Performance of memories Performance of memories 'The Archive' has been a contested concept. Questions like What goes in the archive? What events and which communities are represented? have been debated by many scholars. Performance of memories aims to explore the relationship between an archivist and their subjects and create continuity of past experiences into the living present through re-enactment and re-telling of stories. Grandchildren gather these stories from their grandmothers. These stories revolve around the question, "what do you do after lunch?" in an attempt to capture the everyday ephemera of mundane tasks performed routinely.