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DEAF 2012: The Exhibition. The Power of Things

From May 16th to June 3rd the DEAF, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, was held in Rotterdam. In addition to the symposium and the performances taking place during the first 4 days (artists included, among others, Jimmy Edgar, Egyptrixx, Noorderlicht010, CREW, Ital Tek, Lower Dens etc.), the 2012 edition has included an exhibition titled "Power of Things".... READ MORE...

VIDA 14: Arte & Artificial Life Award – July 30, 2012

The VIDA Award is granted to artistic creations developed using artificial life technology. Among the projects submitted to VIDA, the artists‚ ties to this theme and their choice of media are very diverse. Throughout its history, the competition has welcomed proposals that challenge the boundary between living and non-­‐living, between natural and synthetic, either by juxtaposing both realities or by creating overlapping spaces for reflection.... READ MORE...

Marta De Menezes. Bio-Art System Analysis

Marta de Menezes has been working now for a decade with biological techniques and materials as her medium, and has often done so in collaboration with scientists, and in particular, with biologists. She is a phd candidate at the University of Leiden, and the artistic director at Ectopia, an experimental art lab in Lisbon. By recently employing the tools of analysis in systems biology to the field of art practice, de Menezes is taking a reflexive and immersive approach to art research. It's one that embraces complexity and could translate into a deeper understanding about the historical development and embedded structures of art and biology related exploration... READ MORE...

“Hostage” Exhibition Frederick de Wilde: Aksioma

The artworks consist of an ultra dark, nano-engineered material that absorbs all visible light and some invisible light as well, such as infrared.The artworks make reference to the works of painters such as Yves Klein, Malevich, Reinhardt, et al. In contradiction to traditional paintings, these artworks are made from atomic size particles using chemical vapor deposition, thereby creating a Vertigo-esque black "forest" of loosely and vertically aligned carbon nanotubes.... READ MORE...