| Andreas Broeckmann on Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:27:57 +0200 |
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:28:42 +0100 From: Dirk de Wit <[email protected]> Announcement Virtual Platform Where FAQ also means Facilitate, Act, Question! What The Virtual Platform (VP) is a dynamic and mutable on-line infrastructure, created out of the necessity to link up, and map the dispersed Belgian New Media scene. Why It is no big secret that Belgium has been lagging along when it comes to cultural new media initiatives. Cultural policy hardly mentions new media and conversely media policy hardly refers to cultural initiatives. The greater part of the funds go to traditional and institutionalised arts, which leaves very little subsidy for experimental and New Media projects. This causes those involved in the realm of new media and cultural production to be caught between a rock and a hard place. Not to mention that the lack of structural support engenders a climate which is not particularly encouraging for productive zeal, and might prevent potentially exciting projects/initiatives of ever being realised. So it's about time to stop whining and take action! How VP operates on different levels of overlap and intersection. Its main strategies for action are listed in the mission statement as: * Support: the "back-up" zone on the internet site supports and promotes projects engaging in a critical dialogue with current techno-cultural debates. VP provides server space if necessary, facilitates contact with interested parties and/or possible collaborators, and supplies feed-back. * Map: the VP database and list of links map and visualise the Belgian digital landscape. The VP_digest 3-lingual monthly newsletter offers a sample of updates and evaluation of New Media developments in Belgium. * Lobby: VP will exercise pressure to get (and keep!) new media on the cultural/political agenda. The unmoderated VP_uncut mailing list and the "combat zone" form the primary places where action strategies are negotiated. * Events: From April onwards VP will commence organising monthly events in the Brussels2000 HQ (Rue de l'Ecuyer/Schildknaapstr. 50, 1000 Bxl). Though VP takes pride in real virtuality, we do understand the value and fun of staging Real Life events. These events are a wonderful means of communicating and introducing new media culture to a larger public in a non-formal way, and provide a physical platform for showing and discussing new work in Multi-media Who Anybody interested in/working with New Media in innovative ways, be that in the artistic, activist, educational, or any other realm. Where www.brussels2000.org/vp [email protected] Dirk De Wit audiovisual and new media projects Brussels2000 Bruxelles/Brussel 2000 Anspach center Anspachlaan 30 1000 Brussel tel: 32-2 / 214 2058 fax: 32-2 / 214 2020 [email protected] ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <[email protected]> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe [email protected]