About
Every artwork is a glimpse into the world of its creator.
ari is where you hold onto that world.
Why we started
You see something at an exhibition. It moves you. You take a photo, follow the artist, save a link, and move on.
Months later, you want to find it again. You scroll through photos, saved posts, and search online. You can't remember the artist's name. You can't remember why it mattered. The moment is gone.
In a world where everything moves fast, we felt there should be a place for art. A slow, deliberate space to hold onto what we see, what moves us, what we want to remember. And share with the people around us. Not scattered across apps. Not buried in a feed. Something that lasts.
So we started building ari.
What ari is
Every artwork, exhibition, or idea begins with the artist. When something moves us, we look for the artist, because every work is a glimpse into the world of its creator. This is why ari starts with artists.
ari is built around two things: Cards and Notes.
Cards are anchors. An Artist Card is a fixed point for each artist. Their bio, key details, and links all live here. It's not a place for everything. It's the centre that everything else connects to. Exhibition Cards and Topic Cards work the same way, each one anchoring a different kind of knowledge.
Notes are everything else. An interview you found. A photo from a show. A thought about their process. A link you want to keep. Notes attach to Cards, so every piece of material you collect stays connected to the artist, exhibition, or topic it belongs to. As your notes grow, the Card they're attached to becomes richer, without ever becoming cluttered.
Illustration coming soon
The anchor holds. The notes build around it. Over time, your collection becomes more than a list. It becomes a record of how you see.
Built with you
We're not building ari behind closed doors. From the very beginning, this is a project shaped by the people who use it. What we build next, how ari grows, what it becomes. Your voice is part of that. If you care about art and want a better way to hold onto it, come build this with us.