Khawagaka is an ongoing, multi-layered, and multi-disciplinary art project by Rully Shabara that experiments with the approach of anthropology, linguistics, and historical archiving through a speculative method of storytelling. This project invites reflection on the production and preservation of knowledge and culture, the historicization of power and hierarchy, and the role of artists and writers in questioning existing structures, and maintaining knowledge outside the dominant narrative. The Balai Arsip Sejarah dan Kebudayaan Khawagaka (The Center for Historical and Cultural Archives of Khawagaka) serves as the institutional framework dedicated to documenting, archiving, preserving, and developing the speculative culture of Khawagaka and all its elements in an effort to construct alternative narratives about how knowledge, philosophy, and history are shared and transmitted. Balai Arsip Sejarah dan Kebudayaan Khawagaka was established to develop and preserve the future past of Khawagaka history and culture. This institution is the core experiment of the project which transforms archiving into a process of simultaneous creation and preservation. In 2012, when the Khawagaka manuscripts first emerged, they revealed many aspects of Wusa, an indigenous culture it is based on, including their language, belief system, mythology, and folklore. All of what we know about Wusa culture and its artefacts have been shaped by Balai Arsip, the authority of which is left to question. By creating an institutional framework that simultaneously documents and creates cultural artifacts as the ‘artwork’, it enables this project to investigate how knowledge is produced, preserved, and legitimized, while exploring the often blurred line between preservation and manipulation as a commentary on cultural authenticity and historical narrative.