Building on projects connected to the Festival Archive and the fact that live performances cannot be fully archived, but only documented, this full-day symposium focuses on how performed works can be preserved. It will explore questions of how living archives can restore the auratic experience, as well as issues of participation and access: who gets to enter the archive, and who holds authority over it? How can archives serve as spaces of memory and knowledge for everyone? The experts and artists at the symposium will discuss living archive theories, approaches to making archives accessible and the use of VR and AI to preserve live performance.