ComputersForArt.org is a non-profit organization which aims to promote the re-use of redundant technology, such as computer/office equipment, through collecting and storing such equipment for use by artists in public exhibitions. The organization is based in Glasgow, Scotland, and has facilities to transport and store almost any number of computers. At present we have around 100 computers, both Apple Macs and PCs, around 100 monitors of varying proportions, and a raft of other equipment including printers, scanners, televisions, videos, video cameras and other such equipment. We welcome donations of almost any kind of equipment, be it hardware, software, office furniture or other. This resource is available for use by artists in Glasgow, and has been used by several artists since it was made available. Artwork made with the equipment has been shown in several Glasgow galleries, and we hope to establish our own permanent space to act as a free computing centre for the public to use, and also as a space for artists to try out projects with technical assistance and in a safe environment. (via pasta and vinegar) Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
