Reimagining the art institution as an open source civic organisation

Dillon, Teresa

Abstract

Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is an encompassing term, which refers to the licenses associated with making the source code that is the instructions and language per se, which define how software works and is made available for others to read, modify and share. Providing a brief history of FLOSS, this paper presents a hypothetical situation, whereby elements of FLOSS are applied to reimagining institutional change within the context of a contemporary arts venue and organisation. Framed as an artistic intervention, the art institution’s structure and its existing forms are considered as the living materiality of the practice. The paper presents a set of processes, defined as ‘Acts of Transition’, whereby the values of Free Libre and Open Source are collaboratively explored with the institution’s staff and executed together, across and within the organisation’s teams. As ‘Acts of Transition’ they aim to support more commons-based peer-production processes, by reimagining the arts organisation as an open source civic organisation.

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: ISEA 2017
• Start Date: Jun 11, 2017
• End Date: Jun 18, 2017
• Acceptance Date: May 16, 2017
• Publication Date: Jun 11, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 641-644
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/886164
• Publisher URL: http://www.isea-archives.org/docs/2017/proceedings/ISEA2017_Proceedings.pdf
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ISEA2017 Manizales BIO-CREATION AND PEACE
• Contract Date: May 2, 2018