ZG, Issue 89 explores the intersection of creative archiving, radical art education, and experimental publishing through the publication of a new issue of ZG magazine (n.89). By revisiting the ethos of the 'A' Course, a groundbreaking and controversial educational programme in St Martin’s School of Art [1969-1971] that emphasised multidisciplinary experimentation over traditional sculpture or art training, the project invites a reimagining of its principles in a contemporary context to inspire ‘future’ students.

This project reimagines the possibilities of creative archiving by intersecting the legacy of the ‘A’ Course, the republication of ZG magazine, and radical approaches to art education. It draws deeply on my engagement with the archives and archivists at MayDay Rooms in London, which is dedicated to preserving and connecting histories of social struggles, radical culture, and resistance. By republishing ZG magazine, the project challenges the conventional boundaries of an archive: its physicality, temporality, and function. This allows for the archive to be introduced as a living, ever-evolving entity that invites participation and reinterpretation, contradicting the traditional view that it is more of a collection of moments in time.

Reflecting upon the experience of my father, David Williams, Rosetta Brooks (editor) and other ‘A’ Course alumni who founded ZG [1980-1987], this re-publication is a means to create an easily accessible resource that invites future engagements with the ‘A’ Course's prompts and provocations, fostering re-interpretation and re-actualisation of archival “ephemera”.