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'''Constant''' is a non-profit, artist-run organisation based in [[Brussels]] since 1997 and active in the fields of art, media and technology.
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[[Image:Constant_variable_logo_sticker_rood_appr.svg|thumb|350px]]
  
The artistic practice of Constant is interdisciplinary and inspired by many themes that criss-crossed each other: collaborative work, technological innovation, pipelined networks, software infrastructures, data-exchange, algorithms, experimental archives, new forms of (re)presentations, copyright alternatives, (cyber)feminism and the ethics of the World Wide Web.
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[[Image:Constant_arton1-2bd55.png|thumb|350px]]
  
Constant organizes different activities (work-sessions, residencies, workshops, exhibitions, presentations) on a regular basis for artists, creators and researchers who are interested in experimentations, discussions and exchanges.
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'''Constant''' is a non-profit organisation based in [[Brussels]] since 1997 and active in the fields of art, media and technology.
  
The thread running through Constant’s program is the use and support of open source software.
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Constant develops, investigates, supports and experiments.
  
Team:
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Constant learns from/ engages with/ practices from within feminisms. Constant is inspired by the principles of copyleft, [[Free software|Free/Libre + Open Source Software]] while formulating its own critic towards it. Constant loves collective, digital, artistic and thoughtful practices. Constant organises transdisciplinary, open-ended worksessions. Constant creates installations, publications and exchanges. Constant collaborates with artists, activists, programmers, academics, designers and more, sometimes briefly and other times for many years. Constant is inhabited and activated by various people contaminating it with their practices, sensibilities and experiences, each in their own way.
[[An Mertens]] (artistic research & project development),
 
[[Donatella Portoghese]] (financial direction & responsible for production/communication),  
 
[[Femke Snelting]] (artistic direction),
 
[[Peter Westenberg]] (artistic research & project development),
 
[[Wendy Van Wynsberghe]] (artistic research & project development),
 
[[Denis Devos]] (network infrastructure & web development),
 
[[Michael Murtaugh]] (digital research & project development).
 
  
; Publications
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Constant works with feminist servers, situated publishing, active archives, extitutional networks, (re)learning situations, hackable devices, performative protocols, solidary infrastructures and other spongy practices to stake out paths towards speculative, libre, intersectional technologies.
* https://www.books.constantvzw.org/
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* https://march.international/feature/constant/
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Unless otherwise noted, all content published on Constant site is available under CC4r licence. [https://constantvzw.org/site/-About-Constant-7-.html (2022)]
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The current team: [[Denis Devos]] (Brussels * fr),
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[[Mia Melvaer]] (Brussels * no/en/nl),
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[[Martino Morandi]] (Brussels * en/it),
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[[Élodie Mugrefya]] (Brussels * nl/fr/en),
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[[Michael Murtaugh]] (Brussels * en/nl/fr),
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[[Donatella Portoghese]] (Brussels * it/nl/fr/en),
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[[Wendy Van Wynsberghe]] (Brussels * nl/fr/en),
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[[Peter Westenberg]] (Brussels * nl/fr/en/de).
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Previous team members: [[Femke Snelting]] (2006-2021), [[An Mertens]] (2001-2021), [[Nicolas Malevé]] (2001-2014). [https://constantvzw.org/site/Team.html (2022)].
  
 
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* http://www.constantvzw.org
 
* http://www.constantvzw.org
 
* http://www.bamart.be/organisations/detail/en/40
 
* http://www.bamart.be/organisations/detail/en/40
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; Publications
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* https://www.books.constantvzw.org/
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* https://march.international/feature/constant/
  
 
[[Category:FLOSS]] [[Category:Libre graphics]] [[Category:Copyright activism]] [[Category:Cyberfeminism]]
 
[[Category:FLOSS]] [[Category:Libre graphics]] [[Category:Copyright activism]] [[Category:Cyberfeminism]]

Revision as of 15:32, 30 November 2022

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Constant is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels since 1997 and active in the fields of art, media and technology.

Constant develops, investigates, supports and experiments.

Constant learns from/ engages with/ practices from within feminisms. Constant is inspired by the principles of copyleft, Free/Libre + Open Source Software while formulating its own critic towards it. Constant loves collective, digital, artistic and thoughtful practices. Constant organises transdisciplinary, open-ended worksessions. Constant creates installations, publications and exchanges. Constant collaborates with artists, activists, programmers, academics, designers and more, sometimes briefly and other times for many years. Constant is inhabited and activated by various people contaminating it with their practices, sensibilities and experiences, each in their own way.

Constant works with feminist servers, situated publishing, active archives, extitutional networks, (re)learning situations, hackable devices, performative protocols, solidary infrastructures and other spongy practices to stake out paths towards speculative, libre, intersectional technologies.

Unless otherwise noted, all content published on Constant site is available under CC4r licence. (2022)

The current team: Denis Devos (Brussels * fr), Mia Melvaer (Brussels * no/en/nl), Martino Morandi (Brussels * en/it), Élodie Mugrefya (Brussels * nl/fr/en), Michael Murtaugh (Brussels * en/nl/fr), Donatella Portoghese (Brussels * it/nl/fr/en), Wendy Van Wynsberghe (Brussels * nl/fr/en), Peter Westenberg (Brussels * nl/fr/en/de).

Previous team members: Femke Snelting (2006-2021), An Mertens (2001-2021), Nicolas Malevé (2001-2014). (2022).

Links
Publications