[spectre] V2_Newsletter August 2008

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*V2_NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2008 *
www.v2.nl

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*V2_events: SHAREWEAR Performances *

The electronic dresses from the SHAREWEAR project by former
artist-in-residence Di Mainstone and V2_ will be shown at (re)Actor3 in
Liverpool, Wereld van Witte de With in Rotterdam and TodaysArt in The
Hague.

The project is documented at the new site: http://sharewear.projects.v2.nl

Performances:

3 September 2008, (re)Actor3, Liverpool (UK)

12 and 13 September, Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)

26 and 27 September, TodaysArt, The Hague (NL)
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*V2_events: Monograph and performance, Dick Raaymakers *



In the autumn of 2008 'The Graphic Method Bicycle' (1979), by Dick
Raaymakers, will be performed in several venues in The Netherlands,
Belgium and England. The performance is executed by two artists and
former students of Dick Raaymakers: Bart Visser and Edwin van der Heide.
'The Graphic Method Bicycle' 2008 is produced with the help of Paul
Beuk, Steim and V2_.

Performances:

26 and 27 September, TodaysArt, Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague (NL)

11 October, Korzo theater, The Hague (NL)

13 November, November Music, Gent (BE)

15 November, November Music, Den Bosch (NL)

21 November, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield (UK)

The English version of the monograph of Dick Raaymakers will be
presented at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2008. The
monograph will be available at the V2_ online store: http://store.v2.nl
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*V2_publishing: Media.Art Research Award for 'Interact or Die!' at Ars
Electronica *

The book 'Interact or Die!', published in 2007 by V2_, has won the Prix
Ars Electronica in the Media.Art Research category. September 4th,
author and biologist Arjen Mulder from V2_ will receive the award and
will give a lecture about interactivity in biology and art, at the Ars
Electronica Festival in Linz.

www.aec.at
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*V2_events: Hydrous’08 *

August 21st, V2_ will be host to H Y D R O U S '0 8, an
interdisciplinary scholarly roundtable and arts event that is devoted to
shifts in contemporary water governance. It brings together new studies
and cultural works undertaken by scholars and artists working at the
intersection of science and technology studies and water governance
studies. H Y D R O U S ‘0 8 is organized next to a conference by the
EASST and 4S at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. The event at V2_ is
open for public.

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V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XL Rotterdam

www.v2.nl