The Archival Oyster Project will seek to unearth narratives of multispecies kinship that emerge from within the ‘Forgotten Coast’ on the Florida Panhandle. Oysters represent both an old and well-known industry and a supposed new ‘frontier’ for coastal livelihoods and living shorelines. Archival Oyster: Reclaiming Coastal Legacies through Oral History and Printmaking is a collaborative project that will discuss the oyster from the voices, narratives, and stories of queer and BIPOC communities which are often unheard within the seafood industry. 

Through a collaborative print publication, Sara Inácio, Joanna Booth and Adrian Cato will work with members of the Apalachicola community to discuss their relationship to the oyster and deep connections to the once thriving coastal industry. This work of oral history interviews, archival research, and collaborative artmaking will culminate in an independent and open access publication as well as multiple interactive installations.