april vendetta (they/them) explores themes of control, labor, and sexual play through D.I.Y. surveillance to question the human body's physicality and resilience. They are co-founder of HUMAN TRASH DUMP. HUMAN TRASH DUMP is an open digital archive founded in 2015 that invites contributions of audio, text, image, and video files to be hosted and disseminated as material, tools, handbooks, puzzles, and keys. Participant’s stream, download, share, and remix archived fragments to expand collective intimacy. Data is stored in a dump not a cloud.Contact: [email protected] ResourcesHUMAN TRASH DUMP on archive.org (an imperfect solution due to some censorship issues*)HUMAN TRASH DUMP is an open digital archive founded in 2015 that invites contributions of audio, text, image, and video files to be hosted and disseminated as material, tools, handbooks, puzzles, and keys. Participants stream, download, share, and remix archived fragments to expand collective intimacy. Data is stored in a dump not a cloud.Fragmented-Body / Fragmented Archive (this presentation took place during New York Archives Week Symposium hosted by The Archivists Round Table (A.R.T.) of Metropolitan New York on Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at   vendetta: the fragmented archiveArchival Liberation Vision Board Showcase (presentation took place as part in the Archival Liberation Vision Board Showcase Hosted by the Queens College Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists & the Archival Technologies Lab. AERI 2021 virtual conference.Conditions & Possibilities - Organized by Noah Ortega (Artist talk back after a collective/individual public action(s) outside the New York Stock Exchange, 2021)Action In The Street: A Guide to Performing & Archiving Public Exchange21s thesis Griess archive copythesis part II*http://www.albatross.website/albatrossartfair (scroll down for human trash dump/april vendetta. Artwork created about being censored and having my personal account locked on the internet archive)Transgender YouTubers had their videos grabbed to train facial recognition softwareNYU dean sends R.E.M. dance video as part of response to students' call for tuition refund Additional LinksINSTITUTION IS A VERB : A PANOPLY PERFORMANCE LAB COMPILATION (FREE PDF)Fugitivision TV - One Man: The Liberation ProjectGuerilla Open Access Manifesto by Aaron SwartzThe Black Trans Archive - Danielle Brathwaite-ShirleyThe Black Trans Archive Is Revolutionizing How We Tell Queer HistoryOne Black Woman’s Path to Librarianship (and Some Advice) - Interview with Gina MurrellI’m Leaving the Archival Profession: It’s Better This Way by Jarrett M. DrakeArchiving Series: Archiving Through PeopleWe Still Can't Eat Prestige: Lessons from Arts and Cultural Worker OrganizingArtists Against DisplacementCoalition to Protect Chinatown & the Lower East SidePETITION: Stop Displacement in Lower ManhattanNational Mobilization Against SweatshopsJanuary Week of Action to Demand: #CancelStudentDebt https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-to-join-our-cancel-student-debt-week-of-action/https://debtcollective.orgResources for Artists, Activists, and Archivists (compiled by April in their thesis) Joan Mitchell Foundation Professional Development & Resources for Artistsjoanmitchellfoundation.org/professional-development NFPF Grantsfilmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants SAADA (South Asian American Digital Archive) Family Album – Getting Started: Preservation Guide for your Personal Archivesaada.org/familyalbum/resources Smithsonian Institution Archives – How to Do Oral History Guidesiarchives.si.edu/history/how-do-oral-history Starting an Artist Interview Program: Hard-Earned Lessons on Best Practices by Tim Lillis and Erica Gangseisfmoma.org/read/starting-artist-interview-program Volunteer Lawyers for The Arts - New Yorkvlany.org Witness – Activists’ Guide to Archiving Videoarchiving.witness.org/archive-guide XFR Collectivexfrcollective.wordpress.com/resourcesEAI - Electronic Arts IntermixVDB - Video Data Bank