http://www.deaf04.nlDEAF04 is a festival for art and media technology in which the public is more than merely a spectator. With a large exposition of interactive artworks, music and performances, seminars and workshops, discussions and presentations, an academic symposium and more.http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/shared/gfx/icons/v2ic32.pnghttp://www.deaf04.nl http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041125110857-DEAF04-closes--see-you-in-2006! DEAF04 has come to an end, we hope to welcome you again in 2006! http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/coverage/section.sxml You can follow the DEAF04 festival on our website: critical analysis, in-depth reviews, video and text reports, photographic essays and archived video streams. Check DEAF04 coverage. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041117140608-DEVMAP DEVMAP by Workspace Unlimited is the virtual meeting point of DEAF04. In the DEAF04 exhibition, three terminal offer festival visitor access to an immersive 3-D environment composed of web cam images, videos and live streams, texts and animations of the festival. These media are reshaped, altered, and remapped to create a virtual version of DEAF04, constantly shifting. With DEVMAP you can explore new zones of real-time communication and exchange unfolding at the boundary of physical and perceptual realities. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041115113405-Questionnaire http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041115172004-poortgebouw The monumental Poortgebouw is a living and working space for international artists, musicians, students and others. After 25 years, the existence of the group is threatened by the current owner's plans to develop the building into expensive offices. The Poortgebouw invites visitors to the five-day Open Action Café to experience the benefits and struggles to sustain an "open social system". Diverse installations enable interaction with the stories and strategies implicit in an urban freespace. With diverse installations, performances, films, guided tours & more. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041115162747-Now-available--DEAF04-publication-Feelings-Are-Always-Local V2_, in cooperation with NAi Publishers, releases the publication Feelings Are Always Local, accompanying DEAF04 - Affective Turbulence. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041115161318-Lantaren-multimedia http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041115164657-DEAF04-lecture-on-algorithmic-instruction-code Berlin-based writer Florian Cramer sketches the contradictory history of algorithmic instruction code at Piet Zwart Institute, Wednesday 17 November, 19:00 hrs. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041117141628-The-Bar-Bot-in-rehab Unfortunately there are no bots this year on DEAF04! The Bar Bot, the fully automated beer-drinking robot waiter, had to go to rehab due to a broken microchip (.. the first robot with Korsakoff syndrome?). Also one of the famous robots from the clip "All is Full of Love" by Björk couldn't attend the DEAF04 exhibition. Our apologies to the public! http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/program/section.sxml?date=2004-11-14 Today the winners and selected nominees of the competition Fusedspace will be presented to the public. Fusedpace is a competition for innovative technological applications in public space held earlier this year. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041113145447-M.U.S.H.-location-moved-to-Rotterdam For technical reasons the second M.U.S.H. location, previously at STEIM in Amsterdam, has been moved to the DEAF04 festival location at the Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek in Rotterdam. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041113120744-Japanese-evening-with-Yukiko-Shikata Tonight at 20:00 hrs Japanese curator Yukiko Shikata presents a wild Japanese evening where existing notions of body, perception, language, space and time are rebooted in an enigmatic set of relations. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041112175202-Enigma-Anagma--Yukiko-Shikata Kick off the day with a creative culinary exchange of ideas on the current post digital (r)evolution. The last Open_Brunch in a series of four will take place in on the vide of the main building and start at 12:30 hrs. The Open_Brunch intends to caress the palate, open the mind, and festively wake up the mood. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041112120017-TRAMJAM-presentation-on-friday Friday 12 November, the TRAMJAM Rotterdam RushHour is taking place between 15:00 and 19:00 hrs at Piet Zwart Institute. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041111182850-Listen-to-DEAF-RADIO--now-online Follow the live streaming and soundscapes of DEAF RADIO. Daily reports on the festival with interventions and radio concerts. During and after the heady festival buzz of the daytime, artists will create a soothing and DEAFening sonic atmosphere. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041112171902-Marko-Peljhan-brings-an-evening-of-signal-strength Together with a transnational group of nomadic system operators, Slovenian artist Marko Peljhan will uplink in Rotterdam to create a multi-tiered environment comprising electromagnetic signal processing, transmission, tactical tool creation and political debate. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041005155652-DEAF04-Symposium--Feelings-Are-always-Local http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041110093159-Maja-Ratkje-&-Ran-Slavin-performing-on-DEAF04 On Wednesday 10 November, DEAF04 presents a concert by Norwegian composer and performer Maja Ratkje and Israeli audiovisual artist Ran Slavin. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041108181111-How-to-get-to-DEAF04-&-be-sure-of-your-tickets http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041108134711-Lebbeus-Woods-item For health reasons, American architect Lebbeus Woods had to cancel his evening on Thursday 11 November. Instead of an evening on social change and architecture, DEAF04 presents The Evening of Sponge. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041108145033-Utopia-Travel-item During DEAF04 the special Utopia Travel vehicle will roam the streets of Rotterdam and offers passers-by to browse through its video archive. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041108140014-DEAF04-on-your-television-set See DEAF04 previews on Kunstkanaal and MTV News. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041105104253-Open_Brunch--creative-culinary-exchange-of-ideas Kick off your day at DEAF04 with a creative culinary exchange of ideas and initiatives! Part hang out, part culinary experiment, the Open_Brunch intends to caress the palate, open the mind, and festively wake up the mood. Four days long, from 10 to 13 November, between 12:30 and 15:00 hrs. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041105102602-Digital-Playrground-blabala Digital Playground, the biggest organization of digital media events for youngsters (aged 14 - 19) in the Netherlands, will organize educational workshops during DEAF04. Goal of Digital Playground is to make young people aware of contemporary visual culture and media representations and to stimulate their use of the creative possibilities of the computer. During the DEAF04 workshops, participants are guided and inspired by young tutors. DEAF04 also presents other educational programs and guided tours. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041103112217-Affective-Systems--how-to-build-emotional-machines How do we experience mixed virtual and physical environments? Is wearable computing empowering us, or are we becoming more vulnerable and disembodied? How can machines be designed to express emotion by themselves? On Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 November, various seminars are focusing on thought-provoking issues in art and media technology. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041105172144-Missed-your-shuttlebus-/-left-with-some-time-before-departure- Since December 2003 Rotterdam has a Hole in the Earth. With this art work Japanese artist Maki Ueda has set up a permanent communication link between Rotterdam and ‘the other side of the world', via a virtual tunnel straight down through the earth. Until the end of this year, the other side lies in the Indonesian city of Bandung. The hole in the Earth is nearby the shuttle bus stop. A visit will take you about 10 minutes. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041103180853-rssfeed The DEAF04 website now offers a public RSS feed. Subscribe to our feed with your favorite reader. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041101160412-TRAMJAM-workshop-makes-sound-maps-of-Rotterdam TRAMJAM Rotterdam RushHour is a performance using the nine tram lines between different areas in Rotterdam to create a musical sound map of the city. During DEAF04, the Swiss performance study group Mumbai Streaming Attack, together with local sound artists and media art students, will bring a public jam session near metro station Blaak, using pre-recorded, composed and real-time sounds that reflect the city's open space and mobile living. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041028122719-DEAF04-artwork-launched-today-on-Times-Square On October 27th, media artist Zhang Ga launched the public art project The Peoples' Portrait simultaneously in cities around the world. Five photo-capturing kiosks, including the location in the Times Square Alliance Information Center at 150 7th Avenue in New York City, are set up globally to capture a diverse range of people in their unique environments. Every few seconds, a central server will retrieve the portraits and display them first in time stamped order, then randomly from the archive. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041014184740-hotels For people who wish to visit the DEAF04 festival, Euro Hotel has hotel rooms to offer for an interesting price. If you are interested in this option, please contact the hotel at tel. +31(0)10 214 19 22 - don't forget to mention that you are a visitor of DEAF04 - Dutch Electronic Art Festival. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041021113538-Californian-band-The-Hub-reunites-at-DEAF04 For the first time in ten years the members of the legendary Californian band The Hub will all be playing together in a unique reunion concert for DEAF04. http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:040922143149-DEAF04Exhibitionhighlights DEAF04 presents a large international exhibition of interactive works. www.deaf04.nl/flossbootcamp On Friday 12 November, DEAF04 presents a full-day workshop with presentations, demonstrations and a hands-on afternoon focused on the Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects Blender and Ardour. http://www.deaf04.nl/ You can receive the latest information about DEAF04 in two ways: through regular post and by e-mail. Receive the latest information by e-mail, subscribe to the V2_mailing list: http://www.v2.nl/browse/v2/mailinglist.html http://www.deaf04.nl/deaf04/../jump?section=home&item=urn:v2:deaf04:rss:news.rss:041108173946-DEAF04-opens-Tuesday-9-November Tuesday 9 November, 19:00 hrs, the seventh edition of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival will be officially opened at the Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek.