[spectre] aRt&D: Research and Development in Art (V2_ book launch)

richard de boer richard at v2.nl
Mon May 9 15:09:44 CEST 2005


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aRt&D: Research and Development in Art
Book launch celebration
Date: Saturday 4 June, 17:00-20:00 hrs
Location: V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Admission: free
Live webcast: www.v2.nl
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On Saturday 4 June, the new book publication of V2_Publishing and NAi
Publishers will be launched:

aRt&D: Research and Development in Art

Joke Brouwer, Arjen Mulder, Anne Nigten (eds.)
illustrated (colour) / paperback, sewn / 288 pages
size: 16 x 23 cm
English edition / ISBN 90-5662-389-3 / € 27,00

aRt&D: Research and Development in Art discusses how the art practice
changed over the last few decades as a result of media and technology
influences. aRt&D introduces the diversity of this new art domain to a
broader audience. It is the first book that is entirely dedicated to
artistic research and development.

In the past decades a new international trend has emerged within the arts,
usually referred to as ‘electronic’, ‘digital’, or ‘interactive’ art. In
the 1980s artists mainly worked with radio and video, where in the last
fifteen years digital media and network technologies have emerged as their
instruments of choice. This new art domain is characterized by
collaboration between artists, designers, engineers and scientists, who
join forces in researching and experimenting with new opportunities for
using technology for artistic ends.

aRt&D: Research and Development in Art not only provides a unique insight
in the art practice through essays in which artists write about their
personal experiences, it also develops a theoretical framework for these
projects. Critics Andy Cameron and Timothy Druckrey, both experts in this
field, evaluate the importance of artistic research and development so
far. aRt&D positions itself as a pioneering work: it is the first book
ever published that focuses in depth on interdisciplinary research and
development from an art perspective.

On the occasion of the book launch of aRt&D, there will be an informal,
yet critical debate between art historian Marga Bijvoet, media theorist
Andy Cameron and media artists Marnix de Nijs and Christa Sommerer,
moderated by cultural theorist Sally Jane Norman. The debate will be
wrapped up with the live cinema performance Rotor by the Belgian
multimedia artists Boris and Brecht Debackere.

This event will also be webcast live. For more information check
http://www.v2.nl

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V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media
Eendrachtsstraat 10, NL-3012 XL Rotterdam
PO Box 19049, NL-3001 BA Rotterdam
Tel +31 10 2067272 | Fax +31 10 2067271
E-mail v2 AT v2.nl | URL http://www.v2.nl
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** Members of the press can obtain a review copy via Richard de Boer
<richard at v2.nl>. We appreciate it very much to receive a copy of your book
review.





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