Currently, MIDE researchers (with its current director, Ana Navarrete as Principal Investigator) lead this research project, as part of the National project entitled “Vocabularies for a Network of Archives and Collections of Media Art and its Effects: Metaliteracy and Knowledge Tourism” (with the professor of the Carlos III University of Madrid, Miguel Ángel Marzal as its Principal Investigator). It was won in the call for R&D projects of the state program for the promotion of scientific and technical research of excellence (State Subprogram for Knowledge Generation) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
The Spanish Archive of Media Art aims to locate, classify and promote all art and new media production developed in Spain or deposited in collections and centers in Spain from its origins (in the mid-20th century) to the present. With the support of the MINECO VOREMETUR project of excellence (Vocabularies for a Network of Archives and Collections of Media Art and its effects: metaliteracy and knowledge tourism), the Carlos III University of Madrid and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, with teams made up of researchers, professors and professionals, work on the search, compilation, cartographic construction and promotion and dissemination of Spanish Media Art.