[spectre] V2_ Conference: The Electromagnetic Bride - Rotterdam Saturday May 6

[stephen kovats]

The Electromagnetic Bride - conference
V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
in collaboration with Goethe Institut Rotterdam

Saturday May 6th, 10.00 - 17.00 (Central European Summer Time GMT+2)

The Electromagnetic Bride examines the contemporary relationships in 
the perception and actions of the human body and the global 
electromagnetic environment. Taking its cues from an intersection in 
the work of Nikola Tesla and conceptual contemporaries including Marcel 
Duchamp, Konrad Zuse and Robert Barry, the conference will examine how 
these relationships link the histories of electronic technological 
innovation to the context of current artistic practice.

Featuring
Horst Zuse (Berlin) on The Origins of the Computer
Nina Czegledy (Toronto) on On Tesla and Bio-Electromagnetism
David Tomas (Toronto) on Conceptual Art and the Body's Invisible Matrix
Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag (Berlin) on his 'sonArc::ion' project
Æ (Montreal) on Abstract Realism
Usman Haque (London) on Ethereal Projects
Christa Sommerer (Vienna) on Experiencing Aspects of Nanotechnology 
Through Interactive Art

introduced and moderated by Stephen Kovats, V2_Institute for the 
Unstable Media

Registration: please contact <vera at v2.nl>
The Electromagnetic Bride will be streamed live via <www.v2.nl>

Location:
Goethe-Institut Rotterdam
Westersingel 9
3014 GM Rotterdam
**31 (0)10 209 2090
http://www.goethe.de/ins/nl/rot/deindex.htm



The Electromagnetic Bride conference takes place in conjunction with 
the exhibition:

Electromagnetic Bodies:  Aether, Desire and Resonance in Art and 
Technology
Opening Thursday May 4th, 2006
20.30 at TENT.CBK and 22.30 at V2_Rotterdam

Referring to the pioneering work of Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943), 
Electromagnetic Bodies: Aether, Desire and Resonance in Art and 
Technology explores the notions of being and desire in a society 
determined by our bodily immersion within an ubiquitous and omnipresent 
electromagnetic realm.

Featuring electronic, interactive and acoustic artworks by Ælab, 
Jean-Pierre Aubé, Craig Baldwin, Matheusz Herczka, Simone 
Jones, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Carsten Nicolai, Paulette Phillips, 
Catherine Richards, Jocelyn Robert, Daan Roosegaarde David Tomas, Edwin 
van der Heideand Norman T. White, with commissioned works premiering by 
Michiel van Bakel with Bill Spinhoven,and Marnix de Nijs.

Exhibition runs daily except Mondays May 4th - June 4th 11.00 - 18.00 
at TENT.CBK and V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
Guided tours are available through <vera at v2.nl> by advance reservation.

The project is supported financially by the Mondriaan Foundation, the 
Stichting CBK Rotterdam, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Conseil 
des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, TheFilmfonds Amsterdam, and the 
Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affaires. Electromagnetic Bodies: Aether, 
Desire and Resonance in Art and Technologyis based on the Resonance: 
Electromagnetic Bodies international touring exhibition initiated and 
curated by Nina Czegledy and Louise Provencher in Canada, and 
co-curated by Stephen Kovats and Willie Stehouwen in Rotterdam.

Venues:

TENT. Centrum Beeldende Kunst
Witte de Withstraat 50
3012 BR Rotterdam
tel **31 (0)10 413 5498
www.tentplaza.nl

V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XL Rotterdam
**31 (0)10 206 7272
www.v2.nl


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V2_Institute for the Unstable Media
Stephen Kovats_Program Development
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XL Rotterdam
The Netherlands

t_  **31 10 750 1519
f_  **31 10 206 7271
e_  kovats at v2.nl
www.v2.nl

ELECTROMAGNETIC BODIES
Aether, Resonance and Desire in Art and Technology
*** opening Thursday May 04, 2006 @ TENT. & V2_ ***
open 11.00 - 18.00 daily except Mondays til June 04, 2006

The Electromagnetic Bride
Conference Saturday May 06, 2006, 10.00 - 17.00
Goethe Institut Rotterdam

TANGENT_FEAR
on media and phobic objects
webstream archived at http://www.archive.org/details/tangents_fear

TANGENT_LEAP
on emergent media landscapes in China
event archived at: http://www.archive.org/details/tangent_leap

POLAR_TANGENT
on electronic geostationary sound and space from Igloolik, Nunavut, 
Canada
QT webcast: rtsp://mediaserver.v2.nl:555/polar_tangent1.mov
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