Hi all There's a lot to be said about the Sarai model, but I think it's fairly specific to the location and people that are involved and perhaps more useful outside as an inspiration rather than a "model". For anyone interested in the backstory, the interviews with Raqs at <http://www.raqsmediacollective.net/conversations.html > are probably most useful, > <http://www.noemalab.org/sections/ideas/ideas_articles/caloud_sarai.html >.
I think the real questions, which have been turned over on ADA before are: 1) who has a vision for something and the drive to make it happen; and 2) will people support it and how? From my experience of groups/labs/spaces, there are always some core personalities driving the agenda. This isn't always a bad thing, it's just the nature of groups. As media artist R E A quoted MLK recently, "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." The reason I like hanging out with artists is because they know deep down that their own vision can be potentially more universal than any parliamentary democracy, when it comes to the imagination. Ultimately we all want something to identify with and believe in, and sometimes when the discussion turns to strategic plans we can lose sight of this. Ngā mihi and looking forward to the AGM!, Danny On 5/10/2009, at 3:30 PM, trudy lane wrote: > > > Hi All, > > Thanks Luke. I presume you mean sniffed out there Luke.. +) > > It seems like a listing of the artist-run spaces would also be > useful.. > Another one just started up around the corner from me here at work > which seems to operate like an open workshop at times -- > Plaything Gallery / Cnr France & Dacre St, Newton > > Also, could someone expand a bit further on how the Sarai model works? > > best, > // Trudy > > > > Trudy Lane Intercreate Research Centre > .- --- - . .- .-. --- .- .-. .- .-. .- -. --. .- - .- -. --. .- - .- > http://www.intercreate.org/ e: [email protected] m: +64 21 > 528 321 > > > > > > > On Oct 5, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Luke Duncalfe wrote: > >> >> Hi Ada >> >> Just as an aside .. I'm doing a quick inventory of these maker >> spaces / kōhanga tech / whatevers we do have that are being >> mentioned. >> >> Are there any others that can be snuffed out? >> >> CoLab - http://www.colab.org.nz/ Auckland >> Makerspace - http://makerspace.org.nz/ Wellington >> Creative Space - http://chchspace.nztech.org/ ChristChurch >> >> Luke >> _______________________________________________ >> Ada_list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
