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<big><big><b>V2_Newsletter November 2011</b></big></big><br>
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<big><big><b>Blowup: <i>We Are All Crew</i></b></big></big><br>
November 3,4,5, 2011<br>
Admission: 5 EUR, (students free)<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
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To acknowledge the 100th anniversary of Marshall McLuhan’s birth,
V2_ presents three days of McLuhan activities in Rotterdam. Together
with InterAccess (Toronto) we present the <i>Strategic Art
Initiative 2.0</i> exhibition of re-created early telematic
artworks. We have the worldwide premiere of <i>Them F*ckin’ Robots</i>,
a documentary on the work and influence of electronic art pioneer
Norman White by Ine Poppe and Sam Nemeth and a <a
href="http://www.v2.nl/events/things-we-love-and-love-to-hate-about-marshall-mcluhan">keynote
lecture</a> by Dutch thinker and author Arjen Mulder, examining
the things we love and love to hate about McLuhan. Check out the
full program at:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.v2.nl/events/blowup-we-are-all-crew">http://www.v2.nl/events/blowup-we-are-all-crew</a><br>
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<big><big><b>ISMAR 2011: Hello Worlds</b></big></big><br>
October 26 – 30<br>
Basel, Switzerland<br>
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V2_ is currently organizing the exhibition <i>Hello Worlds</i> for
the 10th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality in
Basel, Switzerland. We selected four works out of 24 submissions for
further improvement and production in V2_'s Lab. These four brand
new productions will be presented in the exhibition together with
eight installations that form highlights in the history of artistic
research in AR technology.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.v2.nl/events/ismar-2011">http://www.v2.nl/events/ismar-2011</a><br>
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<big><big><b>Test_Lab: <i>Who Wants To Be…?</i> + Blowup: <i>Show
Me The Money</i> </b></big></big><br>
December 1+2, 2011, 20:00-23:00 <br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
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Test_Lab: <i>Who Wants to Be…?</i> is a social experiment in the
form of a raucous game show developed by art collective The People
Speak. All visitors chip in 10 EUR in advance to enter the game,
after which they brainstorm, argue, and vote on how to spend the
collective money.<br>
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“..a hugely liberating and spontaneous night of audience autonomy.”
- The Guardian<br>
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The next day we continue with Blowup: <i>Show Me The Money</i>.
What price tag do you put on priceless experiences and objects? Join
us in a discussion getting to the root of notions of "value" and
"culture" with cultural economist Diane Ragsdale, electrical
scientist Saul Albert, and artist Christian Nold.<br>
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href="http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-who-wants-to-be">http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-who-wants-to-be</a><br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%"><big><big><b><br>
Protei Wins 3rd Prize in VIDA 13.2 Competition</b></big></big><br>
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Protei has won third place in the Vida 13.2 Art & Artificial
Life International Competition. The project, represented by Cesar
Harada will receive €8,000 and will be part of an exhibition in
Madrid. Harada’s international team worked on the oil-spill-cleaning
sailing drones at V2_ in Rotterdam last summer. Protei was shown to
the public in an exhibition as part of Festival Wereld van Witte de
With.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/protei-wins-3rd-prize-of-vida-13.0">http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/protei-wins-3rd-prize-of-vida-13.0</a><br>
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<big><big><b>Dick Raaymakers wins Art+Technology Award 2011</b></big></big><br>
November 10, 2011, Deventer<br>
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Composer and theatre maker Dick Raaymakers is to receive the
Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award 2011 for his entire oeuvre. The
award ceremony will take place in the Bergkerk Church in Deventer on
November 10, 2011 and will be celebrated with a Raaymakers
exhibition which will run until December 4, 2011.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/dick-raaymakers-wins-art-technology-award-2011">http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/dick-raaymakers-wins-art-technology-award-2011</a><br>
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<big><big><b>50 Years of Dutch Media Art at STRP</b></big></big><br>
November 18 - 27, 2011<br>
Eindhoven<br>
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The STRP festival, taking place this year for the fifth time in
Philips' old Strijp-S building, is staging an exhibition devoted to
half a century of media art in the Netherlands. We're proud of the
role V2_ has played in that history since 1982, thanks to the input
of countless artists and collectives. With seven installations on
show at the popular festival V2_ can call itself an official
purveyor of 50 years of media art in the Netherlands.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/50-Years-of-Dutch-Media-Art-at-STRP">http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/50-Years-of-Dutch-Media-Art-at-STRP</a><br>
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