99 cultural and media organizations united among 28 countries to safeguard diversity

Reset!, the independent European network launched by Arty Farty in Lyon in 2022, currently brings together 99 independent cultural and media organizations in 28 European countries acting as spokespersons for diversity and pluralism in Europe.
 

The network amplifies the visibility of individual members: theater and music producers, creative agencies, small publishers, eco-sustainable festivals, literary and artistic agencies, concert halls, independent radios, music and culture webzines, cultural associations, medium and large municipalities, foundations and much more, spread across an even larger territory than the Europe of 27: from Armenia to Portugal, from Sweden to Ukraine with the creation of professional networks and a series of initiatives including workshops, a campaign on social networks, meetings and joint productions on which 110 professionals have worked.
 

An innovative editorial collection never put together before is added to the network: an open source atlas (free, in English) divided into two parts for a total of 9 volumes - the first 8 are a useful agenda for knowledge and cultural tourism on the continent and the ninth, just presented, is a concentration of 'advocacy' that provides policy makers with real and applicable tools to improve the European cultural ecosystem with particular attention to the countries of the Eastern area and of new inclusion in the Single Market. Each proposal has been built in collaboration with other European actors, be they public institutions, such as the City of Lyon, other European networks such as LiveDMA, experts such as Framasoft, or specific members of Reset! affected by the proposal.
 

The network aims to highlight the difficulties and specific needs of today's cultural independence, which is neither under the control of public authorities nor affiliated with large private groups.
 

Working together to redesign (reset) the cultural and media landscape in Europe is the main objective of Reset!. In its second year of life, Reset! and its members intend to declare the common need to promote and support their shared values ​​such as pluralism, diversity, equity and sustainability in view of the next elections for the renewal of the European Parliament.
 

The experimental and innovative approach of independent cultural organizations, adapted to the customs of the next generations, is the best to face the great challenges of our time: from ecological concerns to equity, passing through inclusion, technological decentralization, rights of work, territorial reconnection and more, in particular to bridge the generation gap in public cultural policies. And culture is the great absentee from the debate for the next European elections.
 

The non-partisan network Reset! believes it is essential to resist the continuous trend towards concentration taking place in Europe in the cultural, musical, publishing and media fields, which, together with the growing commodification of creativity and art, seriously puts at risk the existence and survival of independent culture, as well as creative freedom, artistic diversity, pluralism of opinion and, more generally, the growth and consolidation of alternative stories and voices, both nationally and internationally, within and beyond every border. Freedom can only be experienced and exercised if resources and opportunities are equally accessible, not dependent on external control, influence and coercion exercised by autocratic public powers and monopolistic and sprawling private groups.
 

Europe is at a turning point in an inauspicious moment in which war has reappeared on the continent, independent media and cultural actors are subjected, now more than ever, to various threats, from disappearance to repression to the seizure of power, together with continued economic concentration of their sector.
 

Despite their weakening, these organizations are nevertheless well equipped to respond to the tensions Europe is facing, continually developing new approaches and narratives to navigate the current complex conjuncture of economic and political interests, as well as dangerous power dynamics.
 

A few days before the European elections, the independent cultural organizations and media members of Reset! intend to raise a warning about the dangers our sector is facing and offer our contribution to the rewriting of a new cultural, social and democratic manifesto.
 

Arty Farty from Lyon, the lead association of Reset!: 'We invite all those who share our vision of a fair European media and cultural landscape to join us and help transform these demands into concrete actions.
 

We, the independents, form an ecosystem whose work is essential to the growth of any creative initiative in the territories we represent on the European continent and beyond. We create a cultural and media scenario rooted in engaged communities, aimed at young people and socially aware. We believe in a vision and know-how that are fundamental to the future of our culture. We believe in European and global cooperation, in the ability to weave relationships and to open up to what is new, unknown, different, other. For us, cross-sector co-construction is key to the future of our work.
 

Ahead of the European parliamentary elections, we will work to influence the way public policies are designed within the European Union. In particular, we will encourage the reallocation of financial resources through a more balanced distribution towards cases of social, political and environmental emergencies.
 

'As well as raising the alarm about the state and commodification of culture in the Europe of 27, we want to bring together all those who aspire to redefine the essential meaning of cultural independence, the way in which sectors interact and relate to public authorities and the private sector. We can offer an important contribution in bringing citizens together around an alternative vision of culture where independence has a central role; create a sense of community through creative initiatives and influence public policies with a view to greater social awareness.
 

We believe that by making our voices heard in unison and starting to support these elections we can develop a new founding act of a new European paradigm for culture, media and art that is fair and inclusive for all, both inside and outside the borders of Europe, without forgetting future generations', say the Reset! network.
 

Main participants (Italian members of the network in bold, consult the website to check the latest memberships): 20ft Radio — Ukraine ∙ Act Right — France ∙ Alter Ego (X) — France ∙ Ankali — Czech Republic ∙ Are We Europe — Netherlands ∙ Art Quarter Budapest — Hungary ∙ Arty Farty — France ∙ Arty Farty Brussels — Belgium ∙ Auróra — Hungary ∙ Babel International — France ∙ Bandswith — Belgium ∙ BASIS Vinschgau Venosta — Italy ∙ BAZAAR — France ∙ Bi:pole — France ∙ Bijat — Kosovo ∙ Black Artist Database — UK ∙ Borshch magazine — Germany ∙ C/o pop — Germany ∙ Cameltown — Belgium ∙ Canal 180 — Portugal ∙ City of Brussels — Belgium ∙ City of Lyon — France ∙ Come Play With Me — UK ∙ Consentis — France ∙ Cultivamos Cultura — Portugal ∙ Culture Next — France ∙ De Structura — Estonia ∙ DE/MO — Netherlands ∙ Drugstore — Serbia ∙ Dublin Digital Radio — Ireland ∙ EBB Music — Netherlands ∙ Eho Animato — Serbia ∙ Electropark Festival — Italy ∙ Elevate Festival — Austria ∙ Fairly — France ∙ Femnoise — Spain ∙ Flumi — Spain ∙ Fonoteka Elektrika — Bulgaria ∙ Fundación Uxío Novoneyra — Spain ∙ Garp Sessions — Turkiye ∙ Girls* to the Front — Poland ∙ Ground Control — France ∙ hely[i] — Hungary ∙ InFiné — France ∙ Inkonst Cultural Centre — Sweden ∙ Insomnia — Norway ∙ Intonal Festival — Sweden ∙ ISBN books+gallery — Hungary ∙ Kajet — Romania ∙ L’Observatoire des Politiques Culturelles — France ∙ La forêt électrique — France ∙ Laboratorium — North Macedonia ∙ La Vallée — Belgium ∙ Lahmacun Radio — Hungary ∙ Lazy Women — Hungary ∙ Le Guess Who? — Netherlands ∙ Les garages numériques — Belgium ∙ Magma — Belgium ∙ minimal.lt — Lithuania ∙ mital-U — Switzerland ∙ MMN — Hungary ∙ Motsion — Czech Republic ∙ Mutant Radio — Georgia ∙ MUTEK ES — Spain ∙ Nêga Filmes — Portugal ∙ Noods Radio — UK ∙ Oramics — Poland ∙ PAIKKA — Hungary ∙ Palanga Street Radio — Lithuania ∙ Parallel 62 — Spain ∙ Parsec — Italy ∙ Pigeon Team — Portugal ∙ Pioche! Magazine — France ∙ PIP — Netherlands ∙ Pixelache — Finland ∙ Radio Quantica — Portugal ∙ Radio Plato — Lithuania ∙ Radio Sofa — France ∙ Réflexivité(s) — France ∙ Resonance FM — UK ∙ Reworks — Greece ∙ Robida — Italy ∙ Rocknrolla Producciones — Spain ∙ Seanaps — Germany ∙ Sister Midnight — UK ∙ Skala Magazine — North Macedonia ∙ Sounds Queer — Austria ∙ Soundwall — Italy ∙ Sphere radio — Germany ∙ Stichting Trasformatorio — Netherlands ∙ TAC, Temporary Art Centre — Netherlands ∙ T+U — Hungary ∙ Tempest of Noise — Belgium ∙ Threes productions — Italy ∙ The Art of Social Change Podcast — France ∙ The Shift Project — France ∙ Tropisme — France ∙ Unsound — Poland ∙ Vinylbox Napoli — Italy ∙ Whisper Not Agency — Spain