<nettime-ann> fwd:V2_ | Opening DEAF07 Tuesday, April 10

[nat muller <nat@xs4all.nl>]

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> ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> Dutch Electronic Art Festival, April 2007
> DEAF07: Interact or Die!
> Rotterdam, April 10–29, 2007
>
> DEAF07 opening: Tuesday, April 10
>
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, Martin Berendse of the Dutch Ministry of 
> Education, Culture and Science will officially open the Dutch 
> Electronic Art Festival. The opening will take place at Rotterdam’s 
> new Las Palmas cultural center at 7:00 p.m. A performance by the 
> Belgian group Code31 will be the highlight. DEAF, one of the most 
> important international festivals devoted to art, media and 
> technology, is organized every two years by V2_, Institute for the 
> Unstable Media. DEAF07 runs from April 10 to 29, 2007, in Rotterdam.
>
> Varied Schedule
> DEAF07 presents a number of landmark works in the area of media, 
> technology and art. A large exhibition of interactive art will serve 
> as its focal point. Part of the festival’s program will be devoted to 
> the network V2_ has built over the past several years in the People’s 
> Republic of China and other parts of Asia. Chinese artists, curators 
> and other key art world players will take part in the festival. Along 
> with a very special night celebrating V2_’s 25th birthday, DEAF07 will 
> host an extensive range of concerts, performances, seminars, workshops 
> and a symposium.
>
> Visit the Exhibition On the Internet
> DEAF07’s large international exhibition of interactive art offers an 
> intriguing overview of contemporary interactive art, from cutting-edge 
> and experimental high-tech works to near-classic video pieces. There 
> is work from Europe, the United States, Canada, the People’s Republic 
> of China and Japan, plus a number of pieces realized in collaboration 
> with V2_Lab.
>
> Follow DEAF07 from your sofa through live webcasts and blogs – and 
> MOBI, a mobile robot with a monitor screen and a camera, which you can 
> control via the Internet. Use the robot to take a remote walk through 
> the exhibition and communicate with visitors.
>
> The DEAF07 exhibition take places at the new Las Palmas/LPII cultural 
> center and Pakhuismeesteren in Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid. DEAF’s other 
> locations are V2_, NAi, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Ro 
> Theater, Staal and Arminius.
>
> More information about the Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF07) is 
> available on our website, www.deaf07.nl.

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