[hackerspaces] Examples wanted -- art and hackerspaces

[David Potocnik]

I think Ljudmila from Ljubljana, Slovenia is an excellent and relevant
example, possibly a unicum.

Basically founded in 1992 from avantgarde art + need to do early
desktop publishing (=enabling art), it's a hackerspace focused on art
+ tech reflecting and transforming society.
http://wiki.ljudmila.org/Association

They are mostly completely publicly funded.
This includes space, they're able to support/employ people, have
project resources, and are a grant player on city + country + EU level
grants.
Some grants are support grants (cultural institutions), some are
projects grants.

They take on big projects.
Example
* the official government culture portal http://culture.si . Behind
the scenes, it's a platform for hacking Mediawiki, open data, pushing
awareness and legislation on open licenses, etc.
* They've been made the national coordinator of EU's Digital Agenda
(with the national library).

You will need to plan mid- and long-term to get there. You will need
people dedicated to do grants.

You should get in touch with them, they're pretty cool.

David
from CHT#1 hackbase, Canary islands
http://ch.totalism.org


On 9 February 2014 15:42, opit <opit at wemakethings.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm opit from Technarium, a new space in Vilnius, Lithuania
> (http://technarium.lt). We're trying to get some grant money to help us
> relocate, and I'm writing a grant proposal that would emphasize the
> collaboration between techies and artists/artisans in our space.
>
> I'd love to include some other examples in that paper, so my question
> is: could you point me to some awesome art projects/collaborations
> ongoing in your space? For instance, c-base in Berlin (which I'm a
> member of) collaborated with the Transmediale festival, The Generator in
> Reno builds projects for the Burning Man, etc.
> Thanks a lot!
> #o
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