A proposal to AECID for the Spanish Presidency of the European Union 2010 on a new eInfrastructure for Arts and Culture between Europe and Latinamerica.

1. Anilla Cultural,
Anella Cultural
Anel de Cultura
Cultural Ring
Euro-Latinoamericana
(2009-2010).

2. A project of
AECI
(Agencia Española de Cooperacion
Internacional)
in colaboration with
SEACEX.

3. The Future Internet and
the Arts and Cultures
eArts, eCultures
Media:
HD/3DVideo/Visualization/Telepresence
eScience
Computation:
Supercomputació/GRIDs/Clouds
Research Networking:
Lambda Networking,4G...

4. Previous project:
Catalan Anella Cultural (2006)

5. 1. Connecting cultural centers in Barcelona
and the rest of Catalonia cities
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Teatre Bartrina - Reus
Teatre Principal - Olot
Anella Cientifica
(RedIris), Al-pi,
Abertis telecom
Aj.BCN.
Teatre Monumental - Mataró
Teatre de l’Escorxador - Lleida
IP network between 5mbps and 1Gbps symetrics

6. 2. Converting theaters in digital
networked media platos
• 2 portable Pcs
• 1 Audio card
• 1 HD projector
榓 Amplified system of
audio
• Audio mixer.
• Sony Anycast station
• DVTS software

7. 3. Sharing cultural events
Fes tiva ls of
poetry
G uided vis its
M a s ter
C la s s es
S em ina rs
C onferenc es
P erform a nc es
G a m es

8. “Difussion is where technology offers the best
opportunities for the opera in the XXI century” J.
Matabosch. Artistic Director El Liceu. A live opera
reception from Reus, 100km from Barcelona.

10. Metamembrana, Marcel.li Antunez,
first project of network artistic
creation, 2008

11. From project to experimental service
July 2009, The Department of Cultura and Media of the
of Catalonia Gov., the CCCB and Transversal
agreeded in transforming the project as an eInfrastructure
for the cultural sector.

12. La Anilla Cultural, The Cultural Ring
Next step in cooperation between
Europe and Latinamerica.

13. Opera Oberta, Since 2002

14. Art Futura 2007
http://www.rnp.br/es/noticias/2007/not-071026.html

15. Electronic Learning Singing
Amsterdam-Sabadell 2008.

16. Bahia-Citilab Oct 2009
ePormundos Afeto
Dança Telematica

18. Cultural Ring: General Goals
To develop an advanced Internet service leaded by the artistic
community itself(user driven experimental service):
• To facilitate the colaboration between cultural institutions that
knows each other, i.e CCCB-Centro Cultural Sao Paulo
• To discover what are doing other institutions and sharing events
with them, ie. Centros de Cultura AECID.
• To allow cultural creators to start new productions because of the
Cultural Ring , i.e. Metamebrana latinoamerica-europa
• To promote the creation of national cultural rings in each country or
region, as experimental services connecting the arts community
from and outside the universities.
• To engage the Research Networks and private companies in each
country to facilitate cultural rings as a virtual services based in
public-private partnerships over such infrastructures. i.e. Anella
Cientifica/RedIris, Abertis, Barcelona City Hall,...

19. Technical Requirements
• An heterogeneous platform.
– From 10Gbps to 10 mbps to 10 kpbs
– From 8K images to 8kbit sensors
• A symetric communication model
– Beyond the broadcast model.
– Sharing live and on-demand productions
• An inclusive platform for
– Big pipe countries (Spain, Brasil,...) but also small pipes ones ( Colombia,...)
– Big cultural institutions (Liceu,...) but also small municipal ones.
• An experimental platform based in
– Open equipment and
– Open software.
• A sustainable service
– Beyond the demo phase.
– Sharing cultural agenda annually.
– Acceptable Policy of Use in accordance with Rns and all the participants.

20. Opening up GEANT3 and RedClara to
Arts and Cultures.

21. Initial participants
• Institutions:
– Latin America
• Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brasil,
http://www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br
• Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico
• Museu Antioquia, Colombia, http://www.museodeantioquia.org
• Centros Culturales de AECID (Peru, Guatemala, Argentina, Costa
Rica, Ecuador,Mexico, Sao Paulo...) www.aecid.es
– Europe,
• CCCB, El Liceu, Mercat Flors,Xarxa Transversal, Citilab ,Centro
Arte Reina Sofia, Sabadell Ciutat de la Musica,... (Spain), Centre
Pompidou (France), Manchester Digital Development Agency (UK)
• Academic networks:
– RedClara y las redes academicas nacionales latinoamericanas
(RNP,RENATA, Reuna,CUDI....www.redclara.net
– (GEANT,RedIris, RENATER,...)
• Research Groups:
– i2cat, GTMDA-Universidad de Bahia, Konic Thr, Hangar,Marcel.li
Antunez,...SAT (Montreal)

22. Contact persons:
Artur Serra,artur.serra@i2cat.net
Belen Simon, bsimon@cccb.org