The archipel medialab operates from a chain of islands that seperates the Wadden mudflats from the open North Sea. Annually a digital Terra Nova is explored from the Lab’s base station, situated on the Dutch island of Ameland. Partly the explorations are an extension of Gallery-Hotel Dit Eiland – a place for contemplation and restoration. But more in general these ventures are intended to find a novel context for certain local values. The MediaLab is crewed by various artists, writers and musicians, united in the use of the internet as an unlimited and vital space.
The archipel concept is focused on the rise of webbased islands. The geology of every island is a combination of cinema and interactive animation, thematic publications and weblogs.
The island that has been discovered recently is already called Zandoog (Sandeye) because of the theme that brought us there: sand. There is a dual meaning in Dutch for the word ‘oog’ meaning ‘eye’ as wel as ‘island’. In this respect Sandeye is about an insular perspective as well as an uncanny disturbance of view.
Sandeye is guarded by Timo Mank, the Archipel platform is founded and maintained by Timo Mank & SD Neno.