V2_/DEAF03: Subject: Opening DEAF03 / The Evening of
V2_Organisation
v2 at v2.nl
Thu Feb 13 18:08:23 CET 2003
Ad. 1. Opening DEAF03
Ad. 2. The Evening of ?
Ad. 1. Opening DEAF03
On Tuesday 25 February at 19.00 hrs., ?DEAF03 Data Knitting? will be
officially opened by Alex Adriaansens (director of V2_) and by Edwin van
Huis, director of the National Institute for Image and Sound (the former
NAA), the largest audiovisual archive in the Netherlands, with, among
others, 50 years of Dutch television.
Time: 19.00 - 21.00 hrs, doors open at 18.30 hrs.
Location: Pakhuis Las Palmas, Wilhelminakade 66-68 (Kop van Zuid),
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Admission: free
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Ad. 2. The Evening of ?
26 - 28 February, 20:00 - 23:00, ARENA @ Pakhuis Las Palmas (first floor),
Wilhelminakade 66-68 (Kop van Zuid), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Admission: ? 10,-
Discount (student, cjp, RotterdamPas, 65+) ? 8,-
Three individuals who established a reputation in the field of media art
have been invited to compile a full evening?s program that showcases their
personal outlook on DEAF03?s theme. In any way or format they choose,
varying from lectures to film or video screenings, from concerts to theater
and performances.
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The Evening of Sadie Plant: ?Sounds Emergent?
Wednesday 26 February, 20:00 - 23:00 hours
This evening is hosted by Sadie Plant (GB), philosopher, writer and
theorist. She is one of the pioneers of cyber feminism. Her theme, Sounds
Emergent will be explored, demonstrated, and performed by two guests, Kaffe
Matthews (GB) and Brian Duffy (GB), two of Great Britain?s most imaginative
and exciting sound artists. This will be an evening of technical
experiment, musical innovation, and far-reaching conversation an
imaginative investigation of the processes involved in memory, recording,
sampling, and chance, and the loops and continuities between bodies and
machines, structure and improvisation, the virtual and the actual, and data
in both digital and analogue formats. The night will culminate in a
performance by Kaffe Matthews, and Brian Duffy with his Modified Toy Orchestra.
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The Evening of Siegfried Zielinski: ?The Three Princes of Serendippo?
Thursday 27 February, 20:00 - 23:00 hours
Zielinski (D) is the founding and former president and professor of
Communication Theory and Audiovision, at the Academy of Media Arts
(Kunsthochschule für Medien), Cologne (D). His guests, media artist David
Link (D) and musician/composer Jan St. Werner (D), explore serendipity as a
method, a concept of thinking and constructing the world of art, machines
and programs. There will be no product, however a ?Ligurian pasta? will be
prepared live for and in front of the audience by ?chef? Siegfried
Zielinski. The evening will be an attempt to create a process, where the
participants allow themselves to be surprised and to surprise the audience;
?enjoy your meal?.
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The Evening of Lev Manovich: ?Metadata, mon amour - Metadating the Image?
Friday 28 February, 20:00 - 23:00 hours
Manovich (RUS/USA) is an artist, programmer and teacher of new media at the
Californian University (USA). His guests, historian/media archaeologist
Wolfgang Ernst (D), journalist/media scientist Stefan Heidenreich (D),
media artist Andreas Kratky (D), media artist George Legrady (H/CAN/USA)
and media artist/media scientist Joachim Sauter (D), will combine
theoretical and historical accounts with the presentation of some of the
most interesting new media projects which address metadata.
More information on ?The Evenings of ?? can be found on the festival
website http://deaf.v2.nl
Tickets and reservation: On line via http://deaf.v2.nl (Direct Payment
procedure only) or by phone (from 21 February on) +31 (0)10 750 15 15
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