[resource-net] 4th Meeting and Roundtable...

[podinski]

Hi Erika et al,

Thx Erika for reposting these basic interests + questions from the initial
meeting(s)... that's very helpful !!!

I was trying to think all day about how things got pulled a little off
track ( but to be honest, i wasn't 100% sure of which track ) and what
constructive perspective i could share...

> regular meetings, where curators and organizers can exchange
information, search for synergies, and discuss common strategies for PR,
fundraising and more. <

That's soooo doable : ) ... so now i'm Much More Optimistic !

...

There were 2 parts to this meeting, and maybe the delineation got a little
blurred.

1. >>open discussion and introduction of new people, new spaces,
questions, content, etc.<< as Markus writes

2. and a clearly formatted, pre-posted agenda, which was primarily
focusing on a digital platform for this new network... ( since these
spaces + projects could benefit greatly from exposure, and a hub, which
highlights this activity/territory in berlin.  )

Maybe these 2 things could continue together in these (monthly) meetings,
part 1 - break - part 2, and/or there could already be a separate breakout
group to further develop this web platform goal/task.

( i have some suggestions for that platform, i'll save for another post )

...

ANd to add a little analysis...

I thought it was great that so many people from Transmediale could come to
take part... and i'm still trying to answer for myself Danielle's and
Kristoffer's questions...

1. What do the individuals here envision from this (network) ? (D.)
2. How can Transmediale be a resource for us ? ( K.)

( i hope i remembered those correctly )

...

For me, I have seen a number of Transmediales now, and there are often
fantastic social contextualizations and perspectives for new media's
impacts on our lives , i.e. the big picture. And i DO miss these kinds of
insights and this dose of gravity during the rest of the year...

But also from a critical side, there is an aspect of its
Spectacle/Festival nature, i.e. this "intellectual art circus" that comes
to town for a week, and then sort of packs up the tent and everybody goes
home... and those ideas do not generally take any roots.

So it was very ingenious AND logical that Re:Source began thinking of how
to be more engaged with the local terrain, local actors, local issues,
local infrastructures...

[ Is THIS not one of THE BIG and Important currents in the arts n tech
worlds ?? ... b/c well, u could say : 'showtime' is sorta over folks,
things are getting serious ! Things are getting very F**(sur)Real ! And We
ALL NEED arts, tech and science to help solve some huge social +
planet-scale problems. ]

...

Funny no one mentioned the economic crisis...

Somewhere along the line, i could hear at least one split forming in the
needs and desires in our gathering:

Those coming from a funded insitutional-ish side of things were seeing a
Furtherfield / Rhizome-like discussions forum + platform, and the galeries
and projects - which are often hanging by threads - struggling to find
practical ways just to proceed and keep their projects ALIVE ...

So this is going to be a trick to put these two things together, but i
think it will be a fascinating network for BOTH, to be in dialogue AND
praxis and support, and analyzing together.

i personally like the idea that we are forming an ALLIANCE of sorts...

all the best,

Paolo ( aka Pod )

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> Hey dear everybody and Marcus,
> I find the meeting yesterday interesting and important. The only thing I do
> not get, why we need to make everything so complicated? If artists,
curators or places have no needs they will probably not attend such a
meetings and will not join our community.
> When ReSource made first their meeting, they had also doubts about it
importance.  But it worked out and already have very good results. For
me
> personally one meeting or meeting once in three month was too less, I
also
> got lost in the big crowd, was difficult to know each other.
> I want to post one more time our first invite to the meeting where Chris
very clearly explain what is the purpose of the meeting.
> Berlin has over 400 commercial galleries and 150 non-commercial project
spaces. In a scene still dominated by traditional media, how can spaces
concentrating on innovative works in New Media, technology and the
borders
> of the arts, science and technology raise their profile, attract a
larger
> public, and gain access to more funding?
> We suggest creating a series of regular meetings, where curators and
organizers can exchange information, search for synergies, and discuss
common strategies for PR, fundraising and more.
> Our first meeting will be to discuss our common needs and goals and
decide
> how we can best cooperate to achieve these. Bring your questions and ideas.
> Possible areas for discussion may include, but are not limited too: How
can we raise the profile of 21st Century arts (New Media,
> technologically driven art, Electronic Music, Bio-art, Science Art, etc) in
> Berlin?
> What are the possibilities for common publicity platforms for spaces
(e.g.
> a blog, website or flyer devoted to New Media exhibitions)?
> Possible strategies for funding. Arts vs. science, technology or
educational funding. Partnerships with arts, educational or research
organizations. Raising awareness at local, city and federal level of New
Media arts projects to increase funding possibilities. Other ideas?
Connecting to a larger public. What is our position in the city of
Berlin?
> Do we want to provide our activities for a select public or to introduce
our projects to a larger public? How do we go about doing this?
> I hope it helps to understand more about what happens in regular
meetings.
> LLLG
> Erika
> This will also be a chance to come together and get to know one another
better.
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Markus Huber <mh at transmediale.de>
wrote:
>>  hi,
>> thanks to michelle and supermarkt again for hosting.
>> it was a nice (network internet collaboration eculture) discussion, but i
>> also had my difficulties to understand it and get access to it. i got the
>> impression, that there have been at least 2 parallel streams of
interest
>> going on: the one for a very specific working group with the goal to setup
>> the discussed platform and another one, which seemed to be interested
in
>> something, that could be understood as a more general community
exchange
>> with the goal to get to know each other.
>> speaking for myself, i also missunderstood this meeting, tought it
would
>> be part of a community building process, open discussion and
>> introduction
>> of new people, new spaces, questions, content, etc.
>> though but it was clearly formulated (agenda) and also communicated
(minutes + mailinglist) as a specific discussion, this intention fo a
focussed discussion is challenged and gets disrupted, when the group of
people attending, is not always the same and as such might also coming
with
>> different agendas and expectations.
>> so for the next meeting i would be interested to hear, if it will be more
>> sort of a working meeting to further develop the platform at0m (...)
or,
>> if
>> it will be a more open discussion and meeting on projects, difficulties of
>> production, challenges of communication and visibility etc.
>> would be happy to attend both.
>> all best,
>> markus
>> ps: i would suggest a working group, that is actually dedicated to discuss
>> the individual profile / situation of the spaces, their strategies of how
>> to connect with their audiences, create visibility and engagement and find
>> possibly ways of how to create synergies with the same, but different
audiences; to discuss and focus maybe also on what competences are
existing
>> and what competences are lacking in order to use the resource of this
network filling these gaps, building toolkits, etc.
>> pps: will check again the ciant website and how far the beta version
has
>> been developed and send you then a link to the mailinglist, so you can
check out, if it could be helpful for the platform building process. Am
12.12.12 08:40, schrieb Michelle O'Brien:
>> Thanks to all of you who came along last night! It was our pleasure to
host you at SUPERMARKT.
>> It was also nice to put some names to faces and meet some more members of
>> this important community / network / platform / resource / reSource ;-)
I will send around the protocol in the coming days.
>> Best wishes,
>> Michelle
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