salut Ruslan, am vorbit la Europa Libera de fapt...
dami de stire in ce mod concret ne poti ajuta? o seara buna, Stefan On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Margina Ruslan <[email protected]> wrote: > Salut Stefan. Te-am ascultat la ieri la Vocea Basarabiei. E o ideie buna. > Trebuie realizate. Daca ai nevoie de ajutor, ma poti apela. > > Ruslan. > > > --- On *Wed, 6/15/11, stefan rusu <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: stefan rusu <[email protected]> > Subject: [Oberlist] Fwd: [spectre] New Media Art Organisations in > Netherlands lose funding > To: "cultura tinerilor, arta, politici culturale / youth culture, art & > cultural policies" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 9:21 AM > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Honor Harger* > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: [spectre] New Media Art Organisations in Netherlands lose > funding > To: [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > Cc: Annette Wolfsberger > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > > > > Dear all, > > The situation evolving in the Netherlands is shocking and catastrophic. > Can those involved in the Dutch media arts scene let us know what the > international community can do to help or support the organisations who face > oblivion? > > I know they seem like small gestures, but I'm sure there's a petition or > open letter in circulation, and it would be great to post the details of > that here. > > Plus, is it worth concerned colleagues from around the world, writing > letters directly to Halbe Zijlstra? > > I'm saddened and concerned, and my thoughts are with all my friends in the > media arts sector in the Netherlands. > > Best, > > Honor > > > Last Friday the new policy plans of the new Minister were announced and > published and they are very dramatic in general for the whole field of art > and culture in The Netherlands. On the PNEK list it was announced as: > > New Media Art Organisations in Netherlands lose funding. > > The Dutch New Media Art Organisations Steim, De Waag, Mediamatic, V2 & NIMK > are about to lose all their funding. > The Dutch secretary of state for Culture in the Netherlands, Halbe > Zijlstra, has published his policy plan for coming years. In contrast to the > official recommendations given to him by the Culture Advisory Board, the > cutbacks will not be spread out over a number of years, but will take > immediate effect in 2013. The budget for visual art will shrink from 53,3 to > 31 million. > Among the more damaging and destructive decisions is the complete cutting > of funding for the six leading New Media Art Organsiations that produce, > distribute and facilitate New Media Art; > -STEIM: Independent Live electronic music centre that is exclusively > dedicated to the performing arts. > -De WAAG: Organisation & Worklab for old and new media, developers of open > source tools, research & technology for the creative independant industry & > intermediate between art, science and media. > -Worm: Rotterdam based laboratory, venue and studios for film, music and > internet featuring concerts, new media events, screenings, production of > film, music and software art. > -Mediamatic: software art projects, lectures, workshops & screenings aiming > on the young generation of artists, designers & tinkerers. > -V2: interdisciplinary centre for art and media technology in Rotterdam, > activities include organizing presentations, exhibitions and workshops, > research and development of artworks operating in an international network > -NIMK: The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) promotes the wide and > unrestrained development, application and distribution of, and reflection > on, new technologies within the visual arts. Since the Netherlands Media Art > Institute came into being in 1978 an extensive collection of video and media > art has been assembled, to which new works are constantly being added. > > These institutes together form the foundation for New Media Arts in the > Netherlands and forfil an important role in the International Network that > shares knowledge, exchanges, produces, distributes and promotes various > forms of New Media Art. > For most of these organisations the budget cuts will mean their > disappearance. > > > > (fwd) > > BUT of course there is more to it. In the document one can read that > Architecture, Design and eCulture are fusing together in a new fund called > Creative Industry (something non of these sectors wants). ALL organization > in the 3 domains won't receive any structural funding anymore in this plan > BUT the new Fund, that is now being structured, will likely offer the change > to organizations to get structural funding (2 to 4 years). But since this > fund is not there yet and since they are having strong debates about the > role and function, and program of this fund nothing is indicated about this > fund in the published document. So when reading the document you get a > different picture of what is being debated right now insight the Ministry > and with the 3 sectors. > The thing that should be in place for this fund are > 1. structural funding to some of the important plpl.ayers in the 3 sectors; > and > 2. creating space for basic research in the 3 sectors. > When we get this done we are still facing a hardcore economic agenda (the > Minister is a hardcore liberal) but that we can shape and address > 'creatively' since we can't and don't want to fullfill this agenda > ourselves. Dealing with the goals of the new Fund will be a major challenge > since NO ONE wants this Fund and it has NO bearing grounds. > Still, if you read the whole document you can see that probably eCulture, > design and architecture are coming out best if you compare what is happening > in other sectors like theatre, performing arts, post academic education, > visual arts a.s. For example all production houses for theatre won't be > funded anymore; all post-academic organization like the Rijksacademie, Jan > van Eyck and Berlage Institute won't receive any funding anymore after 2012. > This are just some of the cuts that have been done. > > NIMk nevertheless, since they are not part of eCulture but the visual arts, > are serious trouble up from 2013. The Minister indicated that he has NO > responsiblity for an archive that is not set up by the Ministry but by a > foundation itself, so it's NIMk's responsibility to deal with their archive > he thinks. The same for the Theater Instituut Nederland that won't get any > funding and who also have a large archive on theatre on theatre covering > decades of history. but it's also an archive setup and organised by the > institute itself so also here the Minister sees no responsibilities for him. > > So you can imagine that I have been lobbying, having meetings last months > since we saw all of this coming, even though the result is very unexpected > in its format (bringing architecture, design and eCulture in one new sector > called Creative Industry - that nobody wants to be related to). > > I keep you updated since the coming month will be essential for the future > of eCulture in the Netherlands since the new fund is now being discussed and > shaped and should be announced end of July. And of course we think and push > that this new fund will supoort some organisations structuraly since the > budget is there (eCulture is far less cut down then any other sector, only > about 15% while other sectors face cut downs to 25 till 50%). > > ______________________________________________ > SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe > Info, archive and help: > http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre > > > > -- > Honor Harger > > Director > Lighthouse > http://www.lighthouse.org.uk > > Address: 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ, UK > Tel: +44 1273 647197 > email: [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > Find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LighthouseArts Join our mailing > list: http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/about/signup.html > > ______________________________________________ > SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe > Info, archive and help: > http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre > > * > * > <http://www.knotland.net/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=483&cHash=903daf1680a47402cb27df41501fbcbe> > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Oberlist mailing list > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist > > > _______________________________________________ > Oberlist mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist > > -- Stefan Rusu - artist/freelance curator *Chisinau-Art, Research in the Public Sphere* http://www.art.md/2010/sfera_publica_prezentare_en.html * * <http://www.knotland.net/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=483&cHash=903daf1680a47402cb27df41501fbcbe>
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