of the archive, to exhibit, display or interpret its holdings. An archive designates a territory - and not a particular narrative. The material connections contained are not already authored as someone’s – for example, a curator’s or artist - it’s a discursive terrain where interpretations are invited.

Through founding of the Enthusiasts: archive as an artwork, I intend to challenge creative practices – to replace exchanges facilitated by frustration and restriction with those of collaboration and generosity.

Read a review of the project by Rachel Withers in the New Statesman

Enthusiasts: archive was featured as part of the i-commons summit 2006 in Rio Janeiro

An interest in archives connects with Procesos de archivo/Archivalprocess. developed with Intermediæ in Madrid.