<div dir="ltr"><div>V2_Newsletter February 2013</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.v2.nl">www.v2.nl</a></div><div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div>
<div>Summer Sessions Call 2013</div><div><a href="http://www.summersessions.net/">www.summersessions.net/</a></div><div><a href="http://v2.nl/lab/projects/call-summer-sessions-2013">v2.nl/lab/projects/call-summer-sessions-2013</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Are you an ambitious, early career artist, full of ideas and ready to realize your project this summer? The Summer Sessions are short-term residencies for young artists organized by a network of cultural organizations all over the world. They offer a highly productive atmosphere with production support and expert feedback to jumpstart your professional art practice. The result is a pressure cooker in which you develop a project, from concept to presentable work, ready to show. Apply by submitting a video, in which you briefly explain your project, the support you need and why you should be a part of the Summer Sessions. More info at <a href="http://www.summersessions.net/">www.summersessions.net/</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>Chemo Bar by Erik Hobijn at V2_ during the Rotterdam Museum Night</div><div><a href="http://v2.nl/erik-hobijns-chemo-bar-at-rotterdam-museum-night-2013">http://v2.nl/erik-hobijns-chemo-bar-at-rotterdam-museum-night-2013</a></div>
<div>March 9th, 2013</div><div>20:00 – 02:00 hrs</div><div>Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam</div><div><br></div><div>Ever seen an art installation that is a bar and a distillery in one? Take a seat in the rotating Chemo Bar by Erik Hobijn. While overhead tubes and bottles heat, distill, and collect alcohol, Hobijn prepares and serves the most amazing cocktails right in front of you, accompanied by the sounds of the turntables of Gert-Jan Hobijn. World-premiere this evening is the 'Olfactory White', a cocktail based on the scientific discovery that smell is similar to light in that when you mix all colors of light you get no new color-variation, but just white. Experience for yourself what it tastes like when the same formula is applied to the taste of a cocktail during the Rotterdam Museum Night 2013 at V2_.</div>
<div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>V2_ recommends the Sonic Acts festival The Dark Universe</div><div><a href="http://www.sonicacts.com">www.sonicacts.com</a></div>
<div>21 – 24 February 2013</div><div>Stedelijk Museum, Paradiso, de Balie, NASA, in Amsterdam</div><div><br></div><div>From 21 till 24 February the Sonic Acts festival takes place in Amsterdam, with a three-day conference, perfomances at the Stedelijk Museum and Paradiso, an exhibition at NASA, and much much more. Entitled The Dark Universe the festival explores the boundaries of our knowledge, and shows work that trigger our senses through light, sound and electromagnetic vibrations. Check out their website. A passepartout for the full deal, including the conference, is just 80 euro’s, and for that you will get to hear amongst others Gerard ’t Hooft, Saskia Sassen, Trevor Paglen, Biosphere, CM von Hausswolff’s freq_out 9, Maja S.K Ratkje and the Synchronator Orchestra. And if you fancy partying till early morning, Sonic Dread (Saturday night 0:00–05:00) has a line-up with the most forward-looking producers of electronic music, featuring The Bug, patten, Dean Blunt, Mika Vainio and many others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>“A meteor or some space junk just hit a small city in Russia, there is a video of it. A mind blowing image to see it moving through the sky. Even though we are familiar with such fantastic images through Hollywood movies, the real experience is something else! I couldn’t avoid linking this event to Sonic Acts 2013 The Dark Universe – to go where no man has gone before in sound and image explorations. And even though this is the case every year at Sonic Acts, it now has become the central focus of the festival. So don’t prepare yourself for the engaging the unknown (that would be a paradoxical action), no, just surrender to the light frequencies and air pressure that will bombard your senses to let the unknown and not-yet-experienced emerge. Yes, I’m ready for Sonic Acts. As always in this time of year we are leaving our caves again since the darkness is slowly fading away. It’s the exact timing for taking a deep glimpse into The Dark Universe before the bright sky takes over again for the months to come. The Dark Universe, such a great theme! So meet you there at Sonic Acts!”</div>
<div>Alex Adriaansens, director of V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media.</div><div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>Rotterdam Museum Night</div><div>
<a href="http://v2.nl/events/rotterdam-museum-night-2013/">v2.nl/events/rotterdam-museum-night-2013/</a></div><div>March 9th, 2013</div><div>20:00 – 02:00 hrs</div><div>Various locations in Rotterdam</div><div><br></div><div>
Rotterdam’s art and cultural institutions are open to the public on March 9th from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m during the Rotterdam Museum Night. The theme of this edition is 'Waterlanders', which translates as 'Tears'. 53 museums and galleries, including V2_, open their doors on the night of Saturday 9 March.</div>
<div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>From the Archive: Erik Hobijn’s Delusions of Self-Immolation</div><div><a href="http://v2.nl/archive/works/delusions-of-self-immolation/">v2.nl/archive/works/delusions-of-self-immolation/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Did you know that Erik Hobijn’s ‘infamous’ installation Delusions of Self-Immolation was featured in 1993 at V2_’s exhibition The Body in Ruin? Check out the photographs and the video from 1993 in which Hobijn explains his work at <a href="http://v2.nl/archive/works/delusions-of-self-immolation/">v2.nl/archive/works/delusions-of-self-immolation/</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>V2_ livestreams on Vimeo</div><div><a href="http://vimeo.com/v2unstable">vimeo.com/v2unstable</a></div><div><a href="http://v2.nl/events/test_lab-etextile-sweatshop">v2.nl/events/test_lab-etextile-sweatshop</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>Did you miss our events last year? Check out our website and our Vimeo-channel, for instance for a full coverage of the Test_lab eTextile Sweatshop: <a href="http://v2.nl/events/test_lab-etextile-sweatshop">v2.nl/events/test_lab-etextile-sweatshop</a> and <a href="http://vimeo.com/v2unstable">vimeo.com/v2unstable</a>.</div>
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