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[Outside V2_] The eTextiles Summer Camp 2013, Call for eTextiles Practitioners Posted by Jan Misker — May 06, 2013 05:11 PM
The eTextiles Summer Camp is a five day event that brings together expert practitioners of eTextiles and Soft Circuitry in one place to share their knowledge and skills through hands-on workshops, and facilitate discussions around their practices. We are looking for makers, designers, engineers and artists, who work in the field of eTextiles and soft circuitry to participate.
Kees Tazelaar Podcast, part II Posted by Arie Altena — Apr 26, 2013 10:59 PM
The second part of Radio Web Macba's podcast with the Dutch composer of electronic music Kees Tazelaar is now online.
Sounds Like Art Posted by Arie Altena — Mar 28, 2013 12:41 PM
Michel van Dartel curated the exhibition Sounds Like Art at Mu in Eindhoven.
Kees Tazelaar Podcast Posted by Arie Altena — Mar 28, 2013 12:41 PM
Radio Web Macba produced a podcast in the series Memorabilia, Collection Sounds With... featuring Kees Tazelaar. After the summer V2_ will publish Tazelaar's new book.
V2_ in 2013 Posted by Arie Altena — Jan 24, 2013 11:16 AM
What’s V2_ future, what are we going to do in 2013?
The winner is... Posted by Sofia Bustorff — Nov 14, 2012 11:45 AM
The opening night of the 8th Piemonte Share Festival announced the Share Prize 2012, under its theme 'Open Your City' and it went to Stanza, with honorary mentions to Mark Shepard and Antonine Schmitt.
Po-Ting Lee back in Rotterdam for final part of his residency Posted by Jan Misker — Nov 12, 2012 02:53 PM
Taiwanese artist Po-Ting Lee is back at V2_Lab for the final part of his residency. In Rotterdam he is collaborating with Maartje Dijkstra on the realization of their project.
DOTS Digital Art Magazine Cover Contest Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Nov 02, 2012 04:21 PM
Dots Digital Art Magazine is a digital iPad magazine that puts contemporary art in the spotlight using an innovative and interactive approach. DOTS is organizing a cover contest. Be published and win a Palm Top Theater device.
404 not found: We are cleaning up our websites Posted by Jan Misker — Nov 14, 2012 03:04 PM
Over the past years we have accumulated a large number of project-specific websites. Most of these sites are not in active use, and keeping them online is no longer possible.
N0things app now available Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Nov 02, 2012 04:30 PM
The app N0things (spelled N-zero-things) has been launched October 13th 2012. Available for free in the iTunes store! Download it and start collecting!
e-Pulse Festival 2012 Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Oct 12, 2012 10:12 AM
The ever so charming media art festival e-pulse opens its exhibition October 26 at Electron in Breda. V2_ spotted some familiar faces in the program: Bram Snijders, Julian Oliver and Tarik Barri.
Vote-Counter App for The People Speak Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Oct 02, 2012 05:05 PM
Although at the recent Dutch elections all voting computers where banned because of possible fraud, “The People Speak” asked V2_Lab to develop a Vote-Couter application to help them with their live events.
Palm Top Theater: Open Call for Content Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Nov 02, 2012 04:33 PM
We challenge all you makers out there to produce and share new content for Palm Top Theater, the device that transforms your iPhone into a 3D-theater in the palm of your hand. Product and browser app will be launched in Japan in November 2012.
Interview with Sebastian Frisch about SPASM 4 Live development Posted by Jan Misker — Sep 17, 2012 12:56 PM
Sebastian Frisch spent a few months in 2011 working on SPASM, V2_’s Spatial Audio Mixer, in the V2_Lab. After completing two theses on spatial audio in virtual environments, he decided to rebuild the tool entirely from scratch. Joris van Ballegooijen talked to him about the new version, SPASM 4 LIVE.
September Festival Highlights Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Sep 19, 2012 12:19 PM
Highlights from the 2012 editions of Ars Electronica, GOGBOT, Transnatural, PICNIC, Wereld van Witte de With and TodaysArt.
Denzipfaden by Maartje Dijkstra Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Aug 16, 2012 11:03 AM
Maartje Dijkstra is a fashion designer who participated in two “classic” V2_ projects. She made the crash suit for Exercise in immersion 4 by Marnix de Nijs, presented at DEAF 07 and in 2009 she designed the white dress for the Intimacy Series that was developed by Studio Roosegaarde and V2_. Like many other artists we’ve worked with we like to follow the work of Maartje Dijkstra who keeps combining technology and fashion. We just received some photos and videos of her latest project called Denzipfaden.
V2_Knowledgebase Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Jul 16, 2012 11:29 AM
Starting as an internal overview of projects related to V2_Lab’s research themes, the V2_Knowledgebase has grown into an extensive database of people, institutions and projects that is now freely accessible to anyone who wishes to use it. The knowledgebase is divided according to the Lab’s research themes: wearable technology, augmented reality and ecology.
Anouk Wipprecht: Made in China Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Jul 09, 2012 02:19 PM
Dutch fashion designer and former V2_ “Summer Sessionista” Anouk Wipprecht is in Beijing to lead a Wearable Technology workshop at Tsingua University.
E-Textile Waste Posted by Piem Wirtz — Jun 27, 2012 11:38 AM
This months's eTextile workspace started out with three presentations around the topic of recycling textiles and e-waste. Producers of eTextiles already encounter recycling problems on small scale productions of prototypes, so there should be a discussion to find recycling solutions before eTextiles and wearables start to be mass produced.
Selected Projects Summer Sessions 2012 Posted by Joris van Ballegooijen — Sep 17, 2012 12:51 PM
A brief introduction to the projects selected for Summer Sessions 2012.
