P.A.P.A. , Participating Artists Press Agency
Country
Netherlands
Profile
P.A.P.A. = participating artists press agency. P.A.P.A. is in development. P.A.P.A. Platform will be ready and launched September 2010.
P.A.P.A. will be a worldwide network of artists/correspondents that manufactures news together.
http://www.papaplatform.com, a shared photoblog is an account of the research necessary to find out how the P.A.P.A platform should be organized.
The first exploration took place November 2008 as an Artist in Residency with http://www.drik.net. See http://www.errorist.net
The coming year 2009/2010 P.A.P.A. Platform will be designed on the spot with artists and photojournalists on all continents in P.A.P.A. Labs. The finds of P.A.P.A.Lab on world tour will lead to the design and launch of the P.A.P.A. Platform September 2010.
P.A.P.A.Lab will visit Lagos Nigeria, Sao Paulo Brasil, Rotterdam the Netherlands and Bishkek Kyrgystan the coming year. P.A.P.A.Lab will look for equivalents in situations and events taking place in public space around the world. In order to design ‘new’ newscategories. Design newsworthy actions
P.A.P.A. Lab was in Lagos Nigeria guest of www.africanartists.org from the 7th till the 28th of September 2009.
P.A.P.A. Lab was in Sao Paulo Brazil from the 7th of November till the 6th of December 2009. Hosted by freeDimensional.
After the P.A.P.A. Platform has found its definite shape the P.A.P.A.Lab will continue to operate as a travelling service that unites correspondents on location. Share finds and develop working methods. Initiates workshops. P.A.P.A.Lab will organize public presentations and culture shock therapy.
Supported by Arts Collaboratory for
Running a PAPA Lab with one of the Artscollaboratory members. Develop the platform.