BACKLAB

ABOUT BACKLAB... backlab is a community, a pool, a group of creatives sharing resources. visual, audio or literature, experimental, practical or scientific - art under one roof, one name for all. no regional borders but regional teamwork, no global contest but global communication. art is no war but backlab is a defender. founded in 1998 backlab is dedicated to be a platform for artists with new ideas and the will to cooperate and share. the founders - the members of neun volt - soon collaborated with other artists agreeing to their idea of a collective spirit which offers all participating artists more possibilities through a strong foundation but never narrows the room for artistical freedom. so backlab soon changed its course from a mainly music-orientated community to a free-for-all-arts communication center. up to now musicians, graphic-designers, web-designers, writers, film-producers, djs and many more can be found in the backlab collective. the artists in this collective aim to collaborate closely with the other members of the network but the individual people behind the projects are focussed strongly on their own projects as well. even then the backlab collective can be used for helpful tasks like project-management, organisation and advertisment and merchandising. often backlab artists of different fields perform together at one event. bands, djs and visual artists combine the various influences of their work to create a completely unique atmosphere. sharing ideas remains the most important factor for backlab artists. no matter where the artists working-place is - from the backlab headquarter in Weitersfelden (upper-austria) to Vienna, where some artists live - the spirit of backlab can be felt beyond all boundaries.