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Mutant space
mutant space is an online co-operative, based in Cork, Ireland, that freely resources the development and production of independent arts projects.

The co-op was formed in response to the growing difficulty of producing independent work, work made outside the narrow confines of mainstream culture. Work that suffers due to a lack of information, knowledge and access to a good skills base.

So how does it work? As with all co-operatives, it works by individuals collectively pooling resources for their own mutual benefit. These resources are then available to the entire membership so that everyone can play, create and produce new work, no matter who they are, where they are, what they do or when they do it

As well as the site itself, mutant space also has a arts and culture online monthly magazine, “The mutation”, the mouthpiece for the members of the co-op. It also works on helping members promote their events, encouraging and developing new working relationships with members across the country and is always looking to improve its existing tools and resources. Taking its influences from the works of Lewis Hyde and Burning Man as well as the philosophy of Beuys, mutant space aims to build a creative space, an artistic economy that can offer a practical working alternative to the existing status quo that dominates our cultural landscape