Placed In Time: Archiving Milton Keynes’ Youth Culture engages young people living in Milton Keynes with archiving, thinking about new ways to document their histories and tell their stories creatively for future generations..
The project is led by Buckinghamshire artist, Pol Bradford-Corris. His work spans photography, collage, film and text, exploring issues around trans and queer representation and the politics of the archive.
Throughout 2024 Pol has worked closely with young people in the city to determine what form a new archive may take, what they might want to see included, and how it might be accessed. The project aims to give space to young people to tell their stories, in their own words, empowering them to think creatively about how they want to document their personal histories for the future.
Read or listen to Pol’s research diaries….
Pol Bradford-Corris, Placed in Time Machine, 2025, Installation
The project’s resulting artwork, the Placed in Time Machine, launched in 2025 as an interactive installation designed to capture and preserve youth voices in the moment, amplifying their experiences as history worth keeping.
how to get involved
Youth history, especially from young people’s perspectives, is difficult to come by and this project aims to start filling in some of these gaps.
Often, stories about young people, especially marginalised young people, are not told in their own voices, whether that be in the media or traditional archives.
If you’re under 25 and interested in submitting to the Placed in Time Machine, please get in touch!
