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Definition of the type of management
they are responsible for, its mission and objectives.
We could define Terraza like a place where work is done in a very
cooperative way. We produce artworks, publications and events in
some areas where there is a cross-roads with visual arts, audio
visuals, electronic arts, music and literature. The main objective
is to foster the circulation among the members through work. Terraza
is a space of affinity. It has neither a specific shape nor a defined
way of proceeding. It is constantly adjusting to time, contexts
and ideas. Consequently, its sole mission is to remain as a space
of ties and affinity to stimulate group and collaborative work.
Besides encouraging the exhibition, circulation and dissemination
of works in an independent way.
We set up the web site www.terrazared.com.ar
as a space that is constantly running, and it is the most visible
proof of Terraza’s existence. There, we show works specially
made for internet and multimedia, and the magazine of out of the
ordinary topics, “Pires de Metal”, this has a room full
of artwork images by several visual artists and our own collection
of music and books, which we have been editing with no hurry. At
the web site, there is also a space for documentation and dissemination
of similar projects, like the “la vaca multicolor” /multi-color
cow/ or “furor” /hype/. Terraza is undoubtedly a self-managed
project.
Description of the internal organization
of its initiative, defining human resources they have and the job
each of the members do in the management.
The members are not always the same. At the moment, there are four
people that are the ones that make the general decisions. Other
people join us to work at specific moments. All of us have access
to working tools such as: digital design and publishing, as well
as, experience in this area, these are very important resources
to launch the web site, books and CDs. We also lend a hand to those
artists who do not handle these technologies. Terraza never set
up a regular schedule for its activities. There are more active
moments than others.
Set a maximum and minimum objective
projection and the expectations of the initiative, and assess the
external view upon it.
A maximum projection would be to make the network grow bigger and
welcome more people who agree on working in this way. The minimum
projection would be to keep on generating activities to work at
Terraza. There are different perspectives over Terraza, some people
think we are only devoted to art-net, they think we are very much
related with electronic art, it might be because we let us know
through our web site. They also think that we are a group that makes
group artwork although we feel that we are closer to a publishing
house, a producing agency or a laboratory. We also receive some
material from people to exhibit in the web site “terraza”.
Few are the times when a meeting of this kind has been produced
because we are not only interested in setting up an exhibition space
on the web, we do believe there is a job to be done, an exchange
of reflection and ideas to produce something together. Some other
people came to us with integrating proposals and those are the ones
we are more interested in.
Calendar and projects for 2003/2004
We want to work on some issues that are present in several of the
works done in Terraza, such as maps, cartography, distances, crossroads,
junctions, memories, souvenirs, narratives and temporalities. We
would like to work with people who are physically far away and who,
one way or the other, were part of Terraza. These topics would be
like woolen threads to knit the network that has so far been made.
Nevertheless, without knowing where these ideas would possibly be
developed or grown. We still do not know how this will be carried
out. We simply want to throw this message in a bottle out to the
sea and see what happens.
The idea is to draw up a game, propose the rules and make it circulate
in different ways. Thus drawing a kind of blurred network. The final
shape that this project can take is open. We have the possibility
of publishing some already printed material, audiovisual, interactive
or organize a library and use some internet space.
julia@terrazared.com.ar
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