The idea for the Interfund started in the context of a number of meetings
of independent artists' initiatives in the field of net culture, such as
Art Servers Unlimited in London, the Net Radio Days Berlin and Xchange
Unlimited in Riga. The Interfund is conceived as a real virtual fund for
independent digital media art projects, a pool of shared resources, and a
cooperative translocal structure. It is also an attempt of independent
new media culture initiatives to stay independent and built a joint
protection shield against bureaucratic structures and procedures. The
Interfund is an ironic post- governmental critique of the lack in interest
by official cultural and political structures to support this kind of
independent new media culture, where these initiatives start to fund
themselves rather than waiting for outside support. On a more practical
level the Interfund will be an access point to shared resources, skills and
knowledge, as well as to (international) funding. The purpose of the
meeting at N5M3 is to continue the discussion that started on how such a
structure could
actually work, and to develop a plan how to set up the Interfund and start
its operation.
* contact persons: Rasa Smite (rasa@parks.lv) and Eric Kluitenberg
(epk@xs4all.nl) | |
