[spectre] V2_ | DEAF07 Celebrates 25 Years of V2_

[V2_]

*ANNOUNCEMENT*


*DEAF07 Celebrates 25 Years of V2_

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*Dutch Electronic Art Festival, April 2007
DEAF07 opening: Tuesday April 10, 7:00 p.m., Las Palmas, Rotterdam*

The Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF07) takes place April 10 through 
29, 2007, in Rotterdam. One of the most important international art and 
media technology festivals, DEAF is organized every two years by V2_, 
Institute for the Unstable Media. V2_ turns 25 this year and will 
celebrate its anniversary during DEAF07 with a smashing night of music 
and performances at Staal in Rotterdam on Saturday, April 14.

*25 Years of V2_*
Over the past quarter century, V2_ has evolved into an international 
organization that brings together artists, scientists, media activists 
and hackers for research and experimentation. DEAF07 will showcase a 
number of media (technology) and art highlights; a large exhibition of 
interactive art will act as the festival’s focal point. Part of the 
program will be devoted to the network of contacts in China and the rest 
of Asia which V2_ has built in recent years. Young Chinese artists, 
curators and other key art-world players will play an active part in the 
festival. Alongside V2_’s anniversary, DEAF07 will offer an extensive 
program of concerts, performances, seminars, workshops and a symposium.
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Mouse on Mars and Ryoji Ikeda*
On 14 April V2_ celebrates its 25th birthday with an exceptionally 
dynamic night. A surprising lineup of groundbreaking artists who have 
bridged new media, performance, image and sound in the past 25 years 
will perform. Along with Staalplaat Soundsystem’s “vinyl killers”, Edwin 
van der Heide’s laser performances and appearances by Maurice Benayoun 
and Jean-Baptiste Barrière, V2_ will bring you Germany’s Mouse on Mars 
and Ryoji Ikeda, Japan’s best-known composer of electronic music.

DEAF07’s exhibition will be held at the new cultural center Las 
Palmas/LPII and at Pakhuismeesteren, both in Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid. 
Other DEAF locations include V2_, the NAi, the Museum Boijmans Van 
Beuningen, the ro theater, Staal and Arminius.

More information about the Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF07) is 
available on our website, www.deaf07.nl . <http://www.deaf07.nl>