Craig Leonard
ARChives
April 13-May 13, 2006

In celebration of Arcite Inc.’s 24th anniversary, Artcite’s programming committee has been invited to participate in the ARChives project, a curated exhibition focusing on “forgotten histories” within the archives of artist-run centres in Ontario. ARChives will be presented in Artcite’s gallery space as a multi-component exhibition and will re-visit Artcite’s rich history with a display of our archives and ephemera since our inception in 1982.

Additional components to the ARChives exhibition includes a presentation of a video montage from the anti-censorship action Six Days of Resistance in 1985 with video artist excerpts by Elizabeth Chitty, Jane Northey, Lisa Steele, Kim Tomczak, Dimitrije Martinovic & Christian Morrison, Geoffrey Shea, John Greyson, Marusay Bociurkiw & Ruth Bishop, Andrew Patterson, Gary Kibbins, John Watt, Randy & Berenicci, Vera Frenkel, Richard Fung, Clive Robertson, Ian Murray, Rodney Werden, and Jorge Lozano; a pseudo-book shop installation highlighting INDEX, a published bookwork indexing all artists exhibited in artist-run centres in Ontario since 1971; and copies of Artcite Inc.’s previously published catalogues, bookworks, artist multiples and ephemera will be on view and some available for sale to the public.

Supported by the Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre (Kingston, ON) and the OAC Touring & Collaborations Grant.