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Instituting the Living Archive- In this open source series of PAST PRESENT FUTURE ARTIST-RUNS we share memoirs, asides and vignettes by artists, designers, creatives, peers and social observers who remember, remix, write and/or tell something of their recollections about the PAST; 1980-1990 Artist-Runs, Queensland Social History, Australia Artist-Run heritage and PRESENT FUTURE related artist-led archive accounts…

Artist Peter Macpherson – Reflecting on Hobiennale 2017 – Artist-Run Activism Today

Artist Peter Macpherson – Reflecting on Hobiennale 2017 – Artist-Run Activism Today

[Bureau] Art Space 1989 – Almost Purely Fundamental – Artists Diena Georgetti & Eugene Carchesio

[Bureau] Art Space 1989 – Almost Purely Fundamental – Artists Diena Georgetti & Eugene Carchesio

Remembering Marshall Malouf – Bonhomie at Headland Chalet ( Quandamooka Country) Artist’s Retreat and Artist Studios with artists Marshall Malouf, Luke Roberts, Athol and crew

Remembering Marshall Malouf – Bonhomie at Headland Chalet ( Quandamooka Country) Artist’s Retreat and Artist Studios with artists Marshall Malouf, Luke Roberts, Athol and crew

La Boite Theatre – Something Fishy (A Little Cat Nap), Installation in La Boite Theatre Foyer, Milton Brisbane – Artist Collaboration John Waller and Adam Wolter

La Boite Theatre – Something Fishy (A Little Cat Nap), Installation in La Boite Theatre Foyer, Milton Brisbane – Artist Collaboration John Waller and Adam Wolter

BAFStudio – Artist-Run Studios – Artist John Waller Archives

BAFStudio – Artist-Run Studios – Artist John Waller Archives

Occlusion – The Observatory Collective, 1986 – Nine Brisbane-based Photographers – The Observatory Collective, Australian Centre For Photography and That Contemporary Art Space Collaboration – 1986

Occlusion – The Observatory Collective, 1986 – Nine Brisbane-based Photographers – The Observatory Collective, Australian Centre For Photography and That Contemporary Art Space Collaboration – 1986

Nowhere Utopia & Anywhere – Bitumen River Gallery (Canberra) and That Contemporary Art Space (Brisbane) – Exhibition Exchange – 1987

Nowhere Utopia & Anywhere – Bitumen River Gallery (Canberra) and That Contemporary Art Space (Brisbane) – Exhibition Exchange – 1987

SEX/OBJECT – Group Installation Exhibition Artists Angelina Martinez, Martyn Sommer and Paul Andrew – Opening Night 1987

SEX/OBJECT – Group Installation Exhibition Artists Angelina Martinez, Martyn Sommer and Paul Andrew – Opening Night 1987

XB Installation 1999-2000

XB Installation 1999-2000

Artist Reflections of ARIs, Art and Queer living in Brisbane in the 1990s

Artist Reflections of ARIs, Art and Queer living in Brisbane in the 1990s

Artist Hiram To – Irrelevance and Blood-Disco – Projection Installation and Performance Event- John Mills National and John Mills Annexe – 1987

Artist Hiram To – Irrelevance and Blood-Disco – Projection Installation and Performance Event- John Mills National and John Mills Annexe – 1987

Artist Hiram To – Lush – One Nighter – Projection Installation – That Space 3 October 1987

Artist Hiram To – Lush – One Nighter – Projection Installation – That Space 3 October 1987

System Death performed by Geoffrey Schmidt at THAT Contemporary Art Space1987

System Death performed by Geoffrey Schmidt at THAT Contemporary Art Space1987

BARI 2018 – Community Forum – MAR 11 BARI 2018 – Orleigh Park, West End, Brisbane

BARI 2018 – Community Forum – MAR 11 BARI 2018 – Orleigh Park, West End, Brisbane

Trance Plant, Omniscient Collective, Brisbane Powerhouse in Ruins, 1994 – A Memory by Artist Meagan Mendels

Trance Plant, Omniscient Collective, Brisbane Powerhouse in Ruins, 1994 – A Memory by Artist Meagan Mendels

Artist Tobias De Maine Reflecting on Central Queensland, Artist-Run Spaces and Anarchism

Artist Tobias De Maine Reflecting on Central Queensland, Artist-Run Spaces and Anarchism

Earlier Attitudes – Group Exhibition – Opening Night – That Space 1987

Earlier Attitudes – Group Exhibition – Opening Night – That Space 1987

Artist Jane Richen’s installation SIN (Nude with Red Hair) at [Bureau] Art Space & May Day March 1989 Brisbane

Artist Jane Richen’s installation SIN (Nude with Red Hair) at [Bureau] Art Space & May Day March 1989 Brisbane

Reflecting on L.A.S (Lismore Art Space) – 7 years as an Artist-Run Initiative

Reflecting on L.A.S (Lismore Art Space) – 7 years as an Artist-Run Initiative

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine – Web Archiving Artist-Run Heritage – The Lookback Impulse – remix.org.au – 2014 to NOW

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine – Web Archiving Artist-Run Heritage – The Lookback Impulse – remix.org.au – 2014 to NOW

Artist Steven Grainger – 1980s Artworks – Steven Grainger Archives

Artist Steven Grainger – 1980s Artworks – Steven Grainger Archives

Work Corpse – Performance Art – Artist Geoffrey Karl Schmidt – John Mills National – Basement – Artist-Run Space – 1987 – Jose Macalino Archives

Work Corpse – Performance Art – Artist Geoffrey Karl Schmidt – John Mills National – Basement – Artist-Run Space – 1987 – Jose Macalino Archives

White Noise God – Artist Geoffrey Karl Schmidt – Performance Art – 1987 – JMN John Mills National – Jose Macalino Archives

White Noise God – Artist Geoffrey Karl Schmidt – Performance Art – 1987 – JMN John Mills National – Jose Macalino Archives

Artist Jeff Gibson Archives – Union Street Gallery – Artist-Run Space – Newsletter Invites – 1980s Sydney

Artist Jeff Gibson Archives – Union Street Gallery – Artist-Run Space – Newsletter Invites – 1980s Sydney

Changes – Forty Years of Art Practice – Exhibition Catalogue – Queensland College of Art (QCA) – Curator Dennis McCart

Changes – Forty Years of Art Practice – Exhibition Catalogue – Queensland College of Art (QCA) – Curator Dennis McCart

Brisbane Performance Art in the 1980s – JMN John Mills National – An Artist-Run Heritage Memory

Brisbane Performance Art in the 1980s – JMN John Mills National – An Artist-Run Heritage Memory

DIY Tributes- Do you have your own DIY artist Memories Acknowledgements Recognition Reflections Insights to Share?

DIY Tributes- Do you have your own DIY artist Memories Acknowledgements Recognition Reflections Insights to Share?

Artist Racheal Bruhn – Post Apple Jug Banana ism event with Wondrous Fair – Opening Night 1987 That Space

Artist Racheal Bruhn – Post Apple Jug Banana ism event with Wondrous Fair – Opening Night 1987 That Space

Dada Do – Eyeline Art Magazine Launch – School of Arts Building – 15 May 1986 – Brisbane – Jose Macalino Artist Archives

Dada Do – Eyeline Art Magazine Launch – School of Arts Building – 15 May 1986 – Brisbane – Jose Macalino Artist Archives

C3D/SEETHREEDEE – Group Exhibition – Opening Night – August 1987 – That Space

C3D/SEETHREEDEE – Group Exhibition – Opening Night – August 1987 – That Space

Artist Ann-Maree Reaney – From the Margins – Opening Night – 1986 – That Space

Artist Ann-Maree Reaney – From the Margins – Opening Night – 1986 – That Space

Artists Alan Owen and Jan Williams -Exhibition Opening Night – That Space – 1987

Artists Alan Owen and Jan Williams -Exhibition Opening Night – That Space – 1987

Artists Eugene Carchesio, Steven Grainger and Artist Studios – That Space – 1986

Artists Eugene Carchesio, Steven Grainger and Artist Studios – That Space – 1986

Artists Eugene Carchesio and Steven Grainger – That Space 1986

Artists Eugene Carchesio and Steven Grainger – That Space 1986

1986-1989 – Ephemeral Traces Remix – 1985 – 2016 – That Space

1986-1989 – Ephemeral Traces Remix – 1985 – 2016 – That Space

Which Art In Heaven – Work by 9 Persons – That Space – July – 1987

Which Art In Heaven – Work by 9 Persons – That Space – July – 1987

Artist Hiram To – Objects of Permanence & Photocopy Works 1987-88 – Bureau Art Space – January 1989

Artist Hiram To – Objects of Permanence & Photocopy Works 1987-88 – Bureau Art Space – January 1989

[Bureau] – Bureau Art Space – Group Exhibition – Opening Night -16 December 1988

[Bureau] – Bureau Art Space – Group Exhibition – Opening Night -16 December 1988

Artist Angelina Martinez – Works On Paper 1988 – Bureau Art Space – February 1989

Artist Angelina Martinez – Works On Paper 1988 – Bureau Art Space – February 1989

Artist Belinda Gunn – Installation – That Annexe – One Nighter’s – November 1987

Artist Belinda Gunn – Installation – That Annexe – One Nighter’s – November 1987

Domestic Ritual – Artists Peter Dwyer, Steven Carson & Mary North – That Space, November 1987

Domestic Ritual – Artists Peter Dwyer, Steven Carson & Mary North – That Space, November 1987

Postcard from Prato – Art as Archive: Archive as Art & The Imagined Archive – CIRN Community, Development and Community Archives Prato Conference 2017, 25-27 October, 2017 @ Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy

Postcard from Prato – Art as Archive: Archive as Art & The Imagined Archive – CIRN Community, Development and Community Archives Prato Conference 2017, 25-27 October, 2017 @ Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy

Erika Scott – Artist Reflection Memoir- Accidentally Annie Street Space – AASS 2009 – 2013

Erika Scott – Artist Reflection Memoir- Accidentally Annie Street Space – AASS 2009 – 2013

A Monochrome Set – The Shared Camera – That Space – Part Two

A Monochrome Set – The Shared Camera – That Space – Part Two

A Monochrome Set – The Shared Camera – That Space 1987

A Monochrome Set – The Shared Camera – That Space 1987

Artist Jane Richens – Kids Mask Making Workshop September 1986 – The Shared Camera – That Space

Artist Jane Richens – Kids Mask Making Workshop September 1986 – The Shared Camera – That Space

Local Colour – Curator Dale Chapman – The Shared Camera – That Space

Local Colour – Curator Dale Chapman – The Shared Camera – That Space

Performance Artist – Michelle Andringa – The Shared Camera – Performance Week – September 1986

Performance Artist – Michelle Andringa – The Shared Camera – Performance Week – September 1986

Watch This Space – Reflecting on “Belly” – A Group Exhibition

Watch This Space – Reflecting on “Belly” – A Group Exhibition

Glitz Party – The Shared Camera – Saturday 20 December 1986 – Dancing through the 1980s

Glitz Party – The Shared Camera – Saturday 20 December 1986 – Dancing through the 1980s

Supporting Artist-Runs in the 1980s – Buying Artworks- Supporting Emerging Artists- Dr. Margriet Bonnin and the visionary Queensland Film and Drama Centre, Griffith Artworks in the 1980s

Supporting Artist-Runs in the 1980s – Buying Artworks- Supporting Emerging Artists- Dr. Margriet Bonnin and the visionary Queensland Film and Drama Centre, Griffith Artworks in the 1980s

Artist, Curator, Art Historian, Alchemy Aficionado and Author Urszula Szulakowska Archives for 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Brisbane @ SLQ

Artist, Curator, Art Historian, Alchemy Aficionado and Author Urszula Szulakowska Archives for 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Brisbane @ SLQ

Trace of the Past – Why Ephemera Matters – Artist-Runs, Ephemera & Ephemeral Tracing – Fryer Library-led Discussion UQ

Trace of the Past – Why Ephemera Matters – Artist-Runs, Ephemera & Ephemeral Tracing – Fryer Library-led Discussion UQ

Vale Hiram To – Beloved artist, writer, designer, Barbara Streisand fan and friend, Hong Kong’s Oscar Wilde, Brisbane’s Morrisey

Vale Hiram To – Beloved artist, writer, designer, Barbara Streisand fan and friend, Hong Kong’s Oscar Wilde, Brisbane’s Morrisey

Preparatory Notes for BARI Festival Forum One 13th October 2016

Preparatory Notes for BARI Festival Forum One 13th October 2016

Student Union Cultural Activities in the 1980s- A Collective Memoir – Dianne Heenan

Student Union Cultural Activities in the 1980s- A Collective Memoir – Dianne Heenan

The Re-authoring Impulse, AXIS Art Projects Artist-Run Wunderkammer #2, Does New York Exist? BNE-NYC 1988-2016, Epicormia Collective – NRCG Ballina November -December 2016

The Re-authoring Impulse, AXIS Art Projects Artist-Run Wunderkammer #2, Does New York Exist? BNE-NYC 1988-2016, Epicormia Collective – NRCG Ballina November -December 2016

Performing the Archive: AXIS Art Projects, Artist-Run Wunderkammer #1, Does New York Exist? BNE-NYC 1988-2016, 12 Helen Street, Teneriffe, BARI FESTIVAL 2016

Performing the Archive: AXIS Art Projects, Artist-Run Wunderkammer #1, Does New York Exist? BNE-NYC 1988-2016, 12 Helen Street, Teneriffe, BARI FESTIVAL 2016

Homeground at Boxcopy

Homeground at Boxcopy

BARI Festival – October 6 – 23, 2016

BARI Festival – October 6 – 23, 2016

Artist Linda Dement – Cyber Chicks & Catching Light – ISEA 2013

Artist Linda Dement – Cyber Chicks & Catching Light – ISEA 2013

Cut Thumb

Cut Thumb

BARI Festival Brisbane – 6 – 23 October 2016

BARI Festival Brisbane – 6 – 23 October 2016

Living Archives In Focus: Satellite Space (1999-2001) – Interview with Curator & Researcher Louise Rollman

Living Archives In Focus: Satellite Space (1999-2001) – Interview with Curator & Researcher Louise Rollman

Squatting, The Pink Palace and Hot Beeswax – Shane Kneipp

Squatting, The Pink Palace and Hot Beeswax – Shane Kneipp

Imagine That – M.O.C.A and That Space collaboration – 1987

Imagine That – M.O.C.A and That Space collaboration – 1987

Memory and the Photographers Gallery – Carl Warner

Memory and the Photographers Gallery – Carl Warner

A Sign of the Times – Ian McIntosh

A Sign of the Times – Ian McIntosh

Unmagazine Un Anthologising – Celebrating 10 Years of unmagazine – NEW 05 ACCA and the CAOS Phenomenon

Unmagazine Un Anthologising – Celebrating 10 Years of unmagazine – NEW 05 ACCA and the CAOS Phenomenon

YYZ – Artist-Run Research – Call for Submissions

YYZ – Artist-Run Research – Call for Submissions

Lehan Ramsay – Kyoto – Japan

Lehan Ramsay – Kyoto – Japan

NEWer- Manufacturing Paradise- Trocadero Artspace

NEWer- Manufacturing Paradise- Trocadero Artspace

Falling ARI – It’s Goodnight from Peloton

Falling ARI – It’s Goodnight from Peloton

Signature Work – Interviewing and Sense of Place: AXIS Art Projects with Liz + Val, 1988

Signature Work – Interviewing and Sense of Place: AXIS Art Projects with Liz + Val, 1988

The Observatory Collective 1985-1986 – Newspaper Clippings Archive – Lehan Ramsay, Anna Zsoldos, Robyn Gray

The Observatory Collective 1985-1986 – Newspaper Clippings Archive – Lehan Ramsay, Anna Zsoldos, Robyn Gray

SLQ is archiving Imagery Gallery History in 2016

SLQ is archiving Imagery Gallery History in 2016

Vale Artist Lehan Ramsay – 4 July 2016

Vale Artist Lehan Ramsay – 4 July 2016

A Personal History – Lehan Ramsay

A Personal History – Lehan Ramsay

Weeping Women Performance – That Contemporary Art Space

Weeping Women Performance – That Contemporary Art Space

The Shared Camera – A Memory – Merrily Contesting Authorship

The Shared Camera – A Memory – Merrily Contesting Authorship

Art and Working Life – Art Works: A May Day Project (Brisbane, Qld) 1989 Documentary

Art and Working Life – Art Works: A May Day Project (Brisbane, Qld) 1989 Documentary

Interview with Sound Artist Jay-Dea Lopez

Interview with Sound Artist Jay-Dea Lopez

Acknowledging Space 90

Acknowledging Space 90

Remembering Galerie Brutal Artist-Run + Livid Festival + 1989

Remembering Galerie Brutal Artist-Run + Livid Festival + 1989

Racheal Bruhn Exhibition + Arch Lane Public Art 1989

Racheal Bruhn Exhibition + Arch Lane Public Art 1989

Remembering artist, educator Barbara Moriarty + The EMU artist-run studio collaboration in 1979-1980 with artists Luke Roberts and Georgina Pope

Remembering artist, educator Barbara Moriarty + The EMU artist-run studio collaboration in 1979-1980 with artists Luke Roberts and Georgina Pope

BUREAU Art Space

BUREAU Art Space

50 Years Richard Stringer Photography + Artist-Runs + IMA

50 Years Richard Stringer Photography + Artist-Runs + IMA

This Work Was – 1985 Review Revisited

This Work Was – 1985 Review Revisited

Memory + Bio + Memoir – Artist Shane Kneipp

Memory + Bio + Memoir – Artist Shane Kneipp

Stranded Doing the Strand – Artist Luke Roberts

Stranded Doing the Strand – Artist Luke Roberts

Artist Ivan Nunn – 1980’s Safe Sex Education + Galerie Brutal Tribute

Artist Ivan Nunn – 1980’s Safe Sex Education + Galerie Brutal Tribute

Arch Lane Public Art + Shared Recollecting – Artists Belinda Gunn and David Holden

Arch Lane Public Art + Shared Recollecting – Artists Belinda Gunn and David Holden

Blair Athol Station + Remembering the Flying Arts School in Regional Queensland

Blair Athol Station + Remembering the Flying Arts School in Regional Queensland

Does New York Exist? + AXIS Art Projects 1987-1989

Does New York Exist? + AXIS Art Projects 1987-1989

Lost Footage Found + Divine Union: A Temporary Affair

Lost Footage Found + Divine Union: A Temporary Affair

The Lethal Stage

The Lethal Stage

Claptrap-Free Artist-runs + From Dalby to Brisbane

Claptrap-Free Artist-runs + From Dalby to Brisbane

Archival Ruminations + Imagery Gallery and its part of the scene 1980-1995

Archival Ruminations + Imagery Gallery and its part of the scene 1980-1995

Shadows and Light

Shadows and Light

ABOUT THAT: MOSTLY AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL ANDREW

ABOUT THAT: MOSTLY AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL ANDREW

TWO LITTLE WORDS : CULTURAL RESISTANCE

TWO LITTLE WORDS : CULTURAL RESISTANCE

Rememory of the endless summer underground…

Rememory of the endless summer underground…

TALK IT DOWN + Recollections of Brad Pimm

TALK IT DOWN + Recollections of Brad Pimm

The Entrepot Experience + John Mills Himself

The Entrepot Experience + John Mills Himself

A brief history of bubbles …

A brief history of bubbles …

The Art of Belles Lettres

The Art of Belles Lettres

“WHERE THE ACTION ISN’T, THAT’S WHERE IT IS”

“WHERE THE ACTION ISN’T, THAT’S WHERE IT IS”

Remembering Toowoomba + George Balajka and Nameer Davis at That

Remembering Toowoomba + George Balajka and Nameer Davis at That

Inseparable – Acknowledging Robert Jacks….

Inseparable – Acknowledging Robert Jacks….

Glad Wrap Dance + Rat Trap Dance + Ironing Board Dances

Glad Wrap Dance + Rat Trap Dance + Ironing Board Dances

“Minor transient documents of everyday life”

“Minor transient documents of everyday life”

1957 to 1960

1957 to 1960

DRESSING UP IN THE EIGHTIES

DRESSING UP IN THE EIGHTIES

CHI CHI DELUXE, The Mars Bar & Beyond

CHI CHI DELUXE, The Mars Bar & Beyond

Artist-Run Spaces Brisbane – Remembering That Collective + The Demolition Show

Artist-Run Spaces Brisbane – Remembering That Collective + The Demolition Show

Oblivion – A Festival of the Ephemeral Arts

Oblivion – A Festival of the Ephemeral Arts

BNE Project I Trans:com

BNE Project I Trans:com