[resource-net] reSource-net: the reSource mailing-list

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear all,

welcome to reSource-net! You just received a general description of this 
mailing list, but we believe that a more informal presentation would 
help to clarify the objectives of this new project, and hopefully 
encourage a good discussion.
First of all, we would like to thank all of you once again for the great 
participation at reSource 001: we were really glad of the general 
atmosphere and interest.

After the summer break, we are currently in the process of organizing 
the next reSource event, reSource 002: Out of Place, Out of time. You 
can find the general description on the reSource blog: 
http://www.transmediale.de/content/resource-002-out-place-out-time

For this occasion, we are planning a new collective meeting, scheduled 
for 22 August: 15:00 - 19:00, in the conference room of Kunstraum 
Kreuzberg /Bethanien (Mariannenplatz 2, U-Bahn Kottbusser Tor). You are 
all invited! Some of your already received a personal invitation, and 
some already confirmed their presence.

Thanks also to the reSource chats - a new ongoing activity which we are 
progressively realizing 
(http://www.transmediale.de/content/resource-chats) - we got very good 
feedback from many of you. Generally it emerged the needs of making the 
next reSource open discussion a bit more structured. It looks that it 
would be important to have a specific focus, to avoid getting lost.

We reflected on this, and the idea would be to take this occasion as an 
opportunity to collectively imagine distributed artistic initiatives in 
the city, able to intervene within - and to reflect on - the current 
economical and political framework of the Berlin art scene. Why this 
idea? We think that beside the critical current economical and political 
moment - which we are experiencing not only in the city, but in the 
whole Europe - in Berlin something is moving. Since some time there have 
been many collective initiatives oriented to redistribute equally the 
creative capital in the city, to generate "a production and use of space 
that is both collective and egalitarian" (quoting for example the Haben 
und Brauchen Manifesto), and to work towards the creation of 
network-based associations able to make a visible presence in the city.

Since the responsibility of many of us is also related to imagine and 
transfer into practice a critical approach on art production, how would 
it actually be possible to answer "artistically" to the difficult 
political/economical situation?
Of course this question is related to a conception of art which is not 
working outside of social and political engagement, therefore opening 
the concept of "art" to a various and hybrid amount of practices /and 
interventions.

Last July, following the thread initiated by our first open discussion 
during reSource 001, ArtLaboratoryBerlin and Panke organized a "Meeting 
of Berlin based New Media Spaces and Curators" 
(http://www.transmediale.de/content/meeting-berlin-based-new-media-spaces-and-curators). 
The idea of how to respond "artistically" in the city landscape by 
creating a visible network of cultural agents, artists, activists, etc. 
emerged very clearly. We would like to proceed towards this direction, 
with the hope that other ideas and occasions of sharing will come, via 
this mailing-list but also independently from us.
You are all welcome to take here the opportunity to exchange some topics 
that can be continued at the reSource 002 event.

The next open discussion might be a good starting point for imagining a 
collective engagement in the city, to strengthen a possible network 
between cultural producers, artists, hackers, activists, queer 
communities, and all the people interested in finding critical answers 
to the current cultural and economical situation in Berlin.

We look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,

Tatiana Bazzichelli
reSource curator and programme developer


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Tatiana Bazzichelli // curator and programme developer
reSource transmedial culture berlin // http://www.transmediale.de/resource
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