Introducing Living Media Art, LI-MA’s Online Interactive Community Platform 

A community-driven space rethinking how we engage with media art

Living Media Art is a new online platform shaped by and for the media art community. Rooted in Amsterdam and expanding through an international network, it offers an ever-evolving space to share knowledge, ask questions, and showcase projects. Developed and powered by LI-MA, the platform invites collective participation in rethinking how we access, care for, and discuss media art.

At LI-MA, collaboration and knowledge-sharing are central to our mission. Over the past year, we’ve worked closely with artists, institutions, researchers, and technologists to rethink how we involve our community in the core activities of media art preservation and dissemination. The result is Living Media Art: a space dedicated to circulation, care, and co-creation.

The official launch is planned for 1 September 2025, but over the coming months we will be working hard to test, refine, and expand the platform through hands-on use. The goal is to make our work more transparent, inclusive, and collaborative through an open digital infrastructure.

A Collaborative Approach

LI-MA has developed and hosted various digital platforms over the years, but Living Media Art marks a shift: a more collaborative, inclusive, and interactive public space for knowledge-sharing in media art.

Shaped in collaboration with Florian van Zandwijk (studio mot) and guided by insights from our community, the platform is designed as a fluid ecosystem that evolves through use, dialogue, and feedback. It is not a finished product, but a growing tool, co-created by and for its users.

On Living Media Art, you can ask and answer questions, share research-in-progress, case studies, links, videos, books, and participate in open discussions on media art topics. It’s a place to exchange ideas, connect across disciplines, and reflect on the challenges and possibilities of digital art today.

Pilot sessions began on 1 June 2025, involving artists, curators, institutional partners, and digital practitioners. These sessions will test features, shape interaction, and inform how Living Media Art can serve as a robust resource for both professionals and the public.

A Response to Changing Times

The vision for Living Media Art first emerged during the 2020 lockdown, when LI-MA translated its Cultural Matter programme into a hybrid digital format. This model expanded through later projects like UNFOLD and Transformation Digital Art, revealing both a broader audience and new methods for engaging with digital and time-based works.

From these early experiments, Living Media Art has grown into a long-term initiative. It reflects LI-MA’s commitment to decentralised access, collective knowledge, and care-based infrastructure for media art.

Living Media Art is proudly initiated by LI-MA and reflects the organisation’s mission to nurture sustainable access to media art. It is a space for showcasing projects, engaging in dialogue, and shaping the future of media art together.

Living Media Art is supported by Cultuurloket DigitALL and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.

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