San Pablo Archive
A collection of stories, interviews, and films giving shape to the culture and history of a neighborhood
Date
2019
Location
Berkeley and Oakland, CA
Team
Sara Dean
Benner Boswell
Alex Kosachek
Annika Bastacky
Miguel Novelo
Through a curated video series of historical and contemporary representations of San Pablo Avenue corridor hosted in local businesses, and a series of story boxes collecting personal stories of living in the area, we engaged these neighborhoods directly, collecting over 200 stories of growing up and moving to the area.
As part of the San Pablo Ramble, we visited the video installations in local mom-and-pop businesses--a taqueria, a coffee shop, a laundramat, a halal grocer, and a micro-brewery--and collected audio interviews of people shopping and walking in the area along the way.