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The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has announced plans to open a large co-working space for 60 creative professionals and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
Located in Melbourne, ACMI X will be one of the first co-working spaces to be provided by a major cultural institution in Australia, CEO Katrina Sedgwick says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to put cultural entrepreneurship right next to art-making and see what comes out of those conversations,\u201d Sedgwick tells StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n
ACMI X is expected to house tenants from early April 2016.<\/p>\n
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It has been designed to promote collaboration, innovation, creativity and sharing of ideas, Sedgwick says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis space is about enabling that in a really unusual way through the prism of a museum like ACMI,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Growing the cultural economy<\/b><\/p>\n
Victorian minister for creative industries Martin Foley says ACMI X will provide an excellent opportunity for Victoria\u2019s cultural economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s this sort of creative approach and new way of working that will enable us to innovate and grow Victoria\u2019s $23 billion creative and cultural economy into the future,\u201d Foley says in a statement.<\/p>\n
Sedgwick says ACMI X is a 2000 square metre co-working space designed to foster organic growth of its creative community through inventive common spaces, bleacher seating, meeting rooms and brainstorming boards.<\/p>\n
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Co-located with ACMI\u2019s operational offices, ACMI X will house tech and creative professionals who will get access to an ACMI library onsite, events and mentors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re able to provide expertise around exhibitions, commissioning work, copyright, legals, business models, accounting, all of those things that are really important as you\u2019re starting up a business,\u201d Sedgwick says.<\/p>\n
Additionally, residents will have access to artists and experts from various fields like virtual reality, CGI and animation.<\/p>\n
Sedgwick says they are currently recruiting a studio producer to manage tenants and a monthly events program including pitch nights, expert presentations and networking.<\/p>\n
ACMI will also be partnering with REMIX Academy to bring down speakers to Melbourne.<\/p>\n
REMIX hosts quarterly summits in Sydney, London, New York and Dubai.<\/p>\n
Getting into ACMI X<\/b><\/p>\n
Professionals from a wide range of creative industries are invited to apply for desk membership.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d like to have filmmakers talking to game and web developers, we\u2019d like to have visual artists speaking to tech startups,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
There are 60 short and long-term places available by application only with full-time membership priced at $600 per month.<\/p>\n