http://openstudio.media.mit.edu
WHAT IS OPENSTUDIO?
OPENSTUDIO is web + art + community + economics. It is an open ended experiment that couples a very simple drawing tool with an economy of artists, curators, collectors, dealers and viewers. Members can create and modify drawings, set prices and licenses, exchange and exhibit work, view financial records, and commission one another. Because OPENSTUDIO is experimental, we continually add features and take others away. We know that the system is not perfect, but it was never meant to be. Please enjoy it as it is with its quirks.
CURRENCY
The foundation of our online economy is the "Burak" currency (named after the trustworthy Burak himself). You can earn Buraks by selling your artwork.
OPENSTUDIO breaks free of the shackles of the tired gallery/patron model representative of the classic schmism between the creative and the lucrative. It is a declaration of the new post digital ideals: transparency, community, and cooperation, yet grounded in economic reality.