Archives of Empire:
Archives of Empire: The Spirit of America serves as the first rolling product of
The Opus Experiment.
This nascent initiative takes the shape of
Video portraits that center the prognostic lives of longtime
Massachusetts residents.
Participants expound upon the dynamics of their lives in order to help those
Working for change to
“Wholly embrace the conditions of the present”.
At its core the series is an
Anthropologic undertaking,
Keeping record of names, faces and unmanipulated stories.
Videos are a collaborative effort as
Participants direct the information
They believe are imperative for today’s burgeoning generation and beyond to hear.
Their accounts provide an
Earnest presentation of coming up and living in
The Spirit of America.
Archive File #001
Recorded January 31, 2022
Participant
Sumaya Mohamed Ibrahim
March 8, 2002
Years in Massachusetts
19
Archive File #002
Recorded December 26, 2021
Participant
Omar Haamid Abdur-Rahim
May 17, 1953
Years in Massachusetts
68
Archive File #004*
Recorded April 18, 2022
Participant
Carmen Pola
May 1, 1939
Years in Massachusetts
50