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ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES (UK)

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (ES), Asociación d-i-n-a (ES), Kulturprojekte Berlin (DE), and Stichting STRP (NL)

State of the art

Global events are disrupting our economic, cultural, social and geographical norms. New technologies, emerging communities and networks are acting as significant catalysts in this change. They offer new models for how citizens can live and provide glimpses of a future sovereignty..

Description of the project

The NNN partnership set out to address critical issues through an innovative programme of cultural activities exploring art, technology and citizenship in the age of the Internet. At its inception, the partners set out a common vision for NNN: of engaging artists and audiences in critical dialogue about how technology is changing citizenship in Europe, whilst demonstrating how contemporary art can hold a mirror up to these processes and formations. Focusing on three overlapping themes: Algorithmic Citizenship, New Materials & Tools and Network Structures & Extra-territorial Spaces, the project enabled activities to freely transverse cultural, technology, innovation, research, science and academic sectors. This was a key strength of the programme and partnerships, which provided a wealth of specialist skills, exhibition and audience development opportunities.

A key aim for the NNN partnership programme was to support developments in artistic practice that cross technologies and may otherwise struggle to be commissioned.

Cooperating at EU level

Partner organisations have valued the opportunity to understand more about different partners’ approaches. There is an expectation to continue to deliver new work beyond the life of the project. In this respect, the project appears to have been successful in achieving the aim to initiate a self-sustainable working network.

#digital arts #technology #citizenship #sovereignty #critical thinking #ethics

The NNN was: +610,000 audiences, 1 new evaluation system, 1 online distribution platform model, 5 co-produced works toured internationally, 4 capacity building experiences involving +59 creative professionals.

Contact

www.thennn.eu