V2 Institute for the Unstable Media

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V2 Lab Building on Eendrachtsstraat in Rotterdam

V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media, founded in 1981, is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1]

V2- presents, produces, archives and publishes about art made with new technologies and encourages the debate on these issues. It offers a platform where artists, scientists, developers of software and hardware, researchers and theorists from various disciplines can share their findings.

It is the main organizer of the , which grew out of the Manifestations for the Unstable Media that V2_ organized since 1987.[2]

Over the years V2_ has collaborated with many artists and theorists, including for instance: Stelarc,[3] Orlan,[4] Symbiotica,[5] Dick Raaymakers, Michel Waisvisz, Francisco López, Brian Massumi, Manuel de Landa, Paul Virilio, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Knowbotic Research, and Rem Koolhaas.[6]

Publications[]

V2_ has published a number of books on interactive art and related subjects like sociology, media theory, biology, and technological innovation.

1990s
  • Book for the Unstable Media, 1992
  • Interfacing Realities, 1997
  • TechnoMorphica, 1997
  • The Art of the Accident, 1998
2000s
  • Machine Times, 2000
  • Book for the Electronic Arts, 2000
  • TransUrbanism, 2002
  • My First Recession, 2003
  • Making Art of Databases, 2003
  • Information Is Alive, 2003
  • Feelings Are Always Local, 2004
  • Understanding Media Theory, 2004
  • aRt&D, 2005
  • Interact or Die!, 2007
  • Dick Raaijmakers, Monografie, 2008
  • The Architecture of Continuity, 2008
2010s
  • The Politics of the Impure, 2010
  • The Sympathy of Things, 2011
  • Vital Beauty, 2012
  • Iedereen Een Kunstenaar, 2014
  • Een Stuk Van Mij Gaat Een Paar Keer, 2014
  • Giving and Taking, 2014
  • On the Threshold of Beauty, 2014
  • The War Of Appearances: Transparency, Opacity, Radiance, 2016
  • Wat Is Community Art?, 2016
  • Machines Will Make Better Choices Than Humans, 2016
  • Everyone Is An Artist, 2016

References[]

  1. ^ Stephen Wilson, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press, 2002, p. 862.
  2. ^ Christiane Paul. A Companion to Digital Art. 2016. p. 62
  3. ^ Stelarc at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  4. ^ Orlan at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  5. ^ EVENING OF.. SYMBIOTICA at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  6. ^ REM KOOLHAAS at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.

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