Constance ARI Archive
The Constance ARI Archive exhibition brings together artists from across the life of the organisation — from its early days as Inflight to its current form as Constance 22 years later. This intergenerational assembly of practices reflects the shifting, cyclical nature of artist-run culture: its ruptures, renewals and the communities that sustain it. The exhibition coincides with the launch of the Constance Online Archive. Rejecting fixed hierarchies of record keeping, the archive proposes memory as a shared, living process — one that documents not only projects, but the conditions, relationships and entanglements that shape them. In this way, the archive proposes a site of resistance and reimagining, exploring the porous boundaries between art, place and collective care.
The opening event will be a celebration of the Constance community and its many contributors. Join us for an evening of live performance, sharing food, and limited-edition merchandise making as we mark the launch of the online archive and exhibition at Contemporary Art Tasmania. This is a moment to gather, reflect, and activate — to honour the many forms Constance has taken, and the artists who continue to shape its future.
ARTISTS:
Neil Haddon
Matt Warren
Grace Gamage
Jacob Leary
Robert O'Connor
Selena de Carvalho
Georgia Lucy
Scot Cotterell
Caitlin Fargher
PERFORMANCE:
DUO (Matt Warren & Scot Cotterell)
Curated by Bonni Que, Hannah Foley & Jade Irvine
Contemporary Art Tasmania, 27 Tasma St, North Hobart
OPENING FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER, 5.30PM
EXHIBITION CONTINUES, 11-25 OCTOBER
OPEN WED-SAT, 12-5PM
Accessibility
The exhibition is mobility accessible. Roomsheet available online and in large font hard copies at the front desk. Please contact Contemporary Art Tasmania if you have any accessibility requirements, on info@contemporaryart.org.au or (+613) 6231 0445.
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Constance ARI works across Country cared for by the Palawa of lutruwita and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout the so called ‘Australia’, as well as First Nations people from elsewhere, and their deep connection to the lands, skies and waterways over which sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our respect to all Elders; we are grateful for their continued sharing of knowledge and Culture.