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<small><font face="Verdana"><big><big><big><b>V2_Newsletter July
2011</b></big></big></big><br>
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<big><b>Online Petition in reaction to Governmental Cuts</b></big><br>
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Dutch government spending on the arts will be severely reduced
from 2013 onwards. Institutional support for new media culture,
which has been cultivated with great care over the past 30
years, will be eliminated. 
Help us to prevent this destruction
and retain support for new media arts by signing the petition!<br>
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href="http://www.change.org/petitions/save-dutch-media-art-orgs-govt-plans-to-slash-them-all">http://www.change.org/petitions/save-dutch-media-art-orgs-govt-plans-to-slash-them-all</a><br>
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<big><b>Dead Drops Master Class with Aram Bartholl</b></big><br>
June 29, 2011<br>
10.00 – 16.00, admission: € 10,- (incl lunch)<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
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V2_ and Showroom MAMA are teaming up for a <i>Dead drops</i>
master class led by Aram Bartholl. Join us on June 29th! The
term "Dead drops" refers to places where spies leave information
behind to be picked up by others; a method often used among
spies during the Cold War. In Aram Bartholl's version of the
dead drop, USB memory sticks are installed in public locations
for anyone to upload or download information. By doing so, we
will build an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer network in the
streets of Rotterdam.<br>
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href="http://www.v2.nl/events/dead-drops-masterclass">http://www.v2.nl/events/dead-drops-masterclass</a><br>
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<big><b>Blowup: <i>Wild Things</i></b></big><br>
July 7, 2011<br>
20.00 – 23.00, admission: € 5,-<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
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Maybe in a few years, Fido (or Fikkie) will go to the museum
without you. The first edition of Blowup will examine art and
design projects that are created with animals in mind as the end
users and active participants – not people. This evening event
will feature three leading practitioners discussing their work
that is created for animals to appreciate and actively use. The
speakers will address how their work can instill greater empathy
for animals in us, and what they think the animals' experience
of the art actually is. Featuring: Elio Caccavale, Amy Youngs
and Wilfried Hou Je Bek.<br>
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href="http://www.v2.nl/events/wild-things">http://www.v2.nl/events/wild-things</a><br>
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<big><b>Test_Lab: <i>The Graduation Edition</i> (25th edition!)</b></big><br>
July 14, 2011<br>
20:00 – 23:00, admission: free<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstaat 10, Rotterdam<br>
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We celebrate the graduation of new young talented artists from
the best art schools around Europe and the 25th edition of
Test_Lab. With demonstrations by: Steffen Fiedler & Jonas
Loh (Royal College of Art, London), Lyoudmilla Milanova (Academy
of Media Arts, Cologne), Nikky Assmann (Interfaculty Image and
Sound, The Hague), Birgit Bachler (Piet Zwart institute,
Rotterdam), Wouter Huis (Transmedia, Brussels), Xandra van der
Eijk (Interfaculty Image and Sound, The Hague), and Marguerite
Humeau (Royal College of Art, London).<br>
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25th Test_Lab celebration featuring the light installation
Diskohedron by Pilipp Lammer, Gordan Savicic and Selena Savic
and music by the V2_ DJ crew.<br>
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href="http://www.v2.nl/events/test-lab-the-graduation-edition">http://www.v2.nl/events/test-lab-the-graduation-edition</a><br>
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<big><b>Agency Update: <i>RE:</i> wins WRO Audience Award</b></big><br>
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An audience of over 40.000 attended the 14th WRO Media Art
Biennale Alternative Now exhibitions, screenings, performances,
concerts, talks and other events, at WRO Art Center in Poland.
This year, for the first time, WRO organized a poll in which the
Biennale's audience could vote for their favorite work. When the
votes were counted, two installations were tied for first
place: RE: by Carolien Teunisse and Bram Snijders, and Cycles by
72 Group (Daniel Bisig and Tatsuo Unemi).<br>
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href="http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/re-wins-audience-award">http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/re-wins-audience-award</a><br>
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