V2_Newsletter December 2014 www.v2.nl
On Thursday 27 November we have invited a variety of non-expert experts to bring hidden knowledge to light. On 11 December there’s a Test_Lab Genomic Gastronomy where you can get a taste of Doritos4Snowden. The two new books by Arjen Mulder and Ruben Jacobs are now available. And we’re proud to announce that Cecilia Jonsson has won the second prize of the VIDA 16 Awards for The Iron Ring, which she realized during a Summer Sessions residency at V2_. Blowup: Non-Expert Experts 27 November 2014 20:00–22:00h V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam v2.nl/events/blowup-non-expert-experts The same small circle of experts circulate on the world's conference stages... but what of all the specialist knowledge under our noses? Who are the unacknowledged experts in our midst? The maker movement has done a good job of uncovering hidden technological talents, but which other domains are developing innovative techniques with possible wider impacts? With artist Melle Smets, researcher Cynthia Hathaway, and the collaboration of the Open Design students at the Willem de Kooning Academy, V2_ has been on a hunt for the most interesting 'non-expert experts' in the Netherlands. At this event, we will hear from a wide range of unsung experts in several divergent areas: from giant vegetable growers and their 500 kg pumpkins to natural weightlifters lifting twice their body weight, and anything else you can imagine. The aim is to bring hidden knowledge to light, and to reveal the surprising techniques, motivations, and results that our experts achieve. Test_Lab: Genomic Gastronomy 11 December 2014 20:00–22:00h V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam v2.nl/events/test_lab-genomic-gastronomy In an evening full of food phreaking and culinary controversy, artistic think-tank The Center for Genomic Gastronomy (Zack Denfield, Cathrine Kramer, Emma Conley) will discuss the biotechnologies and biodiversity of our food systems. On the basis of a live sneak preview of their work as artists in residence at V2_, and with the help of special guests like Anja Groten and Pieter van Boheemen, visitors will be introduced to the Center’s ambition to uncover and reveal the strange but true stories of our global food system through a series of semi-documentary videos. In addition to an exclusive look at costumes, set designs, scripts and rough cuts, in the Test_Lab tradition, The Center for Genomic Gastronomy will also demonstrate their research live and invite visitors to do some Smog Tasting, discuss the fact and fiction of the infamous Fish Tomato, dive into the magic ingredients of Cobalt-60 Sauce and taste Doritos4Snowden. Cecilia Jonsson wins Award for The Iron Ring The second prize of the prestigious VIDA 16 Awards goes to Cecilia Jonsson, for her work The Iron Ring, which she realized at V2_ during a Summer Sessions residency. v2.nl/lab/blog/cecilia-jonsson-wins-prize In 2013 Cecilia Jonsson realized her work The Iron Ring with support of V2_ during a Summer Sessions residency. She created an iron ring out of iron ore from 24kg of grass harvested from the acidic river banks of a landscape transformed by opencast mining. Afterwards she made an e-book about the project. V2_ is proud that she has now been awarded the second prize of VIDA 16 (the Art and Artificial Life International Awards of Fundacion Telefonica) for The Iron Ring. The jury stated: ‘This complicated project illustrates the slippage across nature and technology as well as the environmental awareness present in today’s culture’. To find out more about the project: read The Iron Ring e-book which can be downloaded for free on the V2_website. New Books, Now Available Now available: Arjen Mulder’s new book on art and documentation, and Ruben Jacobs’ Iedereen een kunstenaar. v2.nl/publishing/iedereen-een-kunstenaar v2.nl/publishing/een-stuk-van-mij-gaat-een-paar-keer Arjen Mulder’s new book Een stuk van mij gaat een paar keer (‘A piece of mine goes a couple of times’) is an essay about art and documentation. He argues that the relation between original and documentation has completely shifted over the past thirty years. Art is no longer autonomous, as the 20th century wanted it to be; documentation is what keeps a work of art alive. The second book, Iedereen een kunstenaar (‘Everyone an artist’) by Ruben Jacobs, is about authenticity, art and the creative industries. Both books are published in Dutch and are available in the V2_webshop and selected bookshops. Order your copy here. Email not your thing? You can also follow V2_ on the social medium of your choice: • Google+ • Facebook • Twitter ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
