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Sustained Artistic Literacy

"Direct action through creation"

Relic Studios is building a collective infrastructure for creative work—one that helps artists organize, protect, and share digital assets and documentation. We enable open collaboration through transparent licensing, preserving artistic literacy by maintaining the knowledge behind the art, not just the final work. Our purpose is to empower creators to operate independently while remaining interconnected, sustaining artistic literacy as both a skill and a shared economy.

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Community-Owned

Not profit-first growth, but long-term sustainability. Artists maintain ownership, attribution, and access to the tools and data they help create.

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Open Collaboration

Built on FOSS ideals, ensuring progress remains open. No creation becomes locked behind ownership.

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Ethical Data

Artists retain ownership of their datasets. Opt-in partnerships with revenue sharing and transparent attribution for all uses.

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Shared Economy

Collective licensing redistributes income to creators. Grant funding supports open-source art infrastructure.

Ways to Get Involved

Join the Artist Network

Contribute to the shared archive and gain access to collaborative tools, resources, and opportunities.

  • Build your artist portfolio with controlled access and licensing visibility
  • Access shared resource library (textures, shaders, scripts, datasets)
  • Participate in collective licensing revenue sharing
  • Collaborate on projects with secure groups and file exchange
  • Preserve your techniques and workflows in our versioned knowledge base
  • Maintain full ownership and define how your data is used

Build Open-Source Tools

Help develop the platform infrastructure and contribute to tools that reinforce creative independence.

  • Work on FastAPI + PostgreSQL + MinIO/IPFS distributed storage backend
  • Develop React + Next.js frontend features
  • Build AI-assisted organization systems (embedding models, metadata generation)
  • Contribute to FOSS-aligned codebase supporting creative freedom
  • Shape the future of artist-owned creative infrastructure
  • Collaborate with artists and researchers directly

Partner with Us

Schools, festivals, and research organizations can partner for archival, educational, and cultural initiatives.

  • Educational access to creative archives and documentation
  • Student and faculty collaboration opportunities
  • Festival and event visual production partnerships
  • Research data access for computational media studies
  • Grant-based funding collaboration for open-source art infrastructure
  • Regional creative archive nodes for local preservation

Collaborate on Projects

Work directly with Relic Studios on creative projects, technical development, or strategic initiatives.

  • Live performance and event production collaboration
  • AI-driven visual content development
  • Motion graphics and generative art projects
  • Technical consultation for creative infrastructure
  • Custom tool and workflow development
  • Strategic partnerships for sustainable creative systems

The Platform

Phase 1: 2026-2027

We're building a web-based platform that connects artists, developers, and researchers through shared archives of creative resources. The system organizes and distributes stored knowledge—from design assets and code to creative workflows and documentation.

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Artist Portfolios

Linked personal archives with controlled access and licensing visibility

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Resource Library

Version-controlled database for textures, shaders, scripts, and visual systems

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AI Organization

Automated tagging and recommendation for creative assets

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Collaboration Tools

Secure groups for projects, contracts, and file exchange

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Knowledge Base

Wiki-like documentation preserving techniques and workflows

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Distributed Storage

IPFS and MinIO for decentralized, resilient data preservation

Roadmap

Phase 1: 2025-2026
Foundation & Community
Establish core collective of artists, developers, and collaborators. Define shared values, workflows, and collaborative frameworks for sustainable creative work.
Phase 2: 2026-2027
Archive Development
Build the shared archive platform. MVP featuring asset upload, tagging, artist portfolios, and initial resource library for collaborative creative work.
Phase 3: 2027-2028
Platform Expansion
AI-assisted organization, collaboration tools, and versioned knowledge base. Onboard institutional partners and expand FOSS infrastructure.
Phase 4: 2028-2030
Network Growth
Distributed storage scaling, recommendation systems, and collective licensing framework. Revenue sharing and ethical data partnerships established.
Phase 5: 2030+
Global Framework
Decentralized nodes for regional creative archives. Cooperative ownership governance ensuring artistic effort feeds those who make it.

Ready to Join?

Relic Studios grows through intention, not scale. We connect with artists, developers, and collaborators who share our values and commitment to sustainable creative infrastructure.

Community Application

This isn't a traditional application—it's a conversation. We want to understand your work, your vision, and how we might collaborate to strengthen the creative community together.

This helps us understand where you are in your journey and how we can best support each other.