In Public is the ongoing exploration of the intersection of art and technology by community organizer, theorist, multimedia artist & musician Yuri Rybak. Yuri’s work examines the ways in which the internet is redefining the production and distribution of culture in the 21st century. In Public explores the emerging school of thought known as ‘platform theory’ which is concerned with the limits of current paradigms for cultural distribution on the internet and hopes to imagine more equitable and productive models.

Over the course of the coming year, In Public will deploy their grant to document and explore a variety of online cultural communities and creators. We will author and distribute a newsletter (titled In Public) highlighting communities and individuals doing exciting work at the intersection of technology and culture. This will be electronically released and then compiled and printed into a physical zine. We will commission, print and distribute a Zine & LP from the $Crash community, an onchain collective of artists, designers & musicians exploring the meaning of air travel and theories around its cultural position. Lastly, this funding will support a series of ambient musical works that will be released onchain and later as an LP by In Public founder Yuri Rybak. The process of making and distributing this work will be covered in the newsletter.

In Public is a fiscally sponsored project of the Allied Arts Foundation.

If you'd prefer to donate by check, please make check payable to "Allied Arts Foundation" and indicate "In Public" in the memo line. Checks can be mailed to:

Allied Arts Foundation
Care of Media Law Group Inc.
999 N Northlake Way, Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98103