Challenge

Elsewhere Museum’s 17-year archive of artist residencies and installations had become a scattered history in need of structure. Together, we envisioned a system where users could explore freely—following their curiosity from one artist or project to another, mirroring the experience of wandering through the museum itself. The idea became both metaphor and method: an interactive archive that turned data into discovery.

I built a taxonomy-driven structure using Squarespace posts and summary blocks that:

• linked projects by artist, year, medium, and physical location
• allowed meandering, exploratory navigation
• surfaced natural connections between artworks and eras
• recreated the museum’s “wanderable” spirit online
• included thorough documentation so the museum could sustain it

Despite a few metadata limitations inherent to Squarespace, the system delivered nearly all of the dynamic behavior the concept called for.

Solution

I built a taxonomy-driven structure using Squarespace posts and summary blocks that:
linked projects by artist, year, medium, and physical location

• allowed meandering, exploratory navigation
• surfaced natural connections between artworks and eras
• recreated the museum’s “wanderable” spirit online
• included thorough documentation so the museum could sustain it

Despite a few metadata limitations inherent to Squarespace, the system delivered nearly all of the dynamic behavior the concept called for.

Role

• Designed and deployed the taxonomy-driven archive system
• Built a flexible filtering dashboard (year, artist, medium, location)
• Authored documentation for interns to sustainably maintain and expand the archive

Outcome

Although leadership changes paused further development, the wanderable archive remains active and continues to serve as a digital reflection of Elsewhere’s history—proof that even unfinished work can leave a meaningful legacy.