1. EMAC meeting, Istanbul, 2011 Michal Máša Michal Mariánek CIANT

2. CHAllenging Networked CommunitiEs cooperation project co-funded by Culture programme of the European Commission 1 Nov 2010 – 31 Dec 2011 CIANT (CZ), BIS (TR), M2F (FR), Nuromedia (DE)

3. Project Objective The main objective of CHANCE project is to harmonize and utilize the best of current social networking technologies in order to stimulate intercultural dialogue with concrete artistic and cultural results visible and circulated around Europe on a trajectory from virtual to physical domain

4. Specific Objective A tool making it possible to effectively announce, manage, circulate and bring visibility to cultural operators, groups of artists as well as creative individuals, across all sectors and regions in Europe. Open-source platform that would support user-friendly mass collaboration and promotion of artistic and intercultural values.

5. CHANCE Platform For whom? Institutions! (art|sci|tech bodies) What do they do mostly? Events! (Festivals, Biennials, Triennials, Quadrennials, Exhibitions, Installations, Performances, Workshops, Conferences, Symposiums, Presentations, Panels, Roundtables, Seminars, Lectures, Trainings, Artist Residencies, …) Who do they invite? People! (artists/researchers/…) Amber Festival (BIS), Enter Festival (CIANT), GAMERZ (M2F), Cynetart (TMA), Transmediale, SONICA (MoTA), Ars Electronica, WRO Biennale (WRO Art Center), Multiplace, Media Lab Prado, Coded Cultures, Dutch Electronic Art Festival (V2), Piksel Festival, Digital Art Festival (Bulgaria), Bang on a Can (NY), 404 festival (Taiwan), Mutek and Elektra (CA), …

6. CHANCE Platform http://www.chance-network.eu Yet Another Social Networking Site for Artists? NO!

7. CHANCE Platform Open for anybody with an email Friendship between users Events published once fully confirmed Attendants of events are users Only for established cultural bodies Connection between institutions Events announced in very early planning People chosen from a Database X X X X

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19. Why should you bother? Get close to institutions working in the same field Less hassle than on open social networks See what other are up to, know things in advance Database of artists/researchers/… Share travel costs

20. Future plans Publicly accessible finalized confirmed events Not only names of artists/researchers/… but full description of their work/talk/… including documentation (photo, video, …) Large archive of new media art providing content to Europeana

21. Contact us! http://www.chance-network.eu chance@ciant.cz Request your membership now!