The Spacestation media lab is closing down... : Melbourne Indymedia

The Spacestation media lab is closing down after a year and a half in existence. The lab will be closing its doors at the end of June, and will be winding up the open access experiment.

Spacestation is closing down because we've run out of energy and money, and don't have enough active members to keep the space open and functioning.

We're all very sad about the end of the Spacestation - over the last year and a half more people and groups than we could name have used the resources in the Spacestation to realise their projects. From websites to campaigns, flyers, film nights, using it to support protests and actions, for media pranks, longer term projects, to people just dropping in to check their email. We think that the Spacestation has served peoples direct needs and desires. And we've enjoyed being a part of the realisation of those needs and desires. Its been amazing to have met and work with so many incredible people. We want to thank everyone who has used or been a part of the Spacestation project.

There is very much the need for an open access media lab in Melbourne - the use of and interest in the Spacestation media lab is ample evidence of it. Hopefully it won't be too long until another open access media resource space is started. We would like the end of the Spacestation to serve as a starting point for discussions of what future open access media spaces would be and how they would work. If you have criticisms or thoughts on the Spacestation project, we'd love to hear them. We'll be posting this email up on Melbourne Indymedia so hopefully that can serve as a discussion space. We'll also try to set up some spaces in the future for discussion and workshopping the Spacestation project and media labs in general.

Thanks and solidarity from the Spacestation crew.