Upgrade! Brussels/Ghent
Annemie Maes runt medialab en presentatieplek Okno in Brussel. Sedert lang is er goesting en inspiratie om samenwerking te zoeken. Toen we beiden geïnteresseerd bleken in het Upgrade! netwerk – een internationaal netwerk met als doelstelling kunst en technologie samen te brengen en daarbij culturele verschillen te overschrijden – beslisten we om er samen in te stappen: Upgrade! Brussels/Ghent is binnenkort een feit.
Annemie Maes runs Okno, a medialab and presentation venue located in Brussels. For years now, Vooruit and Okno have longed to work together. When it became clear that we were both interested in the Upgrade! Network – an international network that wants to bring art and technology closer together and hopes to cross cultural boundaries in doing that – we decided to jump into it together: Upgrade! Brussels/Ghent will soon be fact.
De eerste presentatie wordt een reeks performances en presentaties in Okno rond ‘public space and sound practices’, een programma dat kadert in een vierdaagse ontmoeting met en van mediakunstenaars: oknopublic#3.
The first project will be a series of performances and presentations in Okno on ‘public space and sound practices’ a programme that is part of a four day meeting with and by media artists: oknopublic#3.
What is Upgrade!
Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. Its decentralized, non-hierarchical structure ensures that Upgrade! (i) operates according to local interests and their available resources; and (ii) reflects current creative engagement with cutting edge technologies. While individual nodes present new media projects, engage in informal critique, and foster dialogue and collaboration between individual artists, Upgrade! International functions as an online, global network that gathers annually in different cities to meet one another, showcase local art, and work on the agenda for the following year.
