EDITORIAL
Welcome to issue 001 of More Than Reproduction (MTR)’s digital publication, GRASSROOTS, where we ponder what’s at the bedrock of the Australian arts ecology: artist-run initiatives (ARIs). These artist-centric spaces offer agile platforms for open-ended discourse, experimentation, community building, and provide vital support for artists in their early careers. Parallels can be drawn to printmaking, a medium grounded in collaboration through shared facilities and multi-hands processes. MTR itself stemmed from collective action and continues to expand through ongoing input and collaboration from its dedicated community. By definition, grassroots initiatives often emerge from localised need and demand, and are the product of many, many conversations.
This publication is launched as part of an expanded program for ED 6, MTR’s sixth exhibition as part of its annual Edition series. The exhibition is hosted in partnership with Sydney ARI Our Neon Foe (ONF), stemming from a friendship forged at Groundfloor 2024 in Kandos, NSW. Facilitated by the incredible June Gollard and Betty Russ, this was a peer networking forum focused on forming connections and networks between ARIs across the state. And well, here we are, a connection was formed!
We decided to stay home grown for this issue and focus on the cultivation of community. You’re invited to fossick through reflections by More Than Reproduction’s co-founders on their roots and evolution over the past six years. If you’ve got an hour to spare whilst travelling down Parramatta Road, listen to an insightful conversation with artist Kate Brown – one of the inspiring people behind ONF – to hear more about what they do and their encouragement of discursive artistic approaches. Encounter artist Melissa J Harvey’s site-specific installation, Guardians, which has emerged over the course of ED 6 in the alleyway behind ONF.
This publication is launched as part of an expanded program for ED 6, MTR’s sixth exhibition as part of its annual Edition series. The exhibition is hosted in partnership with Sydney ARI Our Neon Foe (ONF), stemming from a friendship forged at Groundfloor 2024 in Kandos, NSW. Facilitated by the incredible June Gollard and Betty Russ, this was a peer networking forum focused on forming connections and networks between ARIs across the state. And well, here we are, a connection was formed!
We decided to stay home grown for this issue and focus on the cultivation of community. You’re invited to fossick through reflections by More Than Reproduction’s co-founders on their roots and evolution over the past six years. If you’ve got an hour to spare whilst travelling down Parramatta Road, listen to an insightful conversation with artist Kate Brown – one of the inspiring people behind ONF – to hear more about what they do and their encouragement of discursive artistic approaches. Encounter artist Melissa J Harvey’s site-specific installation, Guardians, which has emerged over the course of ED 6 in the alleyway behind ONF.
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