THE WORKING ARCHIVE

Photographs, observations, experiments and things worth keeping.
Archive status: ACTIVELast updated: 21 JUL 2026Current location: ShanghaiCurrent file: Why Some Objects Feel Like They Have Already Lived a Life
C:\ARCHIVE\PLACES\VANCOUVER

Vancouver

Canada · Visited: Grew up here; return most years

Where the archive's oldest files come from — the family computer, the three-megapixel camera, the school gym, the community centre court with lights on a timer.

Vancouver is filed under both PLACES and MEMORY, because at this point the two are inseparable. The view of the mountains is something I stopped noticing while living there and cannot stop noticing now. The smell of a wet cedar fence is an ongoing reference for the scent development file, to the mild confusion of everyone involved.

The court behind the community centre remains the standard against which all other courts are measured. The double rim is gone. Progress is real.

Vancouver harbour with mountains behind, an orange crane in the foreground

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ENTRIES FILED FROM VANCOUVER
PHOTOGRAPHS
An outdoor basketball court at dusk, one hoop silhouetted against a fading skyDSC_0298.JPGVancouver harbour with mountains behind, an orange crane in the foregroundIMG_0716.JPGA quiet suburban street under fresh snow, tire tracks down the middleDSC_0007.JPGA school gym floor with painted lines, shot from a low angleP1010031.JPG
OBJECTS ACQUIRED HERE