This is mostly of interest for Norwegian and Nordic readers, but the experimental network organization PNEK (i.e. “Production Network for Electronic Art”) has published a report on the first four years of their exists. PNEK was created to promote collaboration and knowledge production in the Norwegian electronic art scene, and was one of supporters of the Generator.x events in Oslo last year.

For more information about the PNEK and the Norwegian network model for the support of electronic art, read this previous post. Last year a decision was made to continue the PNEK project past its initial four year trial period, but the details of the future of the organization and in particular its finances are uncertain.

The report is unfortunately only available in Norwegian. While much of the statistics and straight facts are only relevant to PNEK, there is also an article by Grethe Melby about the network function in Norway. This could be of interest to other countries looking for a model for supporting the electronic arts.

Download the report here:
http://pnek.no/pnekrapport_2001_2005.pdf (PDF, 4 MB)