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Media Art Funding. An international survey. 1. Introduction Commissioned in April 2011 by Les Jardins des Pilotes and conducted by Annette Schindler, the international media arts funding survey aims to give an international overview on the funding situation of media arts. The survey does not, however, offer a comprehensive list of funding structures and their history in the different countries. It is no mere coincidence, that the study was commissioned at a time of massive funding cuts for culture in the Netherlands and the UK. It raises the question whether the fundamental changes taking place in these countries, as well as the ongoing discussions about media art funding in other countries, are part of a broader development, and how such a development might be connected to the current state of media art as an artistic field and as a discourse. The goal of this survey is to understand if the shifts we observe have a common direction, and if trends can be recognized across several countries. http://www.mikro.in-berlin.de/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Media+Art+Funding+Survey The survey is in BETA. If you want to comment on or add to this survey, please, write to the CRUMB list or to <ab (at) jardinsdespilotes.org> with your remarks, or for wiki-access. This survey was commissioned by Les Jardins des Pilotes and co-sponsored by Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts ICS of the Zurich University of the Arts. Conducted by Annette Schindler. Many thanks to all interview partners who have contributed so generously! Andreas Broeckmann / Stefan Riekeles http://www.jardinsdespilotes.org