About

This archive is a fractured collection of recovered material from within The Constant State - an unstable, dimensionally anomalous zone. The origin and purpose of these findings remain unclear. What follows are the preserved traces of encounters, observations, and transmissions made by early exploratory teams and embedded agents.

Each category represents a distinct form of data—visual, sculptural, written, auditory, and temporal. Together, they offer a fragmented, shifting portrait of a world both alien and oddly familiar.

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I decided to create this site, this archive, for a few reasons.

Firstly, it is a means of taking control over how and where I share my work. For years, like many other artists, I shared images of my work online via social networks. By using these platforms, you sign over a level of control over your work, and in working within a social network, you are working for a social network. Certainly, when it comes to platforms owned by Zuckerberg and Musk, these platforms are not on the side of the artist or, in fact, the human.

Secondly, I have created the site as a vessel to house my work. As an artist, I aim to get my work seen by as many people as possible, in the hope that they gain something from it. Traditionally, this is either via galleries or, more commonly in this day and age, social media. I will continue to show work in galleries, but aside from solo exhibitions where I have full control over what is shown and where, this only provides the opportunity to show a fragment of the work I produce. This site allows me to build an archive of work, which can be viewed as a whole in the context I have control over.

Thirdly, it is a means to continue making the work. Art is expensive, both to make and to own. This is a paradox I've been grappling with for a very long time. In order to make art, I need time and I need materials. Both have a cost. To sell my work and make enough money to continue to make the work, I need to price my work accordingly. This means that owning my work is inaccessible to the vast majority of people. I would not, for instance, be able to afford to buy one of my own paintings. But by offering access to this archive via a subscription model, I can (if I gain enough paying subscribers) continue to make the work. In a sense, with a subscription model, each subscriber becomes a patron of my art. For a small cost every month, a subscriber can access all of the paintings, sculptures and writing I make as I build this world, and they, in turn, invest in its creation and upkeep. With enough subscribers, I could reduce the cost of owning my work, hopefully playing a small part in creating a fairer and more balanced relationship between artists and the people who appreciate their art.

David Kenney - The Archivist