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Ben Compton

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archivist / musician / puppeteer @everyonearchives

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some old, some news 🗞️some snooze, some chew/ the daily bread taken 🍞but some forgot to 🤔/ I swallowed dirt but spat out rainbows 🍭/ u take the gospel but I go archival⚪️ / ur on the take but I’m on god’s payroll 💸 / for he gave all #truth 2 a hustler on a big move..making magic sentences with a shoestring budget ..🧵👁️ / u say ur all gas ⛽️ no brakes / but I say all gas⛽️ —kiss kiss💋💋no breaks 💪🏽💪🏽

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trying my best at living rather than surviving,
succeeding as of late

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Some of the incredible presentations from Day 2 of the Magic Lantern Society Convention! Slide 4: Suzanne Wray sharing the history of American Natural History Museum’s employee who carried educational lantern slides across the city by motorcycle… how fabulous is that. Day 3 is under way! 🦉🖤

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1. i am very proud of this costume i made and 2. feeling so absurdly lucky to know all of these beauties. was talking about how rare n special it is to still all be so close and connected a decade and a half later (most of us met in high school). heart’s real full 💛

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Sneak peak! In our first ever SVZ #FounderToFounder Conversation, founders Ben Compton of @everyonearchives and Yazmeen Kanji of @filmswithacause sat down for a wide-reaching conversation that touched on arts entrepreneurship, the cost of startup culture, cultural memory, and much more. 🎙️

Founder to Founder is a new video series from the Social Ventures Zone, bringing two SVZ founders together to break down their entrepreneurial journeys, find common ground between their missions, and much more. ⚡️

We’ll be sharing the full conversation later this month - thanks so much to Ben & Yazmeen for being part of such a lovely pilot episode! 🎞️

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One of the many projects being featured at OPABF! On March 29, join artist + archivist @__bencompton, founder and director of @everyonearchives for
the workshop Memory Workers Lab: Preserving Your Personal and Community History ⏳👯‍♀️✍
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This workshop will dive into the practice of documenting, archiving, and sharing the stories that you hold closest. What does it mean to preserve history? What tools can help you store and organize your precious photos, journals, and objects for safekeeping? What are some first steps when taking on an archiving project? Participants are encouraged to bring items from their personal collections and connect around the shared experience of doing 'memory work'.
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Free to attend, more info at objectprojectartbookfair.com.
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#opabf2025 #artbookfair #ottawaevents #culturalmemory #everyonearchives #bencompton #memoryworkerslab

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🏊‍♂️🐌🐿️🍷📝🩵🕷️🔭🍅

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a visit to the @thearquives! 🌸🌷🌻

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great pals make everything better!! 💛

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Gochujang and basil noodles, and cucumber salad by @__bencompton … yum!

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