[spectre] V2_: 10 juli 2008 Test_Lab: Happiness

[Joris van Ballegooijen]

V2_ presents:

*Test_Lab: Happiness*

July 10th, 2008, 20:00h, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media,
Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam. www.v2.nl

This event will be streamed live at http://live.v2.nl

Test_Lab is a bi-monthly public event organised by V2_ Institute for the
Unstable Media that provides an informal setting for the presentation,
demonstration, testing, and discussion of artistic research and
development (aRt&D).

*Test_lab: Happiness* will showcase a selection of 2008’s most
outstanding graduation projects from some of the finest European art
academies and universities. Together, the demonstrated works will
broaden our horizons regarding a young generation’s utopian, esoteric,
and psychedelic views on our technology-driven world of mediated
intimacy, ubiquitous interaction, and extended bodies. Prepare for an
evening full of electronic artworks dealing with today’s notions of
peace, love, and happiness!

For the complete program description please go to www.v2.nl

   Opening:
   Bas Haring (University of Leiden)

   Demonstrations:
   'Deranged' by Bogomir Doringer (Gerrit Rietveld Academy)
   'Schiedam Schnapps'by Salvador L. d'Souza (Piet Zwart Institute)
   'Taiknam hat'by Ricardo de Oliviera Nascimento (Kunstuniversität Linz,
   Interface Culture)
   'PlaySureVeillance'by Gordan Savicic (Piet Zwart Institute)
   'Designing Social Cohesion'by Nynke Tromp (TU Delft)
   'Diceman, Breaking Conventions with a Die' by Michiel Waaijer/
   (University of Leiden)
   'm/e/m/e 2.0' by Danja Vasiliev (Piet Zwart Institute)

   Performances:
   By STEIM with Byungjun Kwon and dj sniff

Preceding Test_Lab: Happiness on the 10th of July, 'Six years of
creative research' will open in the former 'Nederlands Fotomuseum' on
the Witte de Withstraat. The exhibition will feature selected works by
students from the Media Technology programme; a joined initiative by
Leiden University's computer science institute (LIACS) and the Faculty
of Creative and Performing Arts. (Exhibition opening: July 10, from 17h
to 18.30h (opening lecture at 15h), Witte de Withstraat 63)

For more information, please contact Michel van Dartel
Email michel at v2.nl
Tel +31 (0)10 206 7273