*V2_NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2008 * www.v2.nl
_______________________________________________________________________ *V2_events: SHAREWEAR Performances * The electronic dresses from the SHAREWEAR project by former artist-in-residence Di Mainstone and V2_ will be shown at (re)Actor3 in Liverpool, Wereld van Witte de With in Rotterdam and TodaysArt in The Hague. The project is documented at the new site: http://sharewear.projects.v2.nl Performances: 3 September 2008, (re)Actor3, Liverpool (UK) 12 and 13 September, Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL) 26 and 27 September, TodaysArt, The Hague (NL) ________________________________________________________________________ *V2_events: Monograph and performance, Dick Raaymakers * In the autumn of 2008 'The Graphic Method Bicycle' (1979), by Dick Raaymakers, will be performed in several venues in The Netherlands, Belgium and England. The performance is executed by two artists and former students of Dick Raaymakers: Bart Visser and Edwin van der Heide. 'The Graphic Method Bicycle' 2008 is produced with the help of Paul Beuk, Steim and V2_. Performances: 26 and 27 September, TodaysArt, Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague (NL) 11 October, Korzo theater, The Hague (NL) 13 November, November Music, Gent (BE) 15 November, November Music, Den Bosch (NL) 21 November, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield (UK) The English version of the monograph of Dick Raaymakers will be presented at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2008. The monograph will be available at the V2_ online store: http://store.v2.nl _________________________________________________________________________ *V2_publishing: Media.Art Research Award for 'Interact or Die!' at Ars Electronica * The book 'Interact or Die!', published in 2007 by V2_, has won the Prix Ars Electronica in the Media.Art Research category. September 4th, author and biologist Arjen Mulder from V2_ will receive the award and will give a lecture about interactivity in biology and art, at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. www.aec.at _________________________________________________________________________ *V2_events: Hydrous’08 * August 21st, V2_ will be host to H Y D R O U S '0 8, an interdisciplinary scholarly roundtable and arts event that is devoted to shifts in contemporary water governance. It brings together new studies and cultural works undertaken by scholars and artists working at the intersection of science and technology studies and water governance studies. H Y D R O U S ‘0 8 is organized next to a conference by the EASST and 4S at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. The event at V2_ is open for public. __________________________________________________________________________ V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media Eendrachtsstraat 10 3012 XL Rotterdam www.v2.nl ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
