The building is an old film academy and was squatted in 1999 by a group of artists. Eerste Hulp Bij Kunst (EHBK), a non-profit that funds cultural initiatives, then bought the building in 2006. It is used as a multi-mediaalternativecultural centre, comparable to projects in other Dutch cities such as Extrapool in Nijmegen
and WORM in Rotterdam.[1]
OT301 is a venue for music and films, a non-profit print shop, artists workspace and an 'organic cultural kitchen' (a vegan restaurant) called De Peper. Formerly, it housed the offices of European Youth For Action and Green Pepper magazine. OT301 received the Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunsten (Amsterdam Prize for the Arts) from the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst on 23 August 2007 from Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen.[2]
