Attendees

• Roseline Ameyaw
• Zachary Hurdle

Website

https://leadingwithlovefoundation.org

Notes

While our discussion was limited, we dug into fundamental questions like, what is an archive? What purpose does it serve? If a website has multiple pages, which page or pages do we include?

• SDGs are the first thing you see
• A full screen image of a woman who is wearing a graduation gown
• A language bar, internationally aware
• Small text, squiint to see
• spinning icons
• A header, half visbile
• “Powered by Google”
• A program that cares (SHEA)
• A cry for support (now hiring)
• Words of gratitude (testimonials)

Poetry

The woman in cap and gown speaks many languages

Zoom in to be awed.

Her book, partially obscured, reads

“Powered by Google”

The masters house, the masters rules.

Can we not at least keep the walls up? She asks

For gratitude can’t pay hosting fees

– Zachary Hurdle

More Experimental Archives:

Session 005

I've always been pleasantly surprised by who shows up at these archival sessions. We started a little late, but we were still able to observe and ruminate on several websites and create a group poem. I'm excited about using other artistic practices to archive a website.

Session 004

I had a website building class at This & That Art Gallery in South Minneapolis scheduled for the past month. A day before the event I decided to invite people who I had been inviting to Experimental Archive Sessions. It was a blast.

Session 003

This session was small but mighty. The range of different experiences with the Web could be felt. We teased out themes which helped us understand the facets of a website that need describing.

Session 002

On the heels of the United States' 250th anniversary, I was recommended to host an archival session at a community gathering space, the Open Market. I arrived an hour into the event and found nobody there because all of the food was distributed! An Open Market win.