Working with the archive, for its research and study, we in the first place introduce a certain system of categories, for example, in the form of an excel table. Such a system for organizing incoming information influences what we see and hear, and what we discard as irrelevant noise debris.

The more narrowly specialized scientific method of research is, the more categorical and strict, in the literal sense of the word, such a table should be.

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So a folklorist aims to determine the ethnographic region, manner of performance, etc., and a media artist hunts for the special features of acoustics that appeared during recording or, for example, for the sounds of a jammed film when the recorder is turned on.

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But it is wildly different from the way our thinking process is organized. We don't think in alphabetical order, we think in associative terms and memorize, choosing suitable associations, not the index.

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Why, thinking in one way, do we organize information in a completely different way?

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This work is an initial sketch, allowing you to get acquainted with the archive in the same way that we interact with information: we perceive and interpret events, remember and tell our stories. I built an associative connection between several audio and video documents from the archive and the author's text.