[spectre] V2_ Newsletter October 2014

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V2_ Newsletter October 2014

www.v2.nl

In October V2_ hosts ‘The Third Tuesday’ as well as a one day
exhibition with brand new works from students of the arts academy in
Breda. We also are happy to announce the start of the residency of the
Center for Genomic Gastronomy.


AiR for the Center for Genomic Gastronomy

Cathrine Kramer and Zack Denfeld of the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
are artists in residence at V2_ in 2014.
v2.nl/lab/blog/air-center-for-genomic-gastronomy

>From 21st October 2014 Cathrine Kramer and Zack Denfeld of the Center
for Genomic Gastronomy will be at V2_ for an art & research residency.
As the Center for Genomic Gastronomy they examine the biotechnologies
and biodiversity of human food systems. Their mission is to map food
controversies, to prototype alternative culinary futures, and to
imagine a more just, biodiverse and beautiful food system. They
previously presented their work at V2_, for instance at the Test_Lab
Art Meat Flesh.


’De Derde Dinsdag’ in October at V2_

21 October 2014
20:00–23:00h
V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam
v2.nl/events/de-derde-dinsdag-in-october

Every month the cultural talkshow De Derde Dinsdag (The Third Tuesday)
is hosted by another cultural space in Rotterdam. In October V2_ hosts
the traveling live show. Do you want to know what not to miss next
month in Rotterdam? De Derde Dinsdag provides a high speed update with
short interviews, performances, film previews, theater and live music.
For the most up to date program, go to: www.dederdedinsdag.org.


Summer Sessions Videos
Five short interviews with the Summer Sessions artists who worked at V2_.
v2.nl/lab/blog/videos-summer-sessions-2014

Just like last year we made video interviews with the artists who
worked on a Summer Sessions project at V2_. In the videos Niklas Adam,
Chi Po-Hao, Juan Salas, Joseph Hughes, Cedar & Iris, and Maarten
Hunink give insight in the ideas that drove their project. The video’s
were shown in the exhibition, you can now watch them online via:
v2.nl/lab/blog/videos-summer-sessions-2014


Exhibition: Art and Networks
15 October 2014
14:00–17:00h
V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam
v2.nl/events/exhibition-art-and-networks

In this one-day exhibition students of the multidisciplinary minor Art
& Technology of the arts academy St. Joost in Breda show works they
have developed reflecting on an assignment about Lifelogging: "Log
your life, your body, your network and provide a provocative or
critical image of your own group by means of an interactive
presentation." Open only one day!


Geert-Jan Hobijn wins Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award
The Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2014 goes to sound artist
Geert-Jan Hobijn.
v2.nl/lab/blog/witteveen-bos-art-technology-award-2014

Geert-Jan Hobijn – who has performed several times at V2_ – is the
founder of Staalplaat Soundsystem. He has made amongst others
mechanical orchestras consisting of consumer electronics like washing
machines, vacuum cleaners, and electrical fans. Hobijn receives the
Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2014 for how he manages to move the
public with his interactive sound installations. Hobijn will realize
an indoor version of his work Composed Nature for the exhibition in
the Bergkerk (Deventer) to celebrate the Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology
Award 2014. Opening: 6 November 2014, Bergkerk, Deventer. Exhibition
'Om': 7 November 2014 – 7 December 2014, Bergkerk, Deventer.


The Iron Ring
V2_ presents a new e-book.
v2.nl/publishing/the-iron-ring

In 2013 Cecilia Jonsson presented The Iron Ring for which she had done
research at V2_ during a Summer Sessions residency. Now there’s an
e-book on the project with an extensive visual essay by Cecilia
Jonsson reporting on the seven steps that were required to create an
iron ring out of 24kg of grass harvested from the acidic river banks
of a landscape in Spain severely transformed by opencast mining. James
Jackson Griffith, who participated in Jonsson’s preliminary research
on mining restoration in Brazil, discusses The Iron Ring from an
environmental-philosophical perspective. Download the e-book (epub)
for free.