outline

The publication would hold the following information:

$/!\$ Time: by mid-october $/!\$

Introduction / background (1p)
policy recommendation (2-3 p)
detailed report on discussed topics in WG's (process, deeper going into the different points later on suggested) (2 pages each WG )
4 presentations descriptions (each around 500 words)
Participants background + photo+ 3 questions (PLEASE, let us know if all of you agree to publish the 3 questions, anyway they are already on the blog. Or add input from Feedback answers. Or some sort of summary, alas difficult.)
Result d'Art question (however, Sarah, only 5 governments responded to that...so, hard to take' conclusions'.

report

$/!\$ 1 page 'report' - Time: 8 august

We are working on a one page small 'report' on the fact that the meeting was held. Rob is adding some additional sentences. Should be finished this week. This will be sent out by ASEF and IFFACA.

policy recommendation

$/!\$ 2-3 pages maximum - Time: before end September

Rob would write the first draft, pulling together the 4 WG results (adam, can you send them to all of us, the link? Thanks!) and then get comments. It would be great to have an  asia-europe core group working on it, so we know who wants to be active and steering it. Would you want to drive it, Tapio and Sharan, as a continuum  after Dehli and Helsinki

input

Petko

As a follow up of the event I want to initiate a discussion about an Europe-Asian residence exchange program with focus on new media art that could be a great output of our event.

This idea come to my mind when I was introducing the call for 2009 of the residence exchange program EMARE in which InterSpace is taking part. It is aimed at new media artists but unfortunately only for those based in Europe.

Deadline is October 20th (post date) and the application form can be downloaded from here: http://www.werkleitz.de/projekte/emare/applicationform_emare09.pdf

I reminded that we haven't discussed on the Mini-Summit (at least in the open networks and new media labs workshop) the residence exchange networks that are probably one of the best opportunities for both artists and host organizations to exchange practices.

As a starting point I will give you one argument that will help for finding political and financial support for such exchange program. The exchange programs between West and East Europe were and still are one of the main factors of developing common artistic ground since the political changes started almost 20 years ago in Eastern Europe.

It is for sure that even the most intensive events like conferences and festivals are not enough for the practical experience that few-month-long residences can provide.

I really hope that some of you would find this idea interesting and we can start thinking how to implement it in practice.

Tapio

To second Petko, also in the Leonardo Educational Forum, support for media artistic research in residence funding was emphasized. It might indeed be important to start with Asia-Europe media art residency programme before suggesting one that in particular is focussed on media arts research.

I would like to suggest three layers on which to discuss the outcomes of the mini-summit:

1. A document or a collage of them on a Wiki, which reflects the discussions and backgrounds of the participants. As wide as needed.

2. List of goals and ideas that emerged from the event that we might want to develop further. More focus, refers to the wider context.

3. Policy recommendation document, which does not necessarily contain much from the two other documents, but which supports the practices and projects that we do want to do. VERY focussed, a separate document. Some quotes from 1+2.

Trying to realize all of the above in one document, as a mirror of what happened during the 2,5 days would be rather difficult. Also we do have the great opportunity to reach policy makers via IFFACA and ASEF, so we should really think about a few items that could in fact be pushed forward as a result of our meeting, in the form of policy recommendations.

To begin such a document, we should emphasize a few points on why media arts practices are important, and perhaps there is some urgency for funding or other policy actions right now. We need to impact particularly those who are not interested, not willing, to act. Secondly, those who are interested already in what we are saying, will read further anyhow.

If indeed our document is to be titled Singapore Agenda, I would suggest that the local arts council should be challenged to participate in funding media arts initiatives that exist locally, and collaborations that follow ISEA2008. Also it seems that the "media development" aspect was quite evident via keynote content for example, and perhaps to some degree also the exhibitions, if less so (their interest in funding ISEA should be recognized perhaps).

As most IFACCA policy makers deal with ARTS policy, we could emphasize the need to firstly include media arts in arts funding, to gurantee its artistic freedom. We could also recognize that media arts are an area of social, cultural as well as technological innovation, but the latter can only emerge from artistic practices and can be developed further with industry style funding, but not generated with such policy tools. And perhaps first and foremost, in the context of our event location, is to underline the urgency of freedom of expression of artists to produce, exhibit and screen publicly their work, and to participate in local and international networks.

Alas, should there be a separate deadline for a policy recommendation document, and to see a Wiki environment as an open collaborative platform? For any of this, we do need time as it is still holiday season, and the most effective time I would think to send any policy doc around would not be until mid September? What do you think Sarah?

Personally, It was great to get to know many of you - I wish there could have been more time to xchange on the level of collaboration from here onwards. Luckily had a chance to keep talking during later parts of ISEA with some. It was a pleasure! I said to someone that on the one hand these practice and policy meets are alwyas "restarts" as they involve new voices and new angles, but also contain a lot of repetition for those who have participated in such before. Refresh could be a better term... that said, it is important in my mind not to see this event as wanting to represent all types of practice and regions to third parties (impossible task as such), but to come up with few points that push policy makers to take some of our shared concerns on board.

Ship ahoy!

dyne.org hackers

PDF on http://dyne.org/first_dharma_dyne.pdf

Fatima Lasay/Korakora.org

Working Group 4: Some personal observations on the dynamics of the sessions on http://korakora.org/proyekto/asef-ifacca-mini-summit-new-media-art-policy

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 * Result d'Art question (however, Sarah, only 5 governments responded to that...so, hard to take' conclusions'.
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 * Participants background + photo+ 3 questions (PLEASE, let us know if all of you agree to publish the 3 questions, anyway they are already [[http://singaporeagenda.wordpress.com/|on the blog]].  Or add  input from Feedback answers. Or some sort of summary, alas difficult.)
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-As a follow up of the event I want to initiate a discussion about an           
Europe-Asian residence exchange program with focus on new media art that       
could be a great output of our event.                                          
                                                                               
This idea come to my mind when I was introducing the call for 2009 of          
the residence exchange program EMARE in which InterSpace is taking part.       
It is aimed at new media artists but unfortunately only for those based        
in Europe.                                                                     
                                                                               
Deadline is October 20th (post date) and the application form can be           
downloaded from here:                                                          
http://www.werkleitz.de/projekte/emare/applicationform_emare09.pdf             
                                                                               
I reminded that we haven't discussed on the Mini-Summit (at least in the       
open networks and new media labs workshop) the residence exchange              
networks that are probably one of the best opportunities for both              
artists and host organizations to exchange practices.
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-As a starting point I will give you one argument that will help for            
finding political and financial support for such exchange program.             
The exchange programs between West and East Europe were and still are          
one of the main factors of developing common artistic ground since the         
political changes started almost 20 years ago in Eastern Europe.               
                                                                               
It is for sure that even the most intensive events like conferences and        
festivals are not enough for the practical experience that                     
few-month-long residences can provide.                                         
                                                                               
I really hope that some of you would find this idea interesting and we         
can start thinking how to implement it in practice.
+As a starting point I will give you one argument that will help for             finding political and financial support for such exchange program.              The exchange programs between West and East Europe were and still are           one of the main factors of developing common artistic ground since the          political changes started almost 20 years ago in Eastern Europe.

It is for sure that even the most intensive events like conferences and         festivals are not enough for the practical experience that                      few-month-long residences can provide.

I really hope that some of you would find this idea interesting and we          can start thinking how to implement it in practice.
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-To second Petko, also in the Leonardo Educational Forum, support for           
media artistic research in residence funding was emphasized.                   
It might indeed be important to start with Asia-Europe media art               
residency programme before suggesting one that in particular is                
focussed on media arts research.                                               
                                                                               
I would like to suggest three layers on which to discuss the outcomes          
of the mini-summit:                                                            
                                                                               
1. A document or a collage of them on a Wiki, which reflects the               
discussions and backgrounds of the participants. As wide as needed.            
                                                                               
2. List of goals and ideas that emerged from the event that we might           
want to develop further. More focus, refers to the wider context.
+I would like to suggest three layers on which to discuss the outcomes           of the mini-summit:
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-. Policy recommendation document, which does not necessarily contain          
much from the two other documents, but which supports the practices            
and projects that we do want to do. VERY focussed, a separate                  
document. Some quotes from 1+2.                                                
                                                                               
Trying to realize all of the above in one document, as a mirror of             
what happened during the 2,5 days would be rather difficult.                   
Also we do have the great opportunity to reach policy makers via               
IFFACA and ASEF, so we should really think about a few items that              
could in fact be pushed forward as a result of our meeting, in the             
form of policy recommendations.                                                
                                                                               
To begin such a document, we should emphasize a few points on why              
media arts practices are important, and perhaps there is some urgency          
for funding or other policy actions right now. We need to impact               
particularly those who are not interested, not willing, to act.                
Secondly, those who are interested already in what we are saying, will         
read further anyhow.
+. A document or a collage of them on a Wiki, which reflects the                discussions and backgrounds of the participants. As wide as needed.
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-If indeed our document is to be titled Singapore Agenda, I would               
suggest that the local arts council should be challenged to                    
participate in funding media arts initiatives that exist locally, and          
collaborations that follow ISEA2008. Also it seems that the "media             
development" aspect was quite evident via keynote content for example,         
and perhaps to some degree also the exhibitions, if less so (their             
interest in funding ISEA should be recognized perhaps).                        
                                                                               
As most IFACCA policy makers deal with ARTS policy, we could emphasize         
the need to firstly include media arts in arts funding, to gurantee            
its artistic freedom. We could also recognize that media arts are an           
area of social, cultural as well as technological innovation, but the          
latter can only emerge from artistic practices and can be developed            
further with industry style funding, but not generated with such               
policy tools. And perhaps first and foremost, in the context of our            
event location, is to underline the urgency of freedom of expression           
of artists to produce, exhibit and screen publicly their work, and to          
participate in local and international networks.
+. List of goals and ideas that emerged from the event that we might            want to develop further. More focus, refers to the wider context.
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-Alas, should there be a separate deadline for a policy recommendation          
document, and to see a Wiki environment as an open collaborative               
platform?                                                                      
For any of this, we do need time as it is still holiday season, and            
the most effective time I would think to send any policy doc around            
would not be until mid September? What do you think Sarah?                     
                                                                               
Personally, It was great to get to know many of you - I wish there             
could have been more time to xchange on the level of collaboration             
from here onwards. Luckily had a chance to keep talking during later           
parts of ISEA with some. It was a pleasure! I said to someone that on          
the one hand these practice and policy meets are alwyas "restarts" as          
they involve new voices and new angles, but also contain a lot of              
repetition for those who have participated in such before. Refresh             
could be a better term... that said, it is important in my mind not to         
see this event as wanting to represent all types of practice and               
regions to third parties (impossible task as such), but to come up             
with few points that push policy makers to take some of our shared             
concerns on board.
+. Policy recommendation document, which does not necessarily contain           much from the two other documents, but which supports the practices             and projects that we do want to do. VERY focussed, a separate                   document. Some quotes from 1+2.
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-Ship ahoy!
+Trying to realize all of the above in one document, as a mirror of              what happened during the 2,5 days would be rather difficult.                    Also we do have the great opportunity to reach policy makers via                IFFACA and ASEF, so we should really think about a few items that               could in fact be pushed forward as a result of our meeting, in the              form of policy recommendations.

To begin such a document, we should emphasize a few points on why               media arts practices are important, and perhaps there is some urgency           for funding or other policy actions right now. We need to impact                particularly those who are not interested, not willing, to act.                 Secondly, those who are interested already in what we are saying, will          read further anyhow.

If indeed our document is to be titled Singapore Agenda, I would                suggest that the local arts council should be challenged to                     participate in funding media arts initiatives that exist locally, and           collaborations that follow ISEA2008. Also it seems that the "media              development" aspect was quite evident via keynote content for example,          and perhaps to some degree also the exhibitions, if less so (their              interest in funding ISEA should be recognized perhaps).

As most IFACCA policy makers deal with ARTS policy, we could emphasize          the need to firstly include media arts in arts funding, to gurantee             its artistic freedom. We could also recognize that media arts are an            area of social, cultural as well as technological innovation, but the           latter can only emerge from artistic practices and can be developed             further with industry style funding, but not generated with such                policy tools. And perhaps first and foremost, in the context of our             event location, is to underline the urgency of freedom of expression            of artists to produce, exhibit and screen publicly their work, and to           participate in local and international networks.

Alas, should there be a separate deadline for a policy recommendation           document, and to see a Wiki environment as an open collaborative                platform?                                                                       For any of this, we do need time as it is still holiday season, and             the most effective time I would think to send any policy doc around             would not be until mid September? What do you think Sarah?

Personally, It was great to get to know many of you - I wish there              could have been more time to xchange on the level of collaboration              from here onwards. Luckily had a chance to keep talking during later            parts of ISEA with some. It was a pleasure! I said to someone that on           the one hand these practice and policy meets are alwyas "restarts" as           they involve new voices and new angles, but also contain a lot of               repetition for those who have participated in such before. Refresh              could be a better term... that said, it is important in my mind not to          see this event as wanting to represent all types of practice and                regions to third parties (impossible task as such), but to come up              with few points that push policy makers to take some of our shared              concerns on board.

Ship ahoy!

== dyne.org hackers ==
PDF on http://dyne.org/first_dharma_dyne.pdf



== Fatima Lasay/Korakora.org ==
Working Group 4: Some personal observations on the dynamics of the sessions on http://korakora.org/proyekto/asef-ifacca-mini-summit-new-media-art-policy