Digital Culture – 50 projects selected

21 August 2024

general impression

Of the 102 subsidy applications taken into consideration, 50 are receiving grants. The quality of the proposals was generally high with a wide variety of project forms and themes.

selection

A few notable projects in this round were:

Spatial Media Laboratories – The algorithmic camera
Small, remote-controlled flying machines have been used for film productions since the 1980s. Despite the fact that they have undergone major technological development and the application possibilities have increased, they are still mainly used to film static aerial views. The Algorithmic Camera is a research project to investigate how the artistic and technical potential of drones can be more widely exploited in experimental film projects. One of the aims is to develop a new controller for drones that better suits artistic practice. The starting point of the project, which includes a new film project and a multichannel installation, is La Région Centrale. In this 1971 film project by director Michael Snow, a robotic camera produces increasingly astonishing images (on its side, upside down) by making circular and back-and-forth movements.

Wintertuin Curaçao – Curaçao commons
Curaçao commons identifies how joint management of shared resources is handled on Curaçao. Where there is currently a perception that community resources such as fishing grounds, beaches, water sources but also cultural heritage and infrastructure can only be effectively managed through government regulation or, in particular, privatisation, Wintertuin Curaçao wants to show that there are numerous examples of successful, sustainable rules and practices coming from within the community itself. A starting grant from the Digital Culture Grant Scheme will lay the foundation for an interactive multimedia platform that provides information and inspiration on managing and owning common resources. The platform is being created in collaboration with local designers, animators, videomakers, audio engineers, writers and journalists.

Robin Koek en Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet – De glace et d’eau
With their project De glace et d’eau, artists Robin Koek and Jean-Emmanuel Rosnet aim to draw attention to the profound ecological changes taking place around us, the consequences of which we can only dimly comprehend. Together with Pablo Diserens, a field recordist specialising in recording nature sounds, they are working on a spatial sound experience. The project involves a series of residencies and expeditions to glaciers in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to gain insights for a narrative that can appeal to a broad, international audience. Koek and Rosnet are working towards an immersive installation that makes people think about the rapid deterioration of glacial landscapes. Confirmed collaboration partners include IGE Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pléiades, FIBER, iii, Institut Français and APL Huddersfield.

You can see all the projects supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL under the Digital Culture Grant Scheme in 2024 here.

numbers

Of the 102 requests for subsidy taken into consideration, 50 are receiving grants. This brings the percentage of applications receiving grants to 49%. The available budget in this round was sufficient to award a grant to all these applications. The number of applications for a starting grant was very high at 61. More than half of them received a positive assessment.

Photo at the top: Draaimolen - New artifical landscapes