The Archive of Unknown Sounds


Group exhibition Helse Miljo och Stemnninger (HMS) .Tromsø International Film Festival 2025 at Galleri Snerk, Tromsø, Norway
15.01.2025 - 19.01.2025
Short film, Kolmården, Sweden
2024 – ongoing


Recorded in Kolmården, Sweden, the film follows Archive Agent 3302 as he collects noise for the fictional Archive of Unknown Sounds, an institution represented solely by a wooden and copper antenna. Meanwhile, an anonymous bureaucrat monitors the agent’s progress, through dialouge that appears as text.

Image 1: Installation view from outside of Galleri Snerk, video to the right.
Image 2: Installation View from Inside Galler Snerk, video to the left.
Image 3: Still from The Archive of Unknown Sounds
Image 4: Still  from The Archive of Unknown Sounds

Installation view. Video projection on the window of Gamla Galleri Snerk and sound installation, 1920 × 1080 px, 5'49" (loop). Stills from short film The Archive of Unknown Sounds
Photos: Johanna Sandels

Short film, 1920 × 1080 px, 5'49"
Cast: Leo Freund Williams, Johanna Sandels