Can a single document, photograph, recording, or family keepsake add to a collective cultural experience of history and place? Experimental media artist Portia Cobb will share examples of her own short videos and of artist Catron Booker to illustrate ways in which the archival element can become a poetic device to reconstruct memory and history. Those who attend are encouraged to bring a copy of an archival element (e.g. audio, photograph, correspondence or keepsake) to share and develop into an impromptu short story.