Vessel is a non-profit, independent cultural organization dedicated to contemporary art, particularly socially engaged art, which started in April 2011 in Bari, Italy, via funding from ‘Principi Attivi 2010’ issued by the Puglia region (Southern Italy). W-Est provides a platform for the development of socially engaged practices and critical discourses on contemporary art in relation to the cultural, social, economic and political issues that affect people on a regional and transnational level. Thus, reflection on transnational issues, have evolved via practices that are imbricated in local geographies and their social relations in the Southern Italian context of extensive regeneration and cultural development. Vessel intends to create a virtual-sharing platform in order for other institutions to support each other within an already established Euro-Mediterranean network.