Hi, I'm Robin Rivers

Studio Albertine was born from a single line of writing that transformed into an exploration of memory, myth, & magic.

Rather than treating memory as something fixed and unchanging, I work with it as an active process of reimagining. My collages are constructed from archival materials—postcards, architectural drawings, letters, poetry—combined with my own interventions and layerings. 

My work focuses on cultural memory keeping and technologies of circulation—how stories and images travel between people and across generations. My practice folds writing and original photography into my mixed-media collage process. Through this, I examine how documented archives and personal interpretation shape our shared understanding of the past, while exploring how preservation itself is shaped by power, privilege, and historical upheaval. 

How I source and care for historical materials → Sources