OP IPA Slovenia-Croatia 2007-2013
Transdisciplinary and new media culture developing cross-border areas
New Media Cross-Border (NMCB)

Project leader
Autonomous center - ACT (ČAkovec, CRO)

Partners
Association for Culture and Education Kibla (Maribor, SI)
ONEJ - Association of Prekmurje Initiative (Murska Sobota, SI)
Youth Association Varaždin Underground Club (Varaždin, CRO)

The aim of the project is to create a dynamic cross-border area (Međimurje County, Varaždin County, Podravje Region, Pomurje Region) with intense interactions of development actors and stakeholders on both sides of the border in the new media culture, trans-disciplinary arts, sustainable development and the joint creation of new models:
- strengthen the capacity of organizations operating in the new media culture that will be the future agents of cross-border co-operation and development
- increase the number of cross-border collaborative projects and events, mobility of artists and cultural exchange in the field of new media culture
- create conditions and accelerate the development of border areas with the establishment and operation of the Joint Office for transdisciplinary and new media culture that will work on education, counseling, information and exchange programs
Target groups:
- organizations in the new media culture (primary target group)
- multimedia and new media artists and artists with interest in transdisciplinary projects
- experts from other fields (ecology, sustainable development, open-source technologies, human rights) interested in transdisciplinary project work
- cultural and art institutions (museums, cultural centers, galleries, ...)
- local community - visitors of cultural events in border regions  

The main goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity of organizations working in the field of New Media Culture, to increase the number of collaborative projects and cross-border events, mobility of artists and cultural exchanges in the field of New Media Culture and to create conditions and accelerate the development of cross-border cooperation by establishing an operating joint Agency for Transdisciplinary and New Media Culture that will work on education, counseling, information and programs exchange.

.:: May 2011 ::.
In May we are researching/interviewing organizations and individuals from Pomurje Region, working in the field of new media in culture and art. Mapping is one of the first activities within the NMCB project - analyzing current situation and inviting to actively participate in further project activities:
- eduaction: workshops (transdisciplinary projects, management), study visits (good practices - festival visits) and cross-border exchanges (learning by doing, practical work)
- presentation of production/works (festival events, exhibitions...)
- participation in new productions (art interventions)
- development of new joint projects and programs

.:: July 2011 ::.
Slobodni festival 5/Free festival 5 between 7th and 9th July in Čakovec (CRO). We are looking for conceptual project solutions on the theme: NO BORDER.
Application deadline - 05.06.2011
More info at Free festival

.:: August 2011 ::.
New Media Cross-Border
Open call for educational program in the field of transdiciplinary, new media and sustainable development of northern cross-border area of Slovenia and Croatia.
Deadline: 2nd September 2011
Applicants: we only accept individuals from Podravje and Pomurje region (Slovenia) and Medjimurje and Varaždin (Croatia).

.:: September 2011 ::.
Open call for educational program in the field of transdiciplinary, new media and sustainable development of northern cross-border area of Slovenia and Croatia is now closed. Selected participants of the project are Maja Kohek, Simon Poldauf and Vita Žgur (ONEJ/Art center).

Study visit: Bratislava, Slovakia - 9th and 11th September
Programme:
Barbara Hubert: presentation of Col-me organization and TIK (Time Inventors Kabnet) project.
Visit to the Hackerspace - working together on a radio show TIK Art Radio.
Michail Cudrnak: Exhibition Wind and time at the ASIL Gallery.
Maria Riskova: presentation of BURUNDI datalab studio display press
"BURUNDI datalab studio display press was a media lab working between the arts, science and technologies. BURUNDI datalab provided mediatheque and mailing list buryzone.info. BURUNDI studio was bringing together technically oriented fans and artists in the collaborative projects. BURUNDI displej was the convergence of the new media gallery, cinema and presentation space. BURUNDI press is about to release the Anthology of New Media Literature in slovak in 2006. Burundi was located at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava."
Visit of SPACE Gallery.
Visit of Danubiana - Meulensteen Art Museum.

Workshop: Transdisciplinarity 23.09 – 25.09. 2011 at the Autonomous center ACT, Čakovec (Croatia).
Lecturer prof. Dr. Michael Punt, University of Plymouth

The workshop will deal with a number of aspects of Transdisciplinarity in relation to art and culture. It will begin with a formal presentation and in the following session we will try to understand the nature of transdisciplinarity, its problems and processes in a series of session which will become progressively led by the participants. The materials and themes for the workshop will be informed by issues arising from the interaction of art, science and technology at the turn of the nineteenth century and set a framework for dealing with pressing issues in art, design, media philosophy and anthropology, creativity and research. The topics are indicative and the preparation is intended to provide us all with a common set of references in order to facilitate exchanges.

Between Worlds: Beyond Asimo: Transdisciplinarity and Technology
This presentation will show how transdisciplinarity can impact on our understanding of the relationship between science, technology and popular culture.
Transtechnology Research:
In this session we will look at the research at Transtechnology Researcher as a case study and discuss the researchers topics and concerns. We will also touch on the TEF Hera project and the INTR network project.
Transdisciplinarity and Early Cinema:
Using the case of early cinema and the problems that it has posed for historians and practitioners of new media art this presentation will discuss some examples of early film and how transdisciplinary approaches can open up some hitherto difficult questions about old and new media.
The Semi-Material Object:
This session will consider the dimension of the semi material that opens up in Transdisciplinary research. It will ask practical questions about the processes and practices of knowledge transfer and their representation as material certainties. There will be a short presentation followed by a discussion.
Familiarise yourself with 's Mnemosyne Atlas e.g. (http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/mnemosyne/
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/collected_works/)
Future Practice:
This session will be an open discussion to apply some of our thinking to contemporary problems in which disciplinary constraints may be inhibiting the identification of new concerns and topics. We will deal with the topics of situated action, craft skills and translation in relation to transdisciplinarity as a practice. Participants will be invited to give a response the workshop relative to their own particular contexts and issues.

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.:: December 2011 ::.
Workshop: Project management - 16th - 18th December, Čakovec (Croatia)
Mentor: Irena Slunjski
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.:: January 2012 ::.
Study visit: Plymouth, United Kingdom - 19th and 23rd January
Transtechnology Research Center
Faculty of Arts, Plymouth
Pensinsula Arts - Univeristy cultural organisation (including a gallery)
Plymouth Arts Centre
Plymouth University's Dome (Immersive Cinema)

Expert Seminar: 'Screening the Sublime':
This Expert Seminar will be a one-day public event intended to share research findings of a three year EU research project 'Technology, Exchange and Flow: Artistic Media Practices and Commercial Application' funded by HERA (ESF). The seminar is the third in a series of public events exploring the relationship between creativity and innovation in the traffic between industrial film, new media arts and the commercial exploitation of audiovisual media in the mid 20th century.

Location: Plymouth University: Jill Craigie Cinema (Roland Levinsky Building)

Programme:
10:00 – 12:00 Keynotes / Screening
10:00 – 10:15 Opening remarks Prof. dr. Michael Punt
10:15 – 11:00 Keynote Presentation Prof. Malcolm LeGrice
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote Presentation Prof. Tony Hill
11:45 – 12:15 Screening Research Materials / Plymouth Team
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 17:15 Research Presentations
13:30 – 14:15 Dr. Martha Blassnigg (Plymouth University) 'Reflections on the Im/material in the Perception of Audio-Visual Media'
14:15 – 15:00 Martyn Woodward (Plymouth University) 'Screening a Puff: Advertising Film and the Enduring Forms of Modernism'
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee / tea break
15:30 – 16:15 Prof. dr. Bert Hogenkamp (VU University) 'Searching for Professionalism, Creativity, and Progress in Sponsored Film and Television Advertising'
16:15 – 17:00 Prof. Dr. Margarete Jahrmann / Prof. Brigitte Felderer (University of Applied Arts, Vienna) 'Exhibiting the Subliminal. An ARG as Rabbit Hole to Research'
17:00 – 17:15 Closing Remarks