About the archive
What this is
The Dreamcore Archive is an amateur digital museum — in the noble sense: made out of love — devoted to documenting dreamcore and liminal spaces. It began as a Spanish-language home for the genre and now speaks both languages. The direct inspiration is the Frutiger Aero Archive: the idea that internet aesthetics deserve archivists, not just algorithms.
What it's made with
- HTML, CSS and JavaScript by hand. No frameworks, no build, no npm install. You can read the whole source with right-click, like in the good old days.
- No cookies, no analytics, no accounts. The visit counter and the guestbook live in your own browser (for now — the shared back office is under construction).
- System typography (Times, Comic Sans, Courier), 2002 bevels and a green-phosphor counter, because the medium is the message (explanation in the FAQ).
- Real liminal photos as background and raw material — none of that polished vector illustration. The image policy is in wallpapers.
- Natural destination: the Neocities neighbourhood, where handmade sites live.
Why it exists
Because internet aesthetics evaporate fast — servers close, photos lose their author's name, genres melt into the feed. (And because the best dreamcore material was scattered and mostly in English; this archive started as a Spanish home for it, and now speaks both.) To archive is the opposite of scrolling: staying in one place long enough to describe it. This site tries that with the genre that best speaks of staying in places that no longer exist. The symmetry seemed reason enough.
Who makes it
An archivist with more projects than hours, from somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, generally after dinner. Corrections, suggestions and night-mall photos are received in the guestbook with genuine gratitude.
Name's Yannis. If you want to see how all this is built —or just say hi— drop by my site.
Licence and use
The texts of this archive are free to quote and reuse with a link back. The photos belong to their authors (known or yet to be known); the usage criterion is explained in wallpapers. The code: look at it, copy it, learn it — that's what it's there unminified for.
"a website can also be a place you return to." — the archivist, defending the project to his family, dinner of 11 June 2026