Associació Cultural OKNO

National Network
Spain
Address

c/ Hospital 107, 4o 2a
Barcelona
Spain

Telephone
+34 93 443 6881
E-Mail
quijotada.okno@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+34 647 004 319
Mobile Phone (other)
+34 651 161 786
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
-Cultural Association. Consists of the Board (6 pers.), members (40) and volunteers. -Budget 2008: 18.000EUR; 2009 32.000EUR. -Sources of funding: public grants; membership fee; entrance fee in some activities. -Principal project: Festival Supras, international and interdisciplinary free culture happening. Creating network with other European and international cultural projects. -Main partners: FixC (FIN) (www.fixc.fi); HANGAR (ESP) (www.hangar.org); Refraction team (SRB)
Mission and Objectives

To examine the most urgent issues in contemporary culture, the production of cultural events and the emergent manners of producing culture (free/libre culture, OpenSource licences, the possibilities and problematics in the free circulation of cultural artefacts), combined with the classical, common-sense, and popular dimension of culture (seminars, workshops, concerts, cinema events). Eventually, we try to create collective awareness and develop concrete values on actual cultural production, both material and non-material, both traditional and modern, and make visible the common denominators between them.

Main Projects / Activities

2008, 2009: Festival Surpas (free and popular culture), interdisciplinary and international cultural event (www.festivalsurpas.org).
2009: Production of Radiomensió -project, an experimental office of communication and participation. An initiative to share popular knowledge through new technologies (http://radiomensio.wordpress.com/memories/).
2007: Organization of the encounter Face Retama. Bringing together musicians from Morrocco, Finland and Spain. A tour in Finland and in Spain of the ensemble.

Contact (1) Full Name
Matias Kauppi (president)
Head of the organisation
Directive Board (assembly)
Contact (2) Full Name
Vanessa Ruiz Torres (secretary)