Articles
Essays and articles from V2_ books, interviews with artists, and various writings about V2_ activities, including reviews of events and exhibitions. This page displays the last additions.
Deep_Europe Visa Department
A report by Kit Blake (1997) about the Deep_Europe workshop at Documenta X.
Wespenkwak
Short report in the form of a blogpost about the symposium Vital Beauty at DEAF2012, written by John de Weerd.
We Are All Crew (Blowup Reader 4)
We Are All Crew is the fourth Blowup Reader. It was edited on occasion of the centenary of Marshall McLuhan's birth and the Blowup event at V2_.
Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0 (Text)
A text by Derrick de Kerckhove about the 2011 exhibition Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0.
Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0, information on the works
Short information texts about the works in the Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0 exhibition, part of the 'We Are All Crew' Blowup Reader.
Marshall McLuhan Interview – 1996
Fake interview from 1996 with Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980) by Gary Wolf, originally published in 'Wired'.
Excerpt from From Image to Interaction
An excerpt from Arjen Mulder's book 'From Image to Interaction' (2011), as used in the Blowup Reader 'We Are All Crew'.
Texts from the original Strategic Arts Initiative catalogue
Texts from the original Strategic Arts Initiative catalogue from 1986, by Derrick de Kerckhove and the participating artists.
Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0 (Introduction)
Introduction to the Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0 Exhibition, by Laura Berazadi.
We Are All Crew Reader (Introduction)
Introduction to the fourth Blowup Reader We Are All Crew, by Michelle Kasprzak.
Every Artist, a Journalist (Blowup Reader 2)
Every Artist, a Journalist is the second Blowup Reader. It collects texts on the subject of art as a form of journalism. (Free Download)
Wild Things (Blowup Reader 1)
'Wild Things' is the first in a series of Blowup readers. It collects several essays on the subject of media art for animals. (Free Download)
The Era of Objects (Blowup Reader 3)
'The Era of Objects' is the third in a series of Blowup readers. It collects several essays exploring the future of objects, beyond the clichéd fantasy of the flying car. (Free Download)
The Self Referentiality of Perception: the ear does not hear, the eye does not see
Lecture by Seiko Mikami during the Machine Aesthetics Student Seminar (1997).
Penetrating Deeper into the Temporal Lobe
Blogpost by Barbara Nordhjem about the performance of CREW at DEAF2012.
Kunst en wetenschap als de valuta van het verlangen
Blogpost (Dutch) about DEAF2012 by John de Weerd.
