New book: A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands
Jap Sam Books recently published 'A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands', which, of course, also features quite a bit of the history of V2_.
The impressive A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands is edited by Sanneke Huisman and Marga van Mechelen, and features newly written articles by a.o. V2_'s Arie Altena, and ex-V2_'s Anne Nigten and Sandra Fauconnier.
The book is published by Jap Sam Books and made possible with the generous support of the Creative Industries Fund NL, Mondriaan Fund, LIMA and V2_.
From the website of the publisher:
A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands: Platforms, Policies, Technologies is of interest to those both within and outside media art: to individual artists, researchers, art historians, art institutes, art museums, curators and students in the field of art, art history, new media and visual culture.
This edited volume offers an in-depth exploration of Dutch media art from 1985 onwards from many different perspectives. Through early access to the Internet, state subsidies and dedicated institutions and festivals, a vivid counter-cultural environment and a cosmopolitan artistic and intellectual scene the Netherlands hold a unique position in regards to the development of media art.
Introduced by four chapters that retrace the main events and actors (governmental institutions, festivals and other art venues, artists and curators) of media art over the past 30-plus years, the volume is divided into five parts that examine different aspects of the media art scene. The inception and subsequent developments of video and digital art, as well as their critical and institutional reception, the hacker/squatter/maker scene in all its different guises, activist stances (particularly in regards to mass media), combined with the material, cultural and infrastructural conditions that allowed the expansion of these art forms, explorations and expressions, are all thoroughly examined in generously illustrated essays, written by artists, scholars, curators and critics. Attention is also given to CD-ROM and net art, VJing, sonic arts, television, robotics and live cinema, mapping a complex and fascinating artistic geography at the borders of technology, politics and counter-cultures.
A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands: Platforms, Policies, Technologies is of interest to those both within and outside media art: to individual artists, researchers, art historians, art institutes, art museums, curators and students in the field of art, art history, new media and visual culture.
With text contributions by Arie Altena, Karen Archey, Angela M. Bartholomew, Josephine Bosma, Martijn van Boven, Melanie Bühler, Constant Dullaart, Sandra Fauconnier, Darko Fritz, David Garcia, Sanneke Huisman, Jan Robert Leegte, Geert Lovink, Sven Lütticken, Marga van Mechelen, Sabine Niederer, Anne Nigten, Katja Novitskova, Domeniek Ruyters, Dick Rijken, Marina Turco, Lucas van der Velden, Suzanne Wallinga, Gaby Wijers.
You can order the book through: https://www.japsambooks.nl/collections/nieuwe-titels/products/a-critical-history-of-media-art-in-the-netherlands-platforms-policies-technologies
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An online presentation in which Arie Altena and Florian Weigl discuss how the history of V2_ can inform and inspire future activities of V2_. Part of a series on 'A Critical History of Media Art in the Netherlands'.
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