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The alt.SPACE Network of Artist Research Groups In face of the increasing commodification and capitalization of the knowledge and cultural industries, the alt.SPACE Network is an international, transdisciplinary formation of self-organized, non-institutional research groups with the collective aim of exploring cultural production through a variety of different media and through a range of contextual and theoretical approaches. It is our shared belief that in a time that stands witness to the increasing entrenchment and subsumption of research and criticality into the manufacturing processes of global, profit-driven corporate industries, self-organization and the non-totalizing, informal networking of micro-practices offer a site of resistance and dissent. Based on this premise, the alt.SPACE Network was initiated as a primarily London based forum organizing regular discussion and reading groups, project presentations and lecture series, art open mic sessions and other events taking place both in venues across the city and, on invitation, in other cities in Europe and the US. Additionally, the group organized regular ‘virtual’ reading groups and discussions using web forums alongside Skype and other video conferencing tools. Between 2005-2007 an annual alt.SPACE Festival was organized where groups and individuals were invited to present their work or take part in specific discussions with members of the alt.SPACE Network as well as a wider public. Since 2007 the initial micro-network has slowly transformed into a geographically dispersed group of people working on semi-autonomous research projects. These groups meet regularly, some physically, through meetings and research retreats, others primarily through Internet based communication. Inclination and capacity to participate determine the form and degree of individual involvement in these groups as well as the network structure as a whole. If
you’d like to receive an occasional newsletter and general
information about our activities, you can subscribe to our mailing
list. Simply send an email to the following address
(coregroup@altspace.info) with the words ‘mailing list’ in
the title. If you’re interested in taken a more active part in
our activities, join one of the research groups, or have any other
questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us, again, on
coregroup@altspace.info.
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