What is Interference Archive?
The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in an open stacks archival collection, publications, a study center, and public programs including exhibitions, workshops, talks, and screenings, all of which encourage critical and creative engagement with the rich history of social movements.
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THIS IS NOT A LOCAL STRUGGLE
September 28, 2024 – January 31, 2025
To use something is to preserve it: this is the organizing principle of both Interference Archive and “This Is Not A Local Struggle,” a look at ephemera produced by the national Stop Cop City movement. We can study ourselves, and we can produce the knowledge as living culture, agit-prop, and material changes to the world. […]
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Drawn Together
Sunday, June 22, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
Join us for a night of drawing and mark-making! Please register on Eventbrite. At Drawn Together, we provide prompts and materials for you to experiment and explore with your visual art-making practice, all without the pressure of having to do it well. Because of this one-night partnership, we’ll also have access to Interference Archive’s materials, […]
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Collections Work Party
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 @ 6:30 PM
Join the collections management working group in doing some work in the collection! We’ll be organizing and filing new donations and cataloging books. No experience necessary – if you’re interested in getting more familiar with the collection, this is a great opportunity. RSVP through eventbrite link.
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Free Noise #2
Friday, June 27, 2025 @ 6:30 PM
The open mic evening will consist of music, poetry, and performance by queer, trans, and non-binary artists. The audio from the event will be recorded to cassette and will be uploaded to Bandcamp for free for all to listen! You can listen to Free Noise #1 here and sign up to perform here. There is […]
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Our Collections
Our collection includes tens of thousands of items created as part of social movements around the world, by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, zines, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and other materials. For us, making this material accessible to the public is an act of preservation, not only of the physical materials, but of the collective history of those struggling for social change. Learn more about our collections and set up a time to visit them in-person in the archive.
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Audio Interference 88 – Archiving Stop Cop City: This Is Not A Local Struggle
Hear from one of the organizers behind the Stop Cop City exhibition currently on view at Interference Archive (Sep 2024 – Jan 2025). We learn about the goals of the show, how it came together, and the important role that archiving has in the movement. This episode was written, narrated and co-produced by Rob Smith. […]
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Armed By Design Pre-Sale
We are excited to announce pre-sale orders are open for Armed By Design, a book forthcoming from Common Notions about internationalism, solidarity and the legacy of art of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (OSPAAAL). Support this project by pre-ordering a copy of our forthcoming book!
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Art In Action, Across Borders: A Collective Zine of Solidarity
On Saturday, February 11, neighbors from all around New York City came to Interference Archive to participate in collaborative zine-making while listening and contributing to a live broadcast to Radio AlHara, coordinated with Musicians For Palestine. Download and read the zine we made together here, and listen to the mix: “This collective gathering to make […]
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Exhibition Catalog: Walkout: A Brief History of Student Organizing
May 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kent State and Jackson State massacres, which set off a historically large-scale student strike across the nation. With the anniversary as an entry point and frame of reference, this 96-page full color publication uses posters, buttons, pamphlets, flyers, zines, and more—to examine the broader scope of student movements that both led up to and followed those of May 1970.