New Media Center_kuda.org, Novi Sad, Serbia
New Media Center_kuda.org is an independent organization which brings together artists, theoreticians, media activists, researchers and the wider public in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. In this respect, kuda.org is dedicated to the research of new cultural relations, contemporary artistic practice, and social issues.
kuda.org's work focuses on questions concerning the influence of the electronic media on society, on the creative use of new communication technologies, and on contemporary cultural and social policy. Some of the main issues include interpretation and analysis of the history and significance of the information society, the potential of information itself, and the diffusion of its influence on political, economic and cultural relationships in contemporary society. New Media Center_kuda.org opens space for both cultural dialog and alternative methods of education and research. A social question, media culture, new technologies art, and the Open Source and Free Software principal are areas in which kuda.org is engaged.
Programs:
kuda.info / infocentar
Provides information in the field of new media, contemporary art, social phenomena, research and education by means of a library, mediatheque and digital archive. For all visitors of kuda.org, Internet access is free as a free beer.
kuda.lounge / presentation and lectures
Consists of lectures, workshops, talks, and public presentations of artists, media activists, theorists, scientists and researchers. kuda.lounge is a place of active participatory dialog. From 2000 onwards over 100 events have been organised . The center boasts its own venue for public events and workshops (real time recording of programs, digital archiving).
kuda.production / production and publishing
Creates a matrix for non-profit artistic production in the field of new media and technologies, interdisciplinary research and experiment. Besides organizing many exhibitions and conferences, from 2004 onwards, kuda.org offers free web space on the kuda server for artists, activists and independent organizations.
