Artist Archive is a programme that questions what an archive can be and who gets to have one.

Artist Archive gives precedence to artists and their past works that:

were unfunded or underfunded
had few opportunities to be presented
might otherwise be lost or forgotten
resist the mainstream

This programme is about revisiting past works as they are, and rethinking our relationship them. In this way, Artist Archive aims to reduce and renew in place of the pressure to constantly innovate and increase output.

Click the images below to find out more about each of the projects commissioned as part of Artist Archive.

Open Calls

Artist Archive 2022/23

Material Archives

ValUE
Valerie Ebuwa

Black and white image of Jemima, crouched on a forest floor, in vest and knickers. Bare feet, legs and arms covered in soil. Palms pressing down into wet leaves, feeling her way and steadying herself, Her hair wild, eyes cast down, closed. Forehead creased. The bow of a tree and branch behind her.

I Am Not Static
Jemima Hoadley in collaboration with Camilla Greenwell

Live Archives

Film still. Split image of artists Jeremy Guyton and June Yuen Ting. Jeremy seen from the back sitting on the floor of a room on the left. June's feet on the right.

Abolitionist Kinaesthetics
June Yuen Ting

#nine
Kate Brown with Nicholas Ridout

Ambient Jam Collective
Entelechy Arts

Digital Archives

Photo taken outside. A dancer seen at a distance under trees.

Moving On
Laura Doehler and Exit Map

A scan of a black and white negative. A Corali dancer with their hands clasped in front of them.

Corali Digital Archive
Corali with Mark Beldan and Claire Undy

Artist Archive 2023/24

Material Archives

Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus | Mum. Edit. More | The words “DANCING TO GENTRIFIED BRIXTON” are emblazoned over an image of a person who is balancing in a seated position balancing with their arms outstretched. They wear a black top, black jeans and trainers and the background is olive green.

Mum. Edit. More
Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus

UKG Cosmology
Angel Zinovieff

Live Archives

mearchivingme
Angela Andrew

Carol (Kavina) Pound | Waiting , Relating and Coordinating 2. Two figures wear coordinated patterned clothing in shades of brown and green as they dance. One figure is facing the camera, smiling as they twirl and reach their arm to the sky and the other figure does the same, facing away from the camera.

Waiting , Relating and Coordinating
Kavina Pound

Un-Veiling: A talkative remembering 1. | A grainy black and white image shows a figure standing with one arm over their head in a relaxed pose. The room they are in looks like a theatre, with a ladder and large black curtain in the background.

Un-veiling
My Johansson and Collaborator

Digital Archives

Adesola Akinleye | Archiving with Bare feet: archiving the performance work ‘Truth & Transparency’ 1. A grainy photograph shows what looks like the outline of four figures, in various poses on what looks like a stage. Their blurry outlines are highlighted in blue against a dark backdrop.

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Artist Archive

Artist Archive is a programme that questions what an archive can be and who gets to have one.

Artist Archive 2022/23