Category: Kripties Fundación
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Who vouches on digital platforms
Desde hace unas semanas participo como verificador en la plataforma Eurosky/mu.social. La fundación que presido, Kripties, ha sido designada verificadora de confianza en la red social europea. Ahora puedo poner junto a la cuenta de otra persona una marca que dice «esta cuenta es quien dice ser». Lo cuento con ilusión y, precisamente por eso,…
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Three months for an outcome
I preside over a small foundation, and everything that follows could be read as the complaint of someone who struggles to demonstrate what they do; thus I begin by conceding what must be conceded. The demand to measure is reasonable and, in large part, is a victory. Public and private money must be justified, and…
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The trajectory that cannot be commenced
To establish a foundation in Spain, it is sufficient, in practice, to have thirty thousand euros: the law presumes that endowment to be enough. It is a high figure for an individual and a low one for an institution. What the law does not say is what happens the following day. The following day begins a problem of circular structure that…
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The hand that funds
There is a question that cultural organisations avoid asking ourselves aloud, perhaps because the answer is uncomfortable: to what extent is what we can say and do conditioned by those who fund us? I pose this from within, not as an accusation. I direct a foundation with a constrained budget, dependent on grants and support, and I know that this matter...
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Who feels invited
The entire conversation regarding art and society occupies the foundation I direct, yet it tends to look in only one direction: who produces, who finances, who consecrates, who mediates. The other side is missing, and it is the most uncomfortable: who receives, who feels invited, and above all, who does not. The audience of the...