[spectre] V2_ | Opening DEAF07 Tuesday, April 10

[V2_]

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.