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V2_ at Operator Radio 7 February 2019

V2_ hosted a show on Operator Radio on Thursday 7 February 2019.

Interfacing Realities

This is the original HTML-page with the text of the presentation of V2_ at dX (Documenta X) in Kassel on 21 August 1997.

It is with great sadness that V2_ has to announce the passing of Alex Adriaansens, long-time director of V2_Lab for the Unstable Media. Alex died on 30 December 2018, after several years of struggling with cancer.

Performance art piece spends four days trying to reverse Brexit

Article by Lanre Bakare about Jonas Lund's Operation Earnest Voice, published in The Guardian on 11 January 2019.

Invitation Alex Adriaansens 1953-2018

We are deeply saddened by the loss of V2_'s cofounder and director, the born optimist and pioneer Alex Adriaansens. A farewell service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, 7 January 2019, at Arminius, Museumpark 3, Rotterdam. We will gather ...

Alex Adriaansens, V2_ [1953-2018]

Obituary by Alessandro Ludovico.

Balls to the Wall

Article by Robert Barry about Philip Vermeulen's installation, Boem Boem Physical Rhythm Machine, published in The Wire, February 2018.

Ruben Jacobs on Artonauten

A video interview in which Ruben Jacobs talks about his new book 'Artonauten, Op expeditie in het Antropoceen' (2018). (Dutch).

Media Art Meetup I Presentation

These are the notes Arie Altena used for his presentation about Art & Technology for the first Media Art Meetup on the 27th of November 2018.

Kunst en het Antropoceen: planeet Aarde als ultieme inspiratiebron

Onlangs kwam bij V2_Publishing het tweede boek van de socioloog Ruben Jacobs uit: 'Artonauten. Op expeditie in het Antropoceen'. Op 21 september spraken V2_'s Arie Altena en Ruben Jacobs in Amsterdam over de rol van kunst in het Antropoceen.

Summer Sessions Videos 2018

Short video interviews with all the artists that did a Summer Sessions residency at V2_ in 2018.

Nederlandse e-cultuur-beleid niet langer toonaangevend

An interview with Marleen Stikker (Waag), Michel van Dartel (V2_) and Anne Nigten (The Patching Zone) on the current cultural policy and e-culture in the Netherlands.

Im/Materials

Im/Materials is the title of the research trajectory of V2_Fellow Andreas Broeckmann

Expert Meeting Sensory Augmentation in Public Space

Verslag van de SAPS-expert meeting bij V2_Lab voor de instabiele media in Rotterdam, 4 juli 2018.

Art and Autonomy interview

Sebastian Olma's book 'Art and Autonomy: Past, Present, Future' (2018) asks what artistic autonomy might mean at a time when art is fully commercialized and aesthetics has become the guiding principle of economic production and policymaking. The ...

Sebastian Olma on his book Art and Autonomy

Sebastian Olma talks about his book 'Art and Autonomy, Past, Present, Future' (2018).

Raumklang Reflections

During their one-week residency at V2 in March Zeno van den Broek and Robin Koek developed the virtual framework that will serve as the groundwork for further development of their work Raumklang. In this text they offer their reflections on the ...

Thirty-five years of V2_ and unstable media: a portrait

V2_ started 35 years ago as an artists initiative in Den Bosch. Now it's a 'Lab for Unstable Media' in Rotterdam. A sketch of 35 years V2_.

Techniques of Existence

Interview with Rick Dolphijn, by Michelle Kasprzak. From the ebook Speculative Realities (2012).

35 jaar V2_, 35 jaar instabiele media

35 jaar geleden werd V2_ opgericht in Den Bosch. Nu is V2_ een Lab voor de instabiele media, gehuisvest net om de hoek van de Witte de Withstraat in Rotterdam. Een schets van 35 jaar V2_ en 35 jaar instabiele media.