STEIM in Amsterdam needs our help
Thu May 22, 2008 10:24 am
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Dear colleagues,
How many of you know and love STEIM in Amsterdam? It is a Center for research & development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts. Laboratory, workshop, international meeting place, artist hotel, production office, live electroacoustic music, DJ's, VJ's, theater and installation makers, video artists and nomad studio. [http://www.steim.nl]
Not only is their founder and long time director, Michel Waisvicz, very ill with colon cancer, but during one of his cognizant days last week, news came that STEIM was losing its long time governmental structural funding.
The international community should quickly send letters of support to help save this very important Dutch institution.
Jack Ox
Following is the letter I have received from STEIM:
Things are not well at STEIM. We are
in the danger of losing our structural funding from the government,
based on a review from the advisor board which called us 'closed and
only appealing to a niche audience'. The outlook isn't exactly bleak,
but at the moment our future is unclear.
As we see you as an important friend and colleague of STEIM, we would like to ask you to help us present our case that we are connected to a diverse network of professionals and that our work has significant influence on both a
Dutch and an international community.
What you can do is to send a letter of support, and make sure we
recieve it by May 26. We hope that these letters will show the variety
and depth of the effect STEIM has in the real world. The contents are
up to you, a few good lines will suffice. You could tell how you or
someone you know benefited from their contact with STEIM: making or
refining an instrument or an idea for a performance or meeting fellow
artists, or what you feel would be lost if STEIM ceased to exist, or
waxing aphoristic, just 12 words about STEIM.
Also include some specific details of your context: as an artist or
educator or musician or code hacker - so your place in the world will
be visible for the committee. A letterhead with your organization or
institution and your position or title above your signature are small
things that can leave an impression.
As for how to reply, time is of the essence so email is the preferred
option. If you have time to scan a printed letter that's great but we
can print emails or faxes as well.
Unfortunately we have only a short period for our response, so we would
like to receive your letter by May 26. You can address the letter to
the Council for Culture.
Please send your letter to:
Email: knock@steim.nl (knock@steim.nl)
Fax: + 31 (0)20 6264262
Address: Achtergracht 19, 1017WL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You can also send a letter using this form
http://www.steim.org/steim/funding_in_danger/index.php?doc=reageren&lang=EN
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