SOCO (Social Contemporary Center for the Arts) is an exhibition/ project space in Amsterdam, which has been opened since October of 2005. Exhibitions focus on the area between applied and fine arts taking place on a regular basis. SOCO Amsterdam is actively involved as a production house, providing artists with assistance towards the realization and exhibition of new artworks. Through past exhibitions, SOCO has produced and exhibited sixteen large scale projects as well as a numerous art-related events by national and international artists. SOCO is financed without subsidies, by means of private funding and commercial sponsors. The four exhibitions which take place throughout the course of this cultural season, explores the relationship between artist, exhibition space, financier and audience. As a research project, SOCO's goal is the redefinition of the functions as well as the form of the contemporary art institution.