<pid="first_par">*A Nourishing Network* is a publishing project that aims at documenting
<pid="first_par_about">*A Nourishing Network* is a publishing project that aims at documenting
and circulating current research done by a network of artists, activists
and programmers that collaborate with the Austrian net culture
initiative *servus.at*. Especially in this moment of reduced mobility
@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ to the growing techno-solutionist trend.</p>
<p>*A Nourishing Network* is produced as a hybrid publishing process
realised by Manetta Berends and Alice Strete from the Rotterdam
initiative Varia.</p>
<p>
The project emerged as a response to the following three departure
points:</p>
@ -39,8 +38,8 @@ this new context, communities dealing with free and open source software
continued to work on alternative platform models. What happened? And
what could be further explored?
<li>**Artdiversity loss: is now Zoom the best art gallery 2020?**</li>
<li>**Artdiversity loss: is now Zoom the best art gallery of 2020?**</li>
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In 2020 many cultural initiatives were forced to shift towards online
videocalls, where often the materiality of bodies and matter is
deprioritised. As the spectrum of technical possibilities offered by
@ -48,17 +47,10 @@ deprioritised. As the spectrum of technical possibilities offered by
field of the arts, how can we make space to experiment with alternative
formats?
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<pclass="subheading">How the nourishing network works:</p>
<p>The publication is in itself an experiment: one in peer-to-peer
publishing starting from the *feed* as a potentially multi-directional
circulation device. Through web-syndication protocols and mail art
practices, this publication engages with complex circulation flows,
thereby exploring the social dynamics of such networked forms of
publishing. Borrowing from food terminology, the activity of
*nourishing* translates into an act of continuous care within the
network and for the network itself.</p>
<p>The publication is in itself an experiment: one in peer-to-peer publishing starting from the *feed* as a potentially multi-directional circulation device. Through web-syndication protocols and mail art practices, this publication engages with complex circulation flows, thereby exploring the social dynamics of such networked forms of publishing. Borrowing from food terminology, the activity of *nourishing* translates into an act of care which strengthens the links within the network. </p>
<p>
A subscription to the digital and/or postal feed, nourishes her
subscribers with a stream of essays. The feeds are available at
@ -77,5 +69,5 @@ someone who might appreciate it. Similarly, the feed is prepared to
circulate in online networks.</p>
<p>Finally, to enforce feedback and more spontaneous responses to the
articles, we are open for contributions from the community of readers.</p>
articles, we are open for contributions from the community of readers. You can toot your thoughts on Mastodon, tagging @ann@social.servus.at or upload your comments at this link: https://k4.servus.at/s/d6Qsa5Cjzqosfng</p>
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Organized with: Kunstuniversität Linz, Department of Timebased Media<br>
Funders: Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlicher Dienst und Sport; Kulturland Oberösterreich; Linz Kultur, LINZimPULS2019, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politische Bildung.<br>
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