DEAF04 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.
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The Festival
Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) is a biennial international festival for electronic art, presented by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The festival is a presentation platform for new media art - some of it commissioned by DEAF - and as a forum for critical debate and art education. more

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The Theme
Each of the festivals has a specific theme, which structures the contents of the event as a whole. Under the title Affective Turbulence: The Art of Open Systems, the theme of DEAF04 focuses on the instability of open systems and the instinctivity and irrationality that are necessary to act within these systems. more

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History
DEAF04 is the seventh edition of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival. more