Cía. Folclórica — AI Digital Archive

A Costa Rican folkloric dance company had decades of performances, costumes, photographs, and cultural documentation with no centralized system to preserve or access them. Materials were stored in boxes, hard drives, and personal collections, at risk of being lost.

I built an AI-powered digital archive that preserves the company's cultural heritage and makes it accessible to researchers, members, and the public.

Physical and digital materials are uploaded through a simple intake interface

Gemini analyzes each item, extracting descriptions, dates, people, events, and cultural context

Items are automatically categorized by type (performance, costume, document, photo, video)

The archive supports full-text search, tag-based browsing, and timeline navigation

Public and private access tiers control what's visible to different audiences

AI-powered metadata extraction and cataloging via Gemini

Multi-format support (photos, videos, documents, audio recordings)

Timeline view showing the company's history chronologically

Costume and performance catalogs with detailed descriptions

Public portal for community access and education

Admin tools for curators to review and enrich AI-generated metadata

AI: Gemini

Backend: Python

Database: Supabase

2,000+ items digitized and cataloged in the first month

Archive accessible online for the first time in the company's 30+ year history

Used by 3 university research projects within the first quarter

Preservation of at-risk materials that had no digital backup