[spectre] DEAF07 Interact or Die! - Seminar Programme - online booking now open!

[V2_]

*V2_, organiser of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, DEAF07 Interact or 
Die!*
presents a lively seminar programme of four condensed days with 
demonstrations, debates and theory rooted in artistic research and 
development (aRt&D). All seminars share the topic of critical exchange 
between different fields, such as the arts, social sciences and 
technical sciences, philosophy and industry. The seminars represent 
theory and practice as intertwined aspects in today’s creative research 
themes. These mixed format seminars differ from academic seminars by 
including demonstrations and (virtual) performances, and a range of 
critical theory and philosophy. For more information: 
http://www.deaf07.nl/seminars

Interrupting Realities, a seminar reflecting different perspectives on 
our experience in mixed realities with, among others: Marnix de Nijs 
http://www.marnixdenijs.nl <http://www.marnixdenijs.nl> (NL), artist, 
Armando Menicacci (F), director of Laboratoire Médiadanse, Anomos 
http://www.anomos.org, Alma Schaafstal (NL), business director, Centre 
for Advanced Gaming and Simulation http://www.gameresearch.nl/

Critical Ecosystems, investigates the intersection between technological 
systems, cultural activism and the current debate on environmental 
issues. With among others: Antony Hall (UK), artist, owlProject 
http://www.antonyhall.net, Matthew Fuller (UK), lecturer and theorist, 
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/m-fuller.php, Jan 
Willem Dol (NL), climate and energy campaign leader, Greenpeace 
http://www.greenpeace.nl/apple <http://www.greenpeace.nl/apple>

Not Everything Is Interaction, critically discusses the notion of 
interaction in interactive art and interactivity based science. With, 
among others, Mitchell Whitelaw (AU), academic, writer and artist, 
http://creative.canberra.edu.au/mitchell, Gazira Babeli (Second Life), 
performer http://gazirababeli.com, Prof. José van Dijck (NL), researcher 
in media (technologies) and culture.

Connected Archives, will showcase examples of good practice in the field 
of media-culture archives, with, The Tactical Media Files, CultureBase, 
ISEA Online Archive, David Garcia (NL), Michiel van der Haagen (NL) and 
Nadia Palliser (NL), http://www.next5minutes.org, 
http://www.debalie.nl/, http://www.isea-web.org Sandra Fauconnier 
(B/NL), V2_ Archivist, http://archive.v2.nl, Alain Depocas (CA), 
http://www.fondation-langlois.org, Dieter Daniels (D/AT), Media Art Net 
and Ars Electronica Archive http://www.medienkunstnetz.de, Oliver Grau, 
Database of Virtual Art (AT), http://www.virtualart.at
CREATE, co-produced by ICT-Office, the CREATE consortium and V2_, 
presents good practice projects by representatives from the worlds of 
business, art and IT. There will be a pitch competition for the creative 
industry with, among others Tatiana de la O, Community project manager 
Joost™, http://www.joost.com/, Keith Baker (NL), Open Innovation 
Manager, Philips Applied Technologies DSE, 
http://www.apptech.philips.com <http://www.apptech.philips.com>

Transdisciplinary Innovation, is organized by the Economic Development 
Board Rotterdam, Kennisalliantie Zuid-Holland and V2_. This seminar 
investigates the current state of affairs of trans- and 
interdisciplinary innovation in the research landscape and our social 
environment. With among others, Mark van Doorn (NL), ambient 
intelligence, researcher for Philips, http://www.research.philips.com, 
Anne Nigten (NL), manager, V2_Lab and initiator of the Patchingzone, 
http://www.v2.nl http://www.patchingzone.net, Sally Jane Norman, (UK), 
cultural historian and theorist, Director Culture Lab, Newcastle 
University http://www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab/ 
<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab/>

UbiScribe: Collocollaboracontentquery? is co-produced by V2_, the Jan 
van Eyck Academie and the Piet Zwart Institute. UbiScribe is a nomadic 
research project on pervasive publishing in networked media. With, among 
others, Florian Cramer (D/NL), course director Piet Zwart Institute, 
http://cramer.plaintext.cc:70/, De Geuzen (NL), artists’ collective 
http://www.geuzen.org, Saul Albert (UK), artist and cultural producer 
http://www.twenteenthcentury.com/saulcv