[-empyre-] V2_| Exhibition in MOCA, Taipei

[press@v2.nl]

Rotterdam, 19 July 2007

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V2_ EXHIBITION IN MOCA, TAIPEI

From 10 August through 28 October 2007 the exhibition ZONE V2_ will 
take place in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Taipei, organized 
by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 
To celebrate the 25 year anniversary of V2_, the MOCA has invited V2_ to 
curate an international exhibition of electronic and media art. The 
exhibition shows a compilation of art and artists, who have determined 
the identity of V2_ in the past decennia. Zone V2_ will also present a 
conference and workshop hosted by international artists and experts.

ZONE V2_
Media such as radio, photography, film, television and internet have 
deeply influenced the way that modern people regard themselves and 
experienced the world. The exhibition plays with our media experiences, 
and with the impact the media have on our social, cultural, political, 
and economical context and interactions.
The main themes of Zone V2_ include time, information, and interaction, 
represented by new installations, as well as artworks that were 
exhibited earlier during the Dutch Electronic Art Festival.
Highlights among the more than twenty artworks on show are George 
Legrady’s Pockets full of Memories, Beijing Accelerator by Marnix de 
Nijs en data.tron by Ryoji Ikeda..

Conference and workshop
Concurrently with the exhibition there will be a two-days conference 
Unstable Media, about critical interaction with popular machineries and 
the relationship between media art and popular culture. Several experts 
and artists that participate in the exhibition will reflect on their 
work and give demonstrations. Prior to the conference Staalplaat 
Soundsystem will host the workshop Made in Taiwan, where the audience 
can participate in the creation of an installation, made of electronic 
kitchen devices, which can be controlled by mobile phones. The result 
will be exhibited in ZONE V2_.

Zone V2_, Unstable Media, Act - Interact
10 August through 28 October 2007
Conference: Unstable Media
11 and 12 August 2007
Museum of Contemporary Arts (MOCA), Taipei, Taiwan


ZONE V2_, artists/artworks:

- PainStation, Enhanced Dueling Artifact, 2001 – 2004 by ////////fur//// 
art entertainment interfaces (Tillman Reiff, Volker Morawe)
- G-Player 4 by Jens Brand
- Feed by Shane Cooper
- Synthia-Stock Ticker by Lynn Hershman Leeson
- Purple Rain Joyce Hinterding, David Haines
- data.tron by Ryoji Ikeda
- Pockets Full of Memories by George Legrady
- Drawn by Zachary Lieberman
- Beijing Accelerator by Marnix de Nijs
- Cheap Imitation by David Rokeby
- YOKOMONO by Staalplaat Soundsystem
- Exactitudes by Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek
- Amazon Noir by UBERMORGEN.COM, ALESSANDRO LUDOVICO, PAOLO CIRIO
- Google Will Eat Itself by UBERMORGEN.COM, ALESSANDRO LUDOVICO, PAOLO CIRIO
- zgodlocator/version zII by Herwig Weiser
- Chinese Portraiture by Zhou Hongxiang

Videoworks
‘In the Event of Amnesia the City Will Recall ‘ directed by Denis Beaubois
‘All is Full of Love’ directed by Chris Cunningham
‘Safe Distance’ by New Media Center_kuda.org
‘The Catalogue’ directed by Chris Oakley

Workshop Made in Taiwan
Hosted by Staalplaat Soundsystem: Sale Away (end-result installation)

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You can find more information about Zone V2_ and the two-days conference 
Unstable Media on our website: www.v2.nl
More information about the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei (MOCA) 
on http://www.mocataipei.org.tw/_english/index.asp

You can also contact Annetje Lekkas, V2_PR and Communications : +31 10 
206 72 72 / a.lekkas@v2.nl