In the first term, the studio focuses on capturing lines of flight and moments of rupture and identifying possible sites of intervention that can invent new spacetimes for the ground. Initially, the studio will cultivate relationships and cross-pollination between disciplines, humans, and nonhuman constituents negotiated through care, kinship, and true collaboration. These include archaeologists, rocks, farmers, plants, anthropologists, artefacts, musicians, sound artists, sounds, business owners, footballers, and storytellers. 

The studio will then challenge the weaponization of archaeological sites as battlegrounds for colonization and occupation in Palestine today in close partnership with those constituents by identifying potential sites for intervention. This evidentiary collection will be harnessed virtually and designed to constantly progress on a living and breathing website dedicated to the studio. The website will be launched at the end of the first term and will continue to grow through the studio’s progression to uplift the knowledge production each year.

Possible Evidence:

Surface traces of manipulation and dispossession, including colonial archives, CCTV footage, iPhone footage, oral histories, physical records, sonic accounts, zoning laws and policies, GIS mapping, cartographic and surveillance data, and Geomolg analysis. 

The first term focused on building a Living Archive of the city of Akka that was then translated into multiple media, including a micro-site, a physical book, and a short film.