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Alex Adriaansens

Director of V2_

Alex Adriaansens studied at the Royal Academy for Art and Design in 's Hertogenbosch (NL). With Joke Brouwer he is one of the founders of V2_. Art, science and technology and how they critique and construct the realities we live in is a major point of interest in his presentations. As the artistic director he’s also responsible for the DEAF bi-annual festival one of the major European festivals on art, science and technology.

Phone: +31 10 206 7272

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Alex Adriaansens is active in several advisory commitees (a.o. Frank Mohr Institute, NL; Witteveen Bos Award, NL; ), advisory boards (a.o. Transmediale, D; TEKS, NO; China Media Arts tri-annual, CN; ISEA; Todaysart Festival, NL; eArts, CN) and has been a guest curator for several exhibitions (a.o. Meta.morf, NO; MOCA, TW; Itau Cultural, BR).

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Interview V2_Organisation

A text, based on an interivew with Alex Adriaansens and Joke Brouwer about V2_, from the Book for the Electronic Arts (2000)

Book for the Unstable Media

In "Book for the Unstable Media" artists and scientists involved in media art ask themselves the question of how to deal with the hegemony of technology in art and society.

Interview V2_Organisation (2000)

Interview with Alex Adriaansens and Joke Brouwer about V2_, published in 'Book for the Electronic Art' (2000)

Urban Tendencies - Lectures: report

Report by Nadia Palliser about the Urban Tendencies lectures

Mission

Media and technology are omnipresent in contemporary society, and the same technological developments that are changing communication, production, trade, urban culture and medicine, are also transforming the arts.

DEAF's Dynamiek

DEAF's Dynamiek is an interview with Alex Adriaansens, on DEAF03 (Dutch).

Book for the Electronic Arts

"Book for the Electronic Arts" describes 25 years of developing electronic art, necessitating a continuous reevaluation of the classic concepts of art.

Kick off DEAF2012

The Dutch Electronic Art Festival - DEAF - makes a big come back next year. The 2012 edition of DEAF takes place from May 16 till June 3 in both Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and explores ‘The Power of Things’.

Alex Adriaansens

Symposium on Media Art / Design Laboratories

Opening of the "Tsinghua Media Arts Research Laboratory" with a symposium for international media labs in Beijing.

Media Libraries and Archives for the 21st Century

Alex Adriaansens and Rui Guerra talked about V2_'s approach to digital archiving at LABoral's "Symposium of Media Libraries and Archives for the 21st Century" in Gijón, Spain.

30 Years V2_

V2_ turns 30! We’ll celebrate this milestone in a range of ways this year, starting with the DEAF festival’s closing club night at WORM, May 19.

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