[spectre] Splendid Immersion: 2nd IABR exhibition at V2_

[richard de boer]

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Splendid Immersion: The Time and Space of Flow

Exhibition and seminar during 2nd IABR
Thursday 26 May – Wednesday 1 June 2005
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam (NL)
Official opening: Wednesday 25 May, 20:00 hrs
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Splendid Immersion (exhibition)

Date: Thursday 26 May - Wednesday 1 June 2005
Time: 12:00-18:00 hrs
Location: V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam
Admission: 5 euro
Official opening: Wednesday 25 May, 20:00 hrs

Related to the of the theme of the 2nd International Architecture Biennale
Rotterdam (IABR) - The Flood, V2_ presents the international exhibition
Splendid Immersion: The Time and Space of Flow as part of the City
Program.

Splendid Immersion presents the works of four international artists
currently resident at, or affiliated with V2_ as well as two selected
works by students of the Interactive Multi-Media program at Willem de
Kooning Academie (Hogeschool Rotterdam). These works explore the structure
of immersive aquatic realms, their effects on our perception,
gravitational experience and physical movement through time and space.

Sandro Canavezzi de Abreu
VOID: a stereo endoscopy into a black-box

Graham Smith
Submersive Cinema (model)

Sonia Cillari
Vain in Transit: digital creature

Hermen Maat & Karen Lancel
FloatScanner (model)

Willem de Kooning Academie
Selected artworks

Meet us at the official opening of the exhibition, Wednesday 25 May, 20:00
hrs at V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam (NL).

On Saturday 28 May a special public presentation forum will be moderated
by V2_ curator Stephen Kovats, featuring the exhibition participants. This
forum is aimed at architects, designers and artists who explore notions of
Splendid Immersion in their work.

This event will be webcast live and V2_ invites guests online to
participate via the moderated IRC channel open for the event.


Splendid Immersion (exhibition)
Date:      Thursday 26 May - Wednesday 1 June 2005
Time:      12:00-18:00 hrs
Location:  V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam (NL)
Admission: 5 euro
Official opening, Wednesday 25 May, 20:00 hrs

Exploring Splendid Immersion (seminar)
Date:      Saturday 28 May 2005
Time:      14:00-18:00 hrs
Location:  V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam (NL)
Admission: 10 euro (including entrance to the exhibition)

For more information check http://www.v2.nl/ and
http://www.biennalerotterdam.nl/

Special thanks to Fondation Daniel Langlois (Montreal), Rijksakademie van
beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam) and Willem de Kooning Academie (Hogeschool
Rotterdam.

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V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media
Eendrachtsstraat 10, NL-3012 XL Rotterdam
PO Box 19049, NL-3001 BA Rotterdam
Tel +31 10 2067272 | Fax +31 10 2067271
E-mail v2 AT v2.nl | URL http://www.v2.nl
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