PlanetNext

Today it appears as if art has entered the mainstream. Not only are the various international biennales and triennials sponsored by the biggest multi-national corporations, but they also form an important part of promotional strategies for tourism in their regions. Similarly, new contemporary art museums like the Tate Modern in London or the Guggenheim in [...]

Luca Faccio, one of the founders of PlanetNext and a professional photographer, is launching in early July the project “Schoepfwerk without words“, a series of 35 photography workshops distributed between now and summer 2012 in Vienna, Austria. The project, born of the cooperation between PlanetNext, the NGO ARGE and the Association of the Youth centers [...]

PlanetNext opens its doors, with a large dose of humility, but also with great enthusiasm and optimism. Several months ago a group of us—journalists, artists, professionals from various fields—gathered informally to discuss the issues that each felt passionately about and we realized that there were common threads weaving through the disparity of positions and aspirations. What we all did share was a basic consideration: that the media…