V2_events during 2011
Palm Top Theater Exhibition
In the context of the IFFR "Palm Top Theater" was launched. For this exhibition, curated by Maki Ueda, more than 25 artworks were realized for this immersive cinema device.
Evolving Spark Network Exhibition
The spectacular installation "Evolving Spark Network" by Edwin van der Heide is installed for one week in V2_'s exhibition space. Come and visit us during the Rotterdam Museum Night or in the following week.
Book Launch: From Image to Interaction
After the success of Understanding Media Theory, V2_ is proud to present Arjen Mulder’s new book, "From Image to Interaction: Meaning and Agency in the Arts". Siebe Thissen, Katja Kwastek, Frits Gierstberg and Arjen Mulder will look back on 500 ...
Test_Lab: Active Listeners
This edition of Test_Lab will showcase new technology-inspired modes of live musical performance that radically transform the performer’s relationship with the audience.
The Vibrancy Effect - Expert Meeting
The expert meeting "The Vibrancy Effect", curated by Chris Salter, discussed the fundamental theoretical division between "living" and "non-living."
Sentient City Book Launch: The Future of Urban Space
Imagine future interactions that take place as computing leaves the desktop and spills out onto the sidewalks, streets, and public spaces of the city.
Test_Lab: Clothing Without Cloth
Material Explorations in the Field of Fashion & Technology. This edition of Test_Lab is curated by Valérie Lamontagne.
Homage to Dick Raaymakers
SPSound presents: Homage to Dick Raaymakers. Kees Tazelaar, Johan van Kreij and Ensemble 306 will present works of Raaymakers, with an emphasis on his electronic works. The program opens with a short, illustrated introduction about the critical ...
AR visions in the (far) future
V2_'s fourth AR expert meeting was held in preparation for the Art Exhibit that V2_ is organizing during the ISMAR 2011 conference in Basel.
Artbomb
artbomb is an art intervention is a nationwide call for participation & action to Express the value of art! Show your support for culture!
Dead Drops Master Class with Aram Bartholl
V2_ and Showroom MAMA are teaming up for a Dead Drops master class led by Aram Bartholl. Join us on June 29th!
Blowup: Wild Things
The first edition of Blowup will examine art and design projects that are created with animals in mind as the end users and active participants – not people.
Test_Lab: The Graduation Edition
In this edition of Test_Lab we celebrate the graduation of a selection of freshly graduated media artists from European art and design academies as well as the 25th edition of Test_Lab!
Translife - Media Art China 2011
After the overwhelming success in 2008 of the media art exhibition Synthetic Times – 95,000 visitors in three weeks! – the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) decided to make it a recurring triennial event. The Chinese like to take the bull by ...
Blowup: Every Artist, A Journalist
This edition of Blowup will examine the tension between documentary methods and artistic expression, and address where notions of truth and beauty fit in this mix.
Test_Lab: Summer Sessions 2011
New artworks by Kasia Molga, Julie Legault, Xiaowen Zhu, E-textile Workspace, Jelle Valk and Olav Huizer, developed at V2_ during this year's Summer Sessions. Music by AFTA-1.
Protei Press Conference
V2_ and the Protei team invite you to come to the press preview and presentation of Protei, an autonomous sailing robot for cleaning up oil spills in the ocean, during the Wereldhavendagen on September 2nd, 2011 in the port of Rotterdam.
Protei Exhibition
This summer, V2_ hosted an international team of designers and engineers on the development of Protei_006, the first full-scale version of the autonomous sailing robot that will clean oil spills in the oceans. The exhibition as part of Festival ...
Pilot Workshop Watch that Sound
WTS, LantarenVenster and V2_ present a new version of the educational software tool "Watch That Sound". On Friday, September 16, primary school students demonstrate in a pilot workshop how they create their own soundtracks using this unique software ...
Summer Sessions ISEA2011
In this special edition of V2_'s Test_Lab program at ISEA2011, a selection of the outcome of the Summer Sessions 2011 will be presented. As it is custom to V2_'s Test_Lab, the projects will be demonstrated live and the audience will be invited to ...
