Events

DEAF - Dutch Electronic Art Festival

admin — 2009-04-01T14:00:00Z

DEAF is one of the most important international festivals focusing on art and media technology, and can be regarded as a showcase for research and production of new media art. The festival started under the name Manifestation for the Unstable Media in 1987 and got its new name - DEAF in 1994. DEAF features an extensive program addressing art, technology, science and society.

DEAF presents a wide range of program segments, including a large exhibition of artworks and installations, concerts, performances, seminars, workshops and an academic symposium.

The festival is characterized by a thematic approach. Its aim is to present current developments and themes in art in our technological culture, to a diverse audience. This festival in Rotterdam is the ideal place for representatives of various networks to meet and inspire each other, stimulating the international critical debate.

The next edition - DEAF2012 will take place from May 16-20 (international program) and from May 17 - June 3, 2012 for the exhibition.

Some original DEAF websites can still be accessed here

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Life & Art_series

Joris van Ballegooijen — 2009-04-01T13:50:00Z

Life & Art is a series of events produced by V2_, for the purpose of researching the ever-growing intertwinement between life and art. The processes by which we sustain and shape our lives simply can’t be controlled from the top down: they work from the bottom up. All modest activities at the micro scale interact and coalesce into the macro systems by which our world is organized. Messy actions downstream lead to solid connections upstream. We present this scenario to artists, designers, urbanists, philosophers and scientists and challenge them to come up with ideas, concepts and scenarios that rethink and redesign the city in crisis.

The new bottom-up paradigm of interactivity, emergence and complexity is now becoming vitally important in agriculture as well. It strongly informs environmental questions and green thinking. Urban agriculture, homegrown fashion, advanced bioart and guerrilla gardening are some of the themes arising. Genetic technology and organic farming are also tools for gaining access to the self-organization of life.

Blowup_series

Joris van Ballegooijen — 2011-05-25T12:55:00Z

Blowup is a series of events and exhibitions that explore contemporary questions from multiple viewpoints. Blowup zooms in on ideas, bringing into focus clear pictures of how art, design, philosophy, and technology are transforming our lives -- or reinforcing the status quo.

Each Blowup event will provide a deeper understanding of a theme relevant to this moment in time. Some events will ask you to be hands-on, and some will involve just listening or looking. No two events will be the same: Blowup events mix artists and theoreticians; mix formats; challenge assumptions; and take risks. Investigating topics ranging from art for animals to speculative designs for future objects, each Blowup will surprise and inform.

Alongside each event, a Blowup Reader exploring the theme with texts from a wide range of sources will be released in e-Book format.

The Blowup events are curated by Michelle Kasprzak.

Collection of Blowup Readers

Test_Lab_series

Joris van Ballegooijen — 2009-04-01T13:45:00Z

Since 2006, V2_ has organized a bimonthly public program under the name Test_Lab. The target group consists of artists, scientists, technicians, theorists and students carrying out work at the cutting edge of the various disciplines that work with digital media.

Although each edition has a specific theme, Test_Labs have a low entry threshold and are therefore always accessible for a wide audience of interested people. New developments in the field of artistic research and development (aRt&D) are demonstrated, tested, presented and discussed at the Test_Labs. The programs offer a broad context for new work and work in development, bringing together specialists from a wide range of scientific and artistic disciplines, young creators, students, and theorists in an informal setting. In each individual Test_Lab program, a different aRt&D subject is tackled through an individualistic, constantly changing, and informal format.

Because input and feedback from experts, colleagues and potential users/audience members is crucial in the development process of interactive art, audience participation is an important component of these programs. Thus Test_Lab offers participating artists, scientists, technicians, theorists and students a unique informal, art-oriented test environment (usually absent in the studio or laboratory), and the always-present hands-on elements mean no visitor leaves without trying, experiencing, making or testing something new. At Test_Lab, visitors thus often transform into participants, and participants into their own audience. In this playful manner, each edition of Test_Lab offers a glimpse behind the scenes of artistic research and development. Entry to Test_Labs is free.

Upcoming Events

admin — 2010-01-06T16:40:00Z

Past Events

admin — 2009-05-14T14:35:00Z

Find an overview of events that have taken place at V2_. You can see a video stream of each event, if one is available, by clicking the link on that event’s page.