[spectre] V2_Newsletter October 2009

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V2_Newsletter October 2009

The big news at V2_ over the next two months is US artist Bernie
Lubell's exhibition "The Origins of Innocence". You'll find information
on the show and associated events in this special expanded newsletter.

But first, an important announcement: you're cordially invited to the
opening of the exhibition on Friday October 16 (17:30–19:00), at which
the artist will be present.

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V2_events: The Ecology of Design: Everything Is Made of Something

October 13, 19:30–22:00, V2_ Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam
http://www.v2.nl/events/the-ecology-of-design
Admission: free


An evening of spirited debate and open conversation with Caroline van
Eck (University of Leiden), Henk Oosterling (philosopher), Siebe
Thissen (advisor art in public space) and Lars Spuybroek (architect
and theorist). On the themes of the book "The Architecture of
Continuity" by Lars Spuybroek.

“Our whole lives – all our decisions, all our politics, all our concerns
– are nothing but matters of design.” Lars Spuybroek.

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V2_events: The Origins of Innocence

Oct 16–Nov 22, open daily (closed on Monday) 12:00–18:00
Official opening October 16 at 17:30.
Witte de Withstraat 63, Rotterdam
http://www.v2.nl/events/the-origins-of-innocence
Admission: € 6,- (Studenten/65+/Rotterdampas: € 3,-)


Bernie Lubell has been designing and building interactive artworks out
of wood for more than three decades. His machines are striking in their
clever construction and surprising connections. The works are operated
by the viewers; the audience ‘creates’ the work by turning cranks,
moving on benches, and pushing pedals. An innocent movement at one of
the machines can have unexpected consequences in another part of the
exhibition.

"The Origins of Innocence" is organized by V2_ and FACT (Foundation for
Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool. It is Bernie Lubell’s first
European solo exhibition. The show provides an overview from his early
work of the early 1980s to his latest installation, "A Theory of
Entanglement" (2009), which was created specially for this exhibition on
a commission from V2_ and FACT.

Bernie Lubell was born in 1947 and lives and works in San Francisco. His
work has received several awards. In 2007, he received the “Award of
Distinction” at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, for his
installation "Conservation of Intimacy".


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V2_events: Sunday Matinee with Bernie Lubell and Marta Braun

October 18, 12:00–14:30, Witte de Withstraat 63, Rotterdam.
http://www.v2.nl/events/sunday-matinee-with-bernie-lubell-and-marta-braun
Admission: € 6,- (Studenten/65+/Rotterdampas: € 3,-)


On the occasion of his exhibition at V2_ in Rotterdam, Bernie Lubell
discusses his work in a Sunday matinee with Marta Braun from Ryerson
University (Toronto), a specialist in early cinema photography and
visual anthropology. She is the author of the book "Picturing Time: The
Work of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)". Bernie adapted Marey's
pneumatic sensor technologies to explore the conflicted relationship we
have with the machines we have become ever more dependent on.