Alta Tecnologia Andina - ATA

ALTA TECNOLOGIA ANDINA [ATA] is a private, non-profit cultural organization, created with the objective of helping the development of a new critical and dynamic culture based on the use and growth of the relations between art, science and technology in Latin America.

Based in Lima, Peru, the foundations for this development involve the promotion and support of young professionals' projects, without distinctions of creed, class or race, that show capacity, innovation and research vocation.  Through this encouragement and support, ATA identifies and shapes individuals – with proved excellence – in the role of activators in every field of human endeavour. These individuals are committed to the use and exploration of technologies, media and culture as they seek to develop areas of communication and dissemination of knowledge to contribute to their societies' development through an understanding of the use of technology in a critical way. Thus, ATA believes in the integration of the social with advances in research, by recognizing that issues such as independence and innovation confer competitive advantages on an international level.

ATA’s main concern is in providing support and a platform for the future cultural and artistic training and development of individuals, who are also encouraged to assume complete commitment in activating a new epistemological triad, composed by art, science and technology. They believe it is upon this new epistemology that the 21st century world culture is already developing, and by doing so, pointing to the formation of a new community in Latin America, where participation, provided by the establishment and consolidation of national and global information networks, will define new axes of development.

The main activities of ATA are:

(1) Research and Exhibition of what ATA defines as “Insular Areas of Media Creativity in Latin America”: this program has been progressing over the last five years.  It is based on researching and making visible the work of artists from regions in Latin America that are unknown to an international audience, and subsequently touring their works not only in Western venues, but also in the region from which these artists come.  The artists’ works usually highlight key issues that bridge the social, the political and the cultural. 

(2) Media Art Awareness and Collaborations through Exhibitions and Festivals in Peru and Latin America: For more than one decade ATA has been inviting artists and theorists from all over the world to present works, workshops and talks.  The integration with local artists provide a unique opportunity of cultural exchange for the latter in the different ways of creation using digital media, at a time when more traditional media seem to be locally under the dictates of international trends.

(3) New Media Education and Production: Since its inception, ATA has been facilitating the production of new media projects that require the growth and exchange of knowledge among artists (both novel and experienced), technicians, producers and creators.  The idea is to generate a richer process out of mixed sources as well as higher standard international projects.

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Propagaciones project by artist Leo Nunez (Argentina) in Lima

Young Peruvian experimental muscians in concert

Network Partnerships

The Prince Claus Fund has an extensive international network of individuals and organisations. With a select number of organisations that are active in various cultural fields around the world, the Fund has forged formal long term agreements to work together.

Each year two network partners are chosen by the Prince Claus Fund. The selection is made by the Prince Claus Fund and its international board of advisors. No open applications are accepted for this programme.
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For information on the Network programme please contact Joumana El Zein J.elzein@princeclausfund.nl