'Second Summit on New Media Art Archiving'

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June 10th

Lightning Talk – The Different Histories of Electronic Art in the V2_ Archive

Authors: Arie Altena, Michel van Dartel

Work: A presentation about the digital archive of V2_Lab for the Unstable Media outlining some of the strategies to bring out different histories of electronic art that narrate the art form’s critical role in giving meaning to and (re-)interpreting the real-world effects of technology.

Typology:

Second Summit on New Media Art Archiving

Theme: living archive, electronic art, art history, dissemination

Venue: MACBA - Convent dels Àngels

More information: http://v2.nl

Abstract: V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It strives to build a ‘living archive’ of electronic art, using its own documentation from over 40 years, made accessible on its website. This presentation outlines some of the strategies to bring out the different histories of electronic art that narrate the art form’s critical role in giving meaning to and (re-)interpreting the real-world effects of technology.

Biography:
Arie Altena is archive editor at V2_ and the author of Wat is community art? (2016) and 40 Years of V2_ (2022).

Michel van Dartel is Director of V2_Lab for the Unstable Media and Research Professor at the AVANS Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (CARADT).

Venue

MACBA - Convent dels Àngels

Plaça dels Àngels, 5, Barcelona

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