We invite you to look at the places around you. Notice a space, an edge, a corner, or a small condition that could hold a situation. Imagine what might happen there, and place a figure into it.
Part of the CHAT Artist-in-Residence Programme 2026
Situation Archive is a shared project for noticing possible situations in the everyday city. There is no right or wrong situation.
We collect different ways of seeing, occupying and sharing space, forming an archive of what a place might allow.
Notice where another situation could happen.
Choose a situation and use one, two or three figures.
Move, scale and flip the figures into the place.
Take the photo when the situation feels possible.
Situation Archive is a shared project for noticing possible situations in the everyday city.
There is no right or wrong situation. Together, these observations form an archive of what a place might allow.
Your photograph remains yours.
By adding it to Situation Archive, you give sp/n permission to store and display it as part of the archive, and to use it in documentation, exhibitions, research, and communication related to the project.
Please only share photographs that you have the right to share, and be mindful of people who may be identifiable in the image.
You can contact us if you would like your contribution removed.
Location helps place each situation within the archive map.
Your contribution may appear with an approximate location rather than an exact GPS position, helping us understand where situations happen while keeping the archive less precise about individual locations.
Use + and − to move between Individual, Relation and Small collective.
Tap Stand, Lean, Sit, Crouch, Ground or Lay on the camera view.
Use the Far–Near slider to change size. Flip changes direction. Figure switches between figure variants.
Drag figures into place. With more than one figure, tap a figure first to select the one you want to adjust.
Take the photo when the situation feels possible, then add it to the shared archive.