Making Art of Databases, Book Launch at V2

[anna balint]

Book Launch, published by V2_ and NAi Publishers
Date: Saturday 14 June 2003
Time: 20:00 hours

V2_ invites you to the official Launch of 'Making Art of Databases' and
meet some of the project's participants in an evening of performance and
presentations.

The publication 'Making Art of Databases' is based on four international
master classes, focussing on the language and culture of archives and
databases in the work of electronic media artists, which was a two-year
collaborative project between V2_ and ZKM (D), Ars Electronica (A) and C3
(H). The master class leaders, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer with Brian Massumi,
Joel Ryan, Lev Manovich and Sher Doruff have worked on this theme with
students for a week, each from his or her own perspective (interactivity,
sound, image and interdisciplinarity). The contribution of the masters and
the results of these master classes are compiled into a publication
entitled 'Making Art of Databases'.

Speakers:
Welcome words by Alex Adriaansens, director of V2_.
Sher Doruff talks about the master class 'Collaborative Culture', theme
interdisciplinarity.
Joel Ryan gives a concert of electronic music.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Brian Massumi, present in following of the master
class 'HUMO - HUge and MObile' live via an on line connection from Montreal
the premiere screening of the (video) documentary by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

The online intervention '*Listen, Send, Tell*' will frame the evening,
which is a collaboration of Isabelle Jenniches (in New York), Michelle
Teran (in Rotterdam) and Radiotopia (in Vienna) in which sound triggers
text and image impulses.

The Book Launch will be broadcast live on the website, which offers the
opportunity to participate in the program from other location.

www.v2.nl/live.