# UsArt Collective

> UsArt Collective is a cultural institution dedicated to Cultural Continuity - we preserve, research, and circulate marginalised narratives so they outlive their physical forms.

UsArt Collective is a cultural institution dedicated to Cultural Continuity. We ensure that marginalized narratives outlive their physical forms. The Institution operates on two pillars - The Archive and The Community - with Ambient Intelligence as the discipline through which Community work reaches non-academic audiences.

## What We Do

- **The Archive** - Preserves and researches marginalized cultural narratives. The body of work the Institution is responsible for.
- **The Community** - Educates and circulates that knowledge to the people the material is about. The Institution's responsibility to non-academic audiences.
- **Ambient Intelligence** - The discipline used for the Institution's community commitment. Not a department or product - a way of thinking that runs through every Community project, deciding how preserved knowledge meets the people it is about. In practice: installations, ambient objects, public programming.
- **The Bodega** - A curated collection of cultural artefacts; every exchange funds the next preservation project.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: /
- About: /about
- Programs: /programs
- Projects: /projects
- Insights: /insights (research, articles, essays)
- The Bodega (shop): /bodega
- The Institution: /institution
- The Archive: /institution/archive
- The Community: /institution/community
- Ambient Intelligence: /ambient-intelligence
- Observation Village: /observation
- Contact: /about/contact
- Artifacts: /artifacts

## Detailed Information

For comprehensive information about UsArt Collective, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Contact

- Email: hello@usartcollective.com
- Location: South Africa
- Website: https://www.usartcollective.com