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V2_Newsletter, December 2010<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.v2.nl">www.v2.nl</a><br>
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The Politics of the Impure<br>
V2_Publishing<br>
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A new V2_ publication is out! The Politics of the Impure is an
explicit attempt to forge a new creation myth: one of a wilderness
that is not pure but technological. It investigates the urge for the
pure but also advocates a much deeper need for the impure, not to
reinstate a new organicism or back-to-nature movement but to trace
progression to a point where all modernist values reverse, where
technology becomes an agent for the impure and the imperfect.
Technology, long an agent for homogeneity and purity, is now turning
into one for heterogeneity and global contingency.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/publishing/the-politics-of-the-impure">http://www.v2.nl/publishing/the-politics-of-the-impure</a><br>
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Perform!<br>
December 2, 2010 | 8–11 p.m.<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
Admission: Free<br>
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An evening with Chris Salter and TeZ. V2_ has invited Chris Salter
to be a guest curator for four months starting in December. To kick
off his main project, the Performative Ecologies expert meeting,
taking place early next year, Salter will introduce his
book Entangled and the research topics he will focus on in his
curatorship. TeZ presents his immersive installation and performance
ANHARMONIUM, which investigates spatial awareness via light
reflections of water waves.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/events/perform">http://www.v2.nl/events/perform</a><br>
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V2_AR: Reality, Check!<br>
December 16, 2010 | 12–6 p.m.<br>
Gouvernestraat 133, Rotterdam<br>
Admission: free (reservation required)<br>
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V2_ will hold the third Augmented Reality Expert meeting as part of
the V2_AR Ecosystem series. The primary goal will be to identify
current developments in the field beyond the hype. Our keynote
speaker will be Professor Martin Wiedmer, director of the Institute
for Research in Art and Design in Basel. The main part of the day
will be dedicated to artists’ presentations in the field. Attendance
is free, but a reservation is required.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/events/reality-check">http://www.v2.nl/events/reality-check</a><br>
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Test_Lab: Tools for ARt<br>
December 16, 2010 | 8–11 p.m.<br>
V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam<br>
Admission: free <br>
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After the expert meeting, we’ll throw the doors open for a new
Test_Lab edition. In Test_Lab: Tools for ARt, we’ll dig through the
AR toolbox and take a close look at all the technologies inside.
With live demonstrations of AR technologies and artworks.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/events/tools-for-art">http://www.v2.nl/events/tools-for-art</a><br>
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Palm Top Theater Workshops<br>
November 27, 2010 – January 8, 2011<br>
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In the Palm Top Theater Workshops at V2_, students are developing
new content for i3DG, a new analog application for the iPhone and
iPad that generates a 3D experience. We’ll exhibit their work in the
Palm Top Theater exhibition from January 22 to February 13, during
and after the International Film Festival Rotterdam. More than
800,000 people have already watched a movie about the project on our
YouTube channel – check it out on our website.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/events/palm-top-theater">http://www.v2.nl/events/palm-top-theater</a><br>
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V2_Archive Sales<br>
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The V2_Archive is making a final sale of audio editions that were
released between 1993 and 2003. This is a unique opportunity to
listen to some very interesting works from our Archive, which we are
making available for a limited period. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.v2.nl/archive/sales/">http://www.v2.nl/archive/sales/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://store.v2.nl">http://store.v2.nl</a><br>
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V218 - "The Great New World In Environment And Acceleration" is
compilation CD of several Manifestations at V2_ with works by Pedro
Bericat, The Haters, Rui Kuivila, Alex Adriaansens/Joke Brouwer,
Barney Haynes, Steina Vasulka/Michael Saup, among others (1993).
Includes a booklet with an opening text by Emanuel Dimas de Melo
Pimenta. <br>
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V221 - "Snake, Rattle, Roll / Degenerates in Dreamland" - are two
radioplays on CD by Gregory Whitehead, the first one won the Prix
Futura in Berlin in 1993 (1995). With booklet and complete text of
the plays. <br>
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V227 - "just about now" is CD based on a sound exhibition with Frans
de Waard, Carsten Nikolai, Ryoji Ikeda, Peter Duimelinks, Francisco
Lopéz, Roel Meelkop (1998). <br>
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V228 - "La Selva - sound environments from a neotropical rain
forest" by Francisco Lopéz (1998). Comes with an extensive booklet
on concept, theory and project specificities. <br>
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V229 - "WrK" are Toshiya Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Iida, Jio Shimizu and m/s
(Minoru Sato), and this CD and booklet features their work as
expressed in m/s' text on concerning sound as a physical vibration
and audio signal transmission system of this (1999). <br>
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V230 - "just about now" (2) is a compilation CD-catalog based on the
same name exhibition, curated by Shinichi Yanai and Roel Meelkop
(2000). Included in the booklet features an introduction by Brandon
LaBelle, and texts by the partipant artists, such as m/s, BMB.con,
Peter Duimelinks, Frans de Waard, Edwin van der Heide, Jio Shimizu,
Masahiro Miwa, Roel Meelkoop & Reignier Schimmel, Toshiya
Tsunoda, and Justin Bennet. <br>
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V231 - "b [] + 2.7K" by Kozo Inada + *0, two Japanese minimal
artists working with the microwave sound spectrum (2001). <br>
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V233 - "Favorites" by Roel Meelkoop, double release LP and CD with
differing tracks (2003). <br>
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