The radical archives movement making art from forgotten histories

The radical archives movement making art from forgotten histories

Popular Dig Where You Stand project using Sheffield City Archives is bringing past to life in exhibitions around city

The word “archive” may usually conjure images of dusty boxes, white gloves and hushed silences. But a growing number of artists are finding that underneath the layers of protective paper there’s rich source material.

“Archives are like time travel,” says Désirée Reynolds, an artist in residence at Sheffield City Archives, who has been burrowing into the thousands of items in the northern city’s annals in search of black history since 2021.

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