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An open-source archiving platform that offers an antidote to the kind of forgetting traditional archival practices allow for. Born out of pandemic-driven losses, T+T follows a DIY ethos to preserve the sentimental, the cultural, and the historic.
Explore the archive
The project explores how archiving, a conventionally specialized and gatekept institutional practice, might be reconfigured through new forms of collective participation. Things + Time aims to democratize the archival process by providing education and resources.
The platform allows artists and community members to exhibit 3D scans of their work, which can then be accompanied by text-, photo-, video-, and/or audio-based annotations. A sculptor can archive a piece, attach meaning to its textures in the margins; a musician can scan a chair they wrote a song in; a textile artist could annotate a single thread in a tapestry; a poet could archive a note written on a napkin. You could archive a family heirloom, or a gift from a lover.
The platform allows artists and community members to exhibit 3D scans of their work, which can then be accompanied by text-, photo-, video-, and/or audio-based annotations. A sculptor can archive a piece, attach meaning to its textures in the margins; a musician can scan a chair they wrote a song in; a textile artist could annotate a single thread in a tapestry; a poet could archive a note written on a napkin. You could archive a family heirloom, or a gift from a lover.
Our Services
We supports projects that need more than assets, we help build curated digital spaces where documentation can live with context, structure, and longevity. Our work combines 3D capture, archiving, and design systems to create clear, usable outputs for public audiences or internal use.
We can step in at different points of a project: from on-site scanning and post-processing, to organizing collections, writing metadata, and shaping how people experience the material online.
On-Site 3D Scanning
Document spaces, objects, and collections in place.
We provide professional 3D scanning, media capture, and annotation
services for personal, cultural, and site-specific archives. From single
objects to full environments, we capture and prepare materials for
long-term digital preservation and platform integration.
This Service Includes:
- 3D scanning and post-processing
- Photography, video, and soundscape capture
- Oral history recording and transcription
- 2D document scanning
- Metadata entry and archive setup
Ideal for collections in transition, at risk, or requiring careful
documentation.
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Remote Support
Build and manage your archive with guided support.
We assist individuals and organizations in setting up accounts,
uploading materials, structuring collections, and optimizing 3D scans.
Remote services are tailored to active or long-term projects using the
Things + Time platform.
Education
Learn to document what matters.
Things + Time offers workshops and public programming on archival
practices, 3D scanning, and digital preservation. Sessions are suitable
for artists, organizations, and community groups working with personal
or collective histories.
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Things + Time is in early access. Pre-register now to be among the first to start archiving. Reserve your account for future access Browse what’s already public Support the project with a donation.
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Learn about Things + Time
Things + Time is in early access. Pre-register now to be among the first to start archiving. Reserve your account for future access Browse what’s already public Support the project with a donation.