Frontier Imaginaries is a not-for-profit art and research foundation dedicated to exploring art, ideas and cultural heritage through new-work commissions, large-scale exhibitions, symposia, online broadcasting and publishing. The programme structure of Frontier Imaginaries unfolds through thematic editions that take place through international strategic partnerships.

From 2016 to 2018 five Frontier Imaginaries editions were staged across an international itinerary that linked ongoing art projects and diverse audiences. This extensive programme featured three exhibition editions in Brisbane, Jerusalem and Eindhoven, as well as two symposia editions in New York and Amsterdam. Each edition responded to the central conceptual framework of ‘the frontier’ in order to develop locally-grounded and yet internationally responsive programmes.

Key partner organisations have included the Institute of Modern Art, the QUT Art Museum and the Australian Cinematheque (Brisbane), the Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art and Qalandiya International (Jerusalem and Ramallah), e-flux and Columbia University (New York), the University of Bergen, Veem Huis voor Performance, Dutch Art Institute and Amsterdam Art Weekend (Bergen and Amsterdam), and the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven). Key commissioning partners have included documenta 14, the Netherlands Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale, and PUBLICS Helsinki. Frontier Imaginaries’ research framework led by founder Vivian Ziherl was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and RTP Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia. This web platform has been additionally supported by Curatorial Practice at Monash University.

Frontier Imaginaries acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and recognizes the continuing connection to land, waters and culture by elders both past and present, as well as acknowledging the unceded lands of Palestine and the ongoing Palestinian claim to sovereign recognition.