Aneta Szyłak and Rebecca Gomperts at Modelarnia in Gdansk, Poland -
Modelarnia was an independent art space on the old Gdansk Shipyards where Lech Walensa started the uprising against the Polish communist regime.
In 2009 Mediamatic Foundation, in collaboration with Partizan Publik, will open the very first Do It Yourself Travel Agency. Mediamatic Travel will facilitate trips to the contemporary cultural scene worldwide. Contemporary Culture is produced in many places where the general audience just imagines civil war, pyramids, famine or cheese. Mediamatic Travel will connect local operators in the arts to professional visitors from abroad and peers. The goal is to enhance visibility and promote collaboration.
Suckling Pig Band in Guangzhou. -
Pigs are soo much more musical in mainland China
We’ll use 3 main channels: a global on line network, a shiny travel catalogue and an exhibition in Amsterdam, Mediamatics home base.
Mediamatic Travel will be an art project itself: utilising embedded tourism to achieve a global sensory network for creative innovation. Among our first batch of destinations are Cairo, Damascus, Novosibirsk, Tbilisi, Beirut, Kabul, Durban, Dubai, Nairobi, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Mexico City, Gaza City, Istanbul, Tirana, Prague, Kyoto, Detroit and Rio de Janeiro.
We are looking for key people around the world to work with us on this project.
If you live in a city so exciting worth showing off, there are a number of different ways in which you can participate in Mediamatic Travel. Linking into the global cultural underground, with a climbing level of involvement, you could become a friend, an agent, a guide or operator:
— Friends: Register to our site and make new friends using our social network tool.
— Guides: Conjure up city tours in you city, show people your work and / or the work of people you value.
— Agents: Advocate you and your city on the online network, make suggestions for people, places and venues to explore.
— Operators: Organise complete full package trips to the cultural scene of your city and region.
The local service will have a standard format and will be provided at a standard fee. The aim is to make the service profitable for all local parties involved.
Obviously there are many more ways to collaborate and we would love to hear your input and suggestions. We want you to join the Mediamatic Travel network!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Mediamatic Travel
For further information please visit www.mediamatic.net/travel or send an e-mail to
Lost in the Gulf -
Not with Mediamatic Tavel. (Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai 2008)
