I’ve just had a long long day so please don’t hold it against me if i take no more than two minutes to copy paste a plea that could help save Dutch new media art institutions. As you might know already, new media art institutions in The Netherlands are threatened with a 100% cut in their structural governmental funding. I believe that Mediamatic is right when they write that “The loss of funding will not only destroy the Dutch infrastructure, but will disrupt the international New Media Arts network as well.” These institutions have been generous not only with Dutch media artists but also with artists from all over the world, offering them residencies, inviting them to give talks, to head workshops, to participate to exhibitions and perform in their space.
Mediamatic set up a and i do hope that you will all sign it.
Save Mediamatic, Waag society, WORM, STEIM, NIMK, V2_ and Submarine Channel.
When the budget cuts for arts and culture are accepted by Parliament on Monday June 27th, all New Media Art institutions in The Netherlands will lose their funding. Institutional support for New Media culture will come to a grinding halt. From 2013 onwards there will be no development platform for New Media Art in The Netherlands. Please help us prevent this from happening by signing the petition. If you have a mailing list or a website, please spread the petition and this information. The loss of funding will not only destroy the Dutch infrastructure, but will disrupt the international New Media Arts network as well.
Sustaining the Dutch infrastructure for New Media Art requires a mere 1% of the national arts budget. Help us prevent this destruction and retain support for New Media Art.
Mediamatic also created infographics that puts arts spending in proportion to lots of other costs in dutch society…
Image on the homepage: Marnix de Nijs, Run Motherfucker Run, 2001-2004.