un Projects is based on the unceded sovereign land and waters of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation; we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
un Projects

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un Projects is based on the unceded sovereign land and waters of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation; we pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

un Magazine archive display at our 20th unniversary. Photo: Kieran Butler.

un Projects

un Projects publishes writing that emerges from art making, providing an independent platform for critical discussions about local artistic practice.

With a focus on artists, writers and independent practice, un Projects publishes essays, artists’ work and reviews, in print and online. Our flagship publication is un Magazine which was founded in 2004 by Melbourne artist Lily Hibberd. un Projects was established in 2008 to ensure the ongoing publication of un Magazine and develop further art writing initiatives.

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un Magazine

un Magazine is an independent contemporary art magazine published bi-annually. It is printed in Narrm/Melbourne, Australia, and distributed to art organisations, galleries and education institutions around Australia and to selected outlets internationally, as well as being published online.

un Magazine has been published since 2004, when it was founded by artist Lily Hibberd.

Since 2008, un Magazine has been published by un Projects, who appoint a new editor and sub-editor each year. Past editors have included Rosemary Forde, Zara Stanhope, Phip Murray, Din Heagney, Angela Brophy, Kyla McFarlane, Lisa Radford, Jarrod Rawlins, Benjamin Forster, Robert Cook, Pip Wallis, Meredith Turnbull and Shelley McSpedden, David Capra and Amelia Winata, A. Wurri and Arlie Alizzi, Hugh Childers and Bobuq Sayed, Elena Gomez and Rosie Isaac, Snack Syndicate (Astrid Lorange and Andrew Brooks), D. Harding and Hilary Thurlow, Bahar Sayed and Gemma Weston; Joel Sherwood Spring, Tara Heffernan, Nadia Refaei, and Olivia Koh.

Personnel

un Projects Board

  • Chair: Rayleen Forester (since 2025)
  • Treasurer: Erin Crouch (since 2022)
  • Secretary: Bahar Sayed (since 2025)
  • Nadiah Abdulrahim (since 2024)
  • Corinna Berndt (since 2024)
  • Alisa Blakeney (since 2024)
  • Bill Gilles (since 2008)
  • Kate McKenzie (since 2024)
  • Georgia Mokak (since 2024)
  • Nur Shkembi (since 2021)
  • Sofia Skobeleva (Sid Akhmed) (since 2025)

un Projects General Manager

  • Audrey Jo Pfister (email)

un Magazine Guest Editors 2025 vol. 19

  • 19.1 Lucreccia Quintanilla
  • 19.2 Azza Zein

Editorial Committee 2024—

  • Mia van den Bos
  • Simone Hine
  • Ella Howells
  • Jade Irvine
  • Carmen-Sibha Keiso
  • Haneen Mahmood Martin
  • Sarah Rodigari
  • Talia Smith
  • Siying Zhou

un Extended Editor-in-Residence (2025)

  • Victoria Perin

Art Direction & Print Design

Web Design & Build

  • Rowan Mcnaught

un x KINGS Emerging Writers Program 2025

  • Amy Stuart & Rachel Gresswell (KINGS x un Extended Coordinators)
  • Emily Kostos (KINGS x un Extended Editor)

un Projects volunteers 2024-5

  • Emma Barrett
  • Lily-Rose Pouget
  • Alida Worthy
  • Beth Lee
  • Imy White
  • Liliana Bettiol
  • Phoebe Hewertson

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