We can no longer put off re-thinking the economic structures that have been producing, financing, and funding culture up until now. Many of the old models have become anachronistic and detrimental to civil society. The aim of this document is to promote innovative strategies capable of defending and extending the sphere in which human creativity and knowledge can prosper freely and sustainably.
ReadOleg Kireev (born 1975) - art- and mediacritic, editor and curator,
writer, critic and activist, founder of the Ghetto collective, Moscow.
Participated in a number of media-political campaigns ("Against all
parties", 1999) and actions ("Barricade at Bolshaya Nikitskaya", May
1998). Author of articles on art and politics in the Russian and
international press ("Novaya gazeta", "Nezavasimaya gazeta", "Flash
art", "Siksi", "Mute"
Ibraaz Publishing and I.B. Tauris are pleased to announce the book launch of Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practices in North Africa and the Middle East, edited by Anthony Downey.
ReadWorld-Information City is a one-week programme of events addressing global issues of intellectual property and technology in conjunction with changing urban landscapes.
ReadRicardo Dominguez is a co-founder of The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), a group who developed Virtual-Sit-In technologies in 1998 in solidarity with the Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. He is co-Director of Thing (thing.net) an ISP for artists and activists.
Bas Raijmakers is the creative director of STBY. Since the early nineties he has worked in the internet and media industry as consultant and research manager. He holds a master degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Amsterdam (1990) and a PhD degree in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London (2007).
ReadSarai is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing
Societies, (CSDS) one of India?s leading research institutes with a
commitment to critical and dissenting thought and a focus on critically
expanding the horizons of the discourse on development, particularly
with reference to South Asia.
Tjebbe vam Tijen is a Dutch artist, theorist and curator.
ReadMeg McLagan is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at New York University where she teaches in the Program in Culture and Media.
ReadBrian Holmes, is an art critic, theorist and activist, particularly involved with the mapping of contemporary capitalism.
ReadSubject: [Interfund] - Create Your Own Solutions
Date: 03.12.98, 21:54:24
Interfund meeting {AT} Xchange Unlimited, Riga November 29, 1998.
During the Xchange Unlimited Baltic New Media Culture Festival in Riga a meeting was held to discuss the creation of the Interfund. The participants were Diana McCarty, Rasa Smite, Manu Luksch, Pit Schultz, Eric Kluitenberg, and others.
Conference on Information Politics, Digital Culture & Global Protest Movements April 4th 2014 - King's College London
ReadSimona Levi is a multidisciplinary artist born in Italy and established in Barcelona since 1990. She is the Director of Conservas, a cultural activity centre. Since 2000, she has directed the arts festival INn MOTION which takes place at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of the city of Barcelona. She is an outstanding activist in European social movements in the area of free circulation of knowledge and the right to housing. She is also involved in several artistic and activist platforms. She is co-founder of EXGAE, a civil organization that defends from the abuses of the cultural industry trade groups.
