V2 Institute for the Unstable Media

V2 Lab Building on Eendrachtsstraat in Rotterdam

V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media, founded in 1981, is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1]

V2- presents, produces, archives, and publishes art created with new technologies, fostering debate on these issues. It provides a platform where artists, scientists, software and hardware developers, researchers, and theorists from various disciplines can share their findings and insights.

It was the main organizer of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, which evolved from the Manifestations for the Unstable Media that V2_ had been organizing since 1987.[2]

Over the years V2_ has collaborated with many artists and theorists, including for instance: Stelarc,[3] Orlan,[4] Symbiotica,[5] Dick Raaymakers, Michel Waisvisz, Francisco López, Brian Massumi, Manuel de Landa, Paul Virilio, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Knowbotic Research, Achille Mbembe, and Rem Koolhaas.[6]

  1. ^ Stephen Wilson, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press, 2002, p. 862.
  2. ^ Christiane Paul. A Companion to Digital Art. 2016. p. 62
  3. ^ Stelarc at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  4. ^ Orlan at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  5. ^ EVENING OF.. SYMBIOTICA at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.
  6. ^ REM KOOLHAAS at v2.nl. Accessed 04.12.2019.