ARI REMIX LIVING ARCHIVES & SOCIAL MEMORY PROJECT [ARI REMIX + EXTRA ZINE] | 1940 TO NOW

THE ARI REMIX LIVING ARCHIVES
& SOCIAL MEMORY PROJECT
(2011-2026)

“ ‘Living’ means present, on-going, continuing, unfinished, open-ended.” (Hall, 2001)

A Polyvocal Memory of Australian Artist-Run Culture and Heritage “Work in Progress”

LOCAL COLOUR, COMMUNITY, LGBTQIA+, INCLUSION, PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY ARCHIVING, CULTURAL JUSTICE, STORYTELLING, INQUIRY, ADVOCACY

ARI Remix is a living archive as archival art initiative; LGBTQIA+, cis, non-binary, trans and BIPOC inclusive, and involves active participation and collaborative collecting engagement by artists, arts workers, co-creatives, peers and artist groups. It is an enthusiast-led, community-based, non-profit and art ephemera study resource and Web 2.0 internet art work #ari_remix. It is made entirely possible through immense kindness, generosity, volunteerism and collaborative collecting efforts of over 300 Australian artists and significant arts philanthropy.

PROJECT ONE 2011-2022
– Completed March 2022

Stage One –
A QLD Remix
QLD ARIs 1980 to 1990
March 2011 – June 2017

Stage Two –
A QLD Remix
QLD ARIs 1980 to Now
June 2017- November 2019

Stage Three –
ARI Remix Community Archives Project: Living Archives, Artist-Runs Past Present Future A QLD Remix 1970 to Now
Jan 2020 – March 2022

PROJECT TWO –
May 2022 – May 2026

Stage One – ARI REMIX PRESENTS: SELF-MADE, ARTIST RUN The EXTRA ZINE PROJECT: An ARI Zine Anthology June 2022- June 2023

The ARI Remix collective acknowledges and respects the traditional and ongoing custodians of the lands where we live, make and work. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. We support the Uluru statement from the heart.

PROJECT ONE – Stages One, Two & Three
of this project are supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Stage Three of this project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

PROJECT TWO – Stage One 2022 – 2024
of this project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.