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The vision of SQUID
With SQUID we facilitate a space for what we have come to call the "parallel" knowledge that emerges from an investigative, creative process. It could involve research performed for a project or an interest that enriches one's work. The contributions are thus not necessarily limited to a discussion of art per se, but rather focus on the local experiences derived from diverse individual or collective practices in the cultural field. The basic idea of SQUID is to offer a site where these kind of texts can be made accessible to a wider audience.

Why public events?
One of several approaches to let an audience encounter the SQUID project is to arrange public events. We see this as an important way to display the project since it offers a possibility to meet people face to face. We have carried out these events in cooperation with institutions, galleries and other cultural platforms. We actively search for new situations and contexts to work within. The public events are a way to create a physical "interface" - a situation where experiences, knowledge and reflections can be generously shared across genre borders.

Cooperation with the weblog Point of View
In 2008 Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt initiated a cooperation with Martijn van Berkum, who runs the group weblog Point of view. The cooperation is based on the fact that both SQUID and Point of view deal with tacit knowledge and the implicit interests, research and engagements that run through the work of cultural practitioners. Each of them offers unique contexts from which texts are produced and published. At SQUID one finds text by people who, through invitations only, contribute generally at one occasion; at Point of view the authors contribute on a regular basis and write in a more immediate response to their environment.

The blog, which has become an integral part of the SQUID website, currently hosts seven contributors. They write about everything they see from their personal perspective. They live in different cities around the world, work in different disciplines and have different beliefs. As such the weblog attempts to create context and differentiation in cultural practices, a 'point of view'.
We invite you to participate. If you're interested, please contact us at: mail[at]point-view[dot]net

The initiators
In 2005 SQUID was initiated by Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt [SE]. The weblog Point of View was initiated in 2007 by Martijn van Berkum [NL]. Since 2008 they run SQUID together.

Please contact us if you have questions or want to know more!

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.................................................... Search texts Chronologically By author Thematically ....................................................	................................................................................................................................................................................ The basics of SQUID When you enter the studio of practically any artist, you may find yourself stepping into a world of ideas. This metaphor could also be used for the work of many other professionals in the cultural field. A manifest work is often the tip of an iceberg. What is the complex of knowledge, interests, detours, and fascinations that amounts to it? SQUID is run by the artists Katja Aglert [SE], Janna Holmstedt [SE] and Martijn van Berkum [NL]. We continuously invite artists, musicians, writers, curators, philosophers and other practitioners in the cultural field to write in relation to the engagement and driving forces that runs through, or parallel to their own work. Browsing the website you will find interviews, reportage, essays, research as well as scripts, prose and poetry. The subjects are as diverse as the participants. For example you can read about disappearing homing pigeons, black magic in white media, the University of the Forest in Brazil and much more. These contributions also function as a foundation for any of the activities that we choose to arrange and engage in - in the name of SQUID. But above all, SQUID is a site for interesting reading! / Katja Aglert, Janna Holmstedt and Martijn van Berkum Read more... ................................................................................................................................................................................ The vision of SQUID With SQUID we facilitate a space for what we have come to call the "parallel" knowledge that emerges from an investigative, creative process. It could involve research performed for a project or an interest that enriches one's work. The contributions are thus not necessarily limited to a discussion of art per se, but rather focus on the local experiences derived from diverse individual or collective practices in the cultural field. The basic idea of SQUID is to offer a site where these kind of texts can be made accessible to a wider audience. Why public events? One of several approaches to let an audience encounter the SQUID project is to arrange public events. We see this as an important way to display the project since it offers a possibility to meet people face to face. We have carried out these events in cooperation with institutions, galleries and other cultural platforms. We actively search for new situations and contexts to work within. The public events are a way to create a physical "interface" - a situation where experiences, knowledge and reflections can be generously shared across genre borders. Cooperation with the weblog Point of View In 2008 Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt initiated a cooperation with Martijn van Berkum, who runs the group weblog Point of view. The cooperation is based on the fact that both SQUID and Point of view deal with tacit knowledge and the implicit interests, research and engagements that run through the work of cultural practitioners. Each of them offers unique contexts from which texts are produced and published. At SQUID one finds text by people who, through invitations only, contribute generally at one occasion; at Point of view the authors contribute on a regular basis and write in a more immediate response to their environment. The blog, which has become an integral part of the SQUID website, currently hosts seven contributors. They write about everything they see from their personal perspective. They live in different cities around the world, work in different disciplines and have different beliefs. As such the weblog attempts to create context and differentiation in cultural practices, a 'point of view'. We invite you to participate. If you're interested, please contact us at: mail[at]point-view[dot]net The initiators In 2005 SQUID was initiated by Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt [SE]. The weblog Point of View was initiated in 2007 by Martijn van Berkum [NL]. Since 2008 they run SQUID together. Please contact us if you have questions or want to know more!