ARE JOURNAL (Art, Research, Ecology) 1

ARE Journal is a selection of essays, workshop notes, and collective writings. It emerged from many conversations, initially with Lucia Farinati, and thereafter between Davina Kirkpatrick, Jo Milne, and Anna Walker. Yet, it is not only these dialogues, and the submissions from participating artists/researchers that shaped it. We also want to acknowledge the role of technology. Since its inception, technology has been an integral part of ARE's research. Zoom meetings, video recordings, and digital transmissions have mediated our interactions. Technology has not only shaped how we collaborate but also how we think and create work, how we communicate, and how we archive our work.ARE's journal is an evolving trace, resisting closure, remaining open. It extends an invitation to ongoing dialogue, to movement and making, to research and thought. Rather than a fixed archive, it forms an alternative set of relational experiences. The knowledge it holds is not static but networked, collaborative, and always in process.