[spectre] V2_Newsletter September 2008

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-Apologies for crossposting-


V2_NEWSLETTER, September 2008


V2_events: TodaysArt Festival
September 26 and 27, The Hague

This weekend V2_ presents two projects at TodaysArt Festival in The
Hague. The electronic dresses entitled SHAREWEAR by Di Mainstone and
V2_Lab will be shown in a performance at the Spuiplein in front of the
V2_greenhouse. The Graphic Method Bicycle (1979) by Dick Raaymakers,
will be performed in the Nieuwe Kerk (Church Hall) also at the
Spuiplein. V2_ publications will be available at the greenhouse during
the festival.

- SHAREWEAR, Spuiplein V2_Greenhouse, Sep. 26 and 27, 21:30h (admission
free).

- The Graphic Method Bicycle, Nieuwe Kerk, Sep. 26 and 27, 21:00h (only
with festival ticket).

http://www.todaysart.nl
http://sharewear.projects.v2.nl
http://www.dickraaymakers.com

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V2_events: The Chinese Dream: a society under construction
October 8, V2_ Groundfloor, doors open: 19.30h, start programme: 20.00h

On the occasion of the Dutch book launch of The Chinese Dream: a
society under construction, V2_ will host a lecture evening that aims
to connect the dots between China's social, urban and economic
transformations. Three authors of The Chinese Dream will focus on new
media in China as a common indicator of a radically new society under
construction.

www.dynamiccity.org
www.burb.tv

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V2_events: Test_Lab goes Noordkaap
October 30, Noordkaap, Voorstraat 123, Dordrecht, 20.00h

V2_?s Test_Lab will travel to the Noordkaap Foundation in Dordrecht for
a special edition of the bi-monthly event. V2_ teams up with Noorkaap to
put the aRt&D focus into context and asks itself: What can art do for
your city's development?

More details about the programme soon on:
http://www.v2.nl
http://www.noordkaap.org

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V2_Vacancies:

V2_ is currently looking for a SENIOR CURATOR (November 2008) and a
HARDWARE DEVELOPER (January 2009). Please have a look at the job
descriptions at http://www.v2.nl. Send your resume to jobs at v2.nl

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V2_Publishing: Pre-sale Dick Raaymakers: A Monograph

This week the pre-sale has started of the English edition of the
monograph of Dutch artist and composer Dick Raaymakers. This monograph
should be in the collection of every lover of electronic music, theater,
art and performance. Dick Raaymakers: A Monograph can be ordered at
http://store.v2.nl The books will be sent in November.

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V2_Lab: Making Art of Earthquakes

V2_Lab's employee Stock has been working on software in order to realise
an incredible installation by D.V.Rogers, entitled Parkfield
Interventional EQ Fieldwork (PIEQF), that runs on earthquakes in
California USA.

Check this geologically interactive, kinetic earthwork online at
http://pieqf.allshookup.org