ursuppe is a public service for contemporary art in Denmark, amplifying events, archives, and highlights, as well as providing a pinboard. Built on an artist-run, anti-authoritarian, and open-source ethos, we are organized as a platform cooperative. The users, collaborators, and partners who create the content that we provide are what constitute ursuppe.
We are a political platform, critiquing the establishment while recognizing the need for engagement to drive structural change. We seek to enhance accessibility and inclusivity in contemporary art, as well as software culture, bridging digital and physical spaces.
ursuppe is local and therefore rooted in what can be considered "Denmark". Not to confuse with any nationalist ideals, but the local is what makes us sustainable and the field of contemporary art in "Denmark" is reasonably small and can therefore be considered local. Our codebase is, as mentioned, open source and is encouraged to be copied and adapted for other localities (see also point 8 of oco principles).
We operate on open source principles, distributed under an ethical license (CNPLv7). This allows users to access, modify, and distribute the software provided it does not promote harm, discrimination, or conflict. Commercial use is limited to cooperatives and other worker-owned organizations. We host software workshops, particularly as hackerspaces, to encourage participation from diverse communities.
To ensure diversity and political awareness, our core working group artist-editors curates the highlighted content of the platform and conduct workshops to examine our collective stance. We work for equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized. Our organizational structure combines an Open Commons Organization (oco) with a worker-owned platform cooperative model.
ursuppe want to stand clear with our solidarity for Palestine as well as condemning other oppression and occupations of imperialist violence. We recognise the historically inequitable social reality of both contemporary art and software communities and the dominance of patriarchal and capitalist structures and behaviours within them. We aim to create an inclusive space as a disruptive action to change this history.
Membership and donations
Open Collective is our platform for news, members registration, donations, transparent budgeting, as well as working schemes.
To become a member or make a donation sign up through our Open Collective page.
Working groups
There are five primary working groups in ursuppe; artist-editors, software developers, system administrators, organisers, and designers. All of which distribute awareness of the platforms existence and cause, and contribute to development and maintenance of the digital platform.
We are always open to new members contributing through our working groups. For more information on how to get involved write us on ursuppe@kollektiv.email.
Working group: artist-editors
Artist-editors are editing ursuppe. Their function is to curate, publish, highlight and edit content.
Working group: software developers
Software developers are behind the systems of ursuppe. Their function is to write and maintain code.
Working group: system administrators
System administrators ensure that ursuppe is sometimes being served.
Working group: organisers
Organisers are behind the organisation and administration of ursuppe. Their function is to organise social events such as hackerspaces and workshops, administrate finances, and distribute information.
Working group: designers
Designers are behind the visual identity of ursuppe. Their function is to research and define the platform's user experience and interface in collaboration with the software developers.
Administration and finances
Open Collective is our platform for news, members registration, donations, transparent budgeting, as well as working schemes.
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Codebase
GitHub
https://github.com/ursuppeeppusru/ursuppe
Software
ursuppe is built using Python, Django, Wagtail, GeoPy, Chota.css, leaflet.js, and openstreetmap.
The animation in ursuppe is inspired by a rain-animation created by Yannick Brandt, which itself is based on an animation by Eddie Song.
We don't use any trackers, only technical cookies like csrf-token, which don't compromise your privacy or carry over to other browsing sessions.
Hosting
Server
ursuppe is hosted on a server running in a medicine cabinet on the re-configured network of Funen Art Academy, therefore the stability of ursuppe is in an extreme precarious state until 22/06/2024. Hereafter we will ensure to move it to a sustainable hosting service.
Domain
The domain name is hosted at one.com.
Licenses
CNPLv7
ursuppe is open source and distributed under an ethical license (CNPLv7) which grants users the rights to access, modify, and distribute the software if it does not cause harm, discrimination, or conflict. Commercial use is only allowed for cooperatives and other worker-owned organisations.
Open Commons Organization
An Open Commons Organization (oco) is an invocation or prescription of a type of organization already almost existing, which holds great promise for creating equitable and just economies of human and planetary sustainability.
Open Commons Organization Principles
1. Commoning
An oco provides a value for its members as a commons.
2. Control the means
The means for providing the value is controlled by the oco.
3. Not-for-profit
An oco does not earn profit for it's members. Any surplus is used within the oco, for helping other ocos or as a signal and opportunity for degrowth.
4. Egalitarian
The governance of an oco is egalitarian, in the sense that each member is equal to any other member in the governance of the oco. The specific type of governance is up to each oco.
5. Informal
Since an oco is not a legal entity, it is a planetary form of organization. It has no borders and no national laws controlling it.
6. Ecological
Ocos are of the planet and strives to sustain and repair it.
7. Open and voluntary membership
There are no limits as to what type of beings can be part of an oco. The amount of members on the other hand, is governed by princip les 1 and 6. In case of overflow, see principle 8.
8. Multiplying
Ocos will organize, network and multiply through decentral means, on a planetary scale. Services and products necessary for the operation of the oco, are sought in other ocos or coops.
9. Intersectional feminist
No one lives in abundance until everyone lives in abundance.
10. Performative
Every oco is created by the being-members, and it can never be formally defined, only performed.
Platform Cooperative
A platform cooperative is a cooperative via a computing platform.
Cooperative Principles
The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice.
1. Voluntary and Open Membership
Cooperatives are voluntary organisations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
2. Democratic Member Control
Cooperatives are democratic organisations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. Men and women serving as elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary cooperatives members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and cooperatives at other levels are also organised in a democratic manner.
3. Member Economic Participation
Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. Members usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes: developing their cooperative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership.
4. Autonomy and Independence
Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organisations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organisations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their cooperative autonomy.
5. Education, Training, and Information
Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their co-operatives. They inform the general public - particularly young people and opinion leaders - about the nature and benefits of co-operation.
6. Cooperation among Cooperatives
Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.
7. Concern for Community
Cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their members.
Privacy Policy
ursuppe is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "ursuppe”, “we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).
The type of personal information we collect
We ONLY collect and process the following information, from the consent of content creation:
Name, address, e-mail, social media information
We make an effort in NOT using trackers or unnecessary cookies for growth purposes. We only use technical cookies for login sessions performed by our editors.
How we get the personal information and why we have it
The personal information we process is provided to us directly by you through voluntary contributions (e.g. events, archive, pinboard). The purpose of this is to display correct information related to your organisation's page or pages, and related information submitted by you for publication on our site.
Your contact information
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing any personal information are:
Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us on ursuppe@kollektiv.email
We use the information that you have given us in order to perform our services of hosting archives, events and posts.
We may use the information to contact you for editorial reasons.
We do not share this information with third parties other than what is published on our website or in our print publication.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored on our server. We will retain any information we have published indefinitely as part of our online and/or print archive. Personal information not published, for example personal contact information.
Your data protection rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at ursuppe@kollektiv.email if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at ursuppe@kollektiv.email
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