To establish a new network at the intersection of performing arts, media art, and sound art, we’d like to invite artists who work in a post-digital and collaborative manner, are eager to engage in shared learning and collaborative processes, and are interested in networking. The network is supported by six institutions: HAU, FFT, ZKM, Hellerau, Zimmt, and HEK Basel. The goal is to facilitate exchange regarding non-proprietary hardware and software tools, to engage practically with these tools, and to develop strategies for circumventing Big Tech resources.
The network has three thematic focuses: First, we aim to strengthen solidarity-based digital practices and develop our own tools and software. To test this in practice and learn from a related art form, the second thematic focus is on sound art. Open-source technologies are widely used in this field, so it can serve as a model. The third focus is on social media practices that can be used to harness platform logic in a productive and public-interest-oriented way or to critically subvert it.