*V2_Newsletter: DEAF Special 2012*
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*DEAF2012 Opening by Bas Heijne and Alex Adriaansens*
May 16, 20:00--23:00, POST, Rotterdam
The official festival opening by Bas Heijne and Alex Adriaansens takes
place at 20:00, bring friends or guests to visit the exhibition while
drinking a glass of Champagne. The exhibition will be open until 23:00.
Following the opening at POST, the festivities continue at WORM where
DEAF and TodaysArt present the opening club night featuring Egyptrixx,
Coco Bryce, Ruwe Data and Tomlaan. ? ? ?
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*Vital Beauty - Symposium and Publication*
May 16, De Balie, Amsterdam
http://www.deaf.nl/program/modules/symposium-vital-beauty
Prior tot the opening in Rotterdam, V2_ organizes the symposium Vital
Beauty in de Balie in Amsterdam.
*Program:*?
09:45--10:30 Lars Spuybroek: Introduction and moderation?
10:30--11:30 Thierry Bardini: Hints of a Junk Aesthetic?
11:30--12:30 Wendy Steiner: Beauty as Interaction?
13:30--14:30 Arjen Mulder: The Beauty of Agency Art?
14:30--15:30 Tim Ingold: Lines and the Weather
15:30--16:30 Philip Beesley: Protocell Field
Tickets available at
http://www.deaf.nl/program/modules/symposium-vital-beauty??
The publication /Vital Beauty: Reclaiming Aesthetics in the Tangle of
Technology and Nature/ will be released during the symposium. With
essays and interviews by Thierry Bardini, Caroline van Eck, Gustav
Fechner, Mark Frost, George Gessert, Tim Ingold, Arjen Mulder, John
Ruskin, Wendy Steiner and Daniel N. Stern.
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*The Evening Off ... The People Speak*
May 17, 21:00--23:00, Gouvernestraat
http://www.deaf.nl/program/modules/the-evening-of-the-people-speak
After their spectacular performance, last year at V2_, we knew one thing
for sure: The People Speak had to come back for the DEAF festival! Enjoy
this exciting evening about the true meaning of democracy! Expect
international guests who've been active in the heart of the Arab Spring
and a fresh edition of their popular game show Who Wants to Be ...? In
this dazzling game show the audience decides in a 100% democratic manner
how to spent the entire revenue of the evening.
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*CREW: Terra Nova *
May 18,19,20
http://www.deaf.nl/program/modules/crew-terra-nova
Together with the Rotterdamse Schouwburg ,DEAF presents Terra Nova, by
Crew, a live art project combining theatrical performance, a visual
experience and a spectacular immersive adventure. Don't miss it!
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