Exhibition of student works "GAP", June 25-28
We are delighted to announce our annual "Science to Experience” exhibition, hosted by the V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media, June 25-28. In this exhibition, students communicate science-inspired statements as experiences for visitors to enjoy based on the theme “GAP”.
All are cordially invited to attend the public project exhibition by students of the Creative Intelligence & Technology MSc program. In small groups and through their own process, these students have created experiences for a public audience, this year around the theme "Gap".
GAP is the resulting exhibition with 10 works, each with a different take on the overall theme.
Program details
Audience: public exhibition, free of charge
Location: V2_ Exhibition Gallery, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012XL, Rotterdam
Formal opening ceremony: Thursday June 25, 17:00 - 19:00h; ceremony at 17:30h
Public hours: Friday June 26 - Sunday June 28, 12:00 - 18:00h
Details about the presented student works and supporting events can be found below!
V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media
As in previous editions, the exhibition is presented by the V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media, an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam. V2_ presents, produces, archives and publishes research at the interface of art, technology and society, and offers a platform for artists, designers, scientists, theorists, and developers from various disciplines to discuss their work and share their findings. It aims to create a context in which issues regarding the social impact of technology are explored through critical dialogue, artistic reflection and practice-oriented research.
Parallel Events
During the exhibition period we organise parallel events, near the V2_ gallery space. These events offer insight into the Creative Intelligence & Technology MSc program, and are open to the public free-of-charge.
Parallel events will be announced later
Science to Experience
The course Science to Experience is a good example of the general approach of the Creative Intelligence & Technology MSc program: students are challenged to translate their own science-inspired statements into works that communicate these statements as experiences within the exhibition. We find that modern researchers must be capable of creating installations, games, books, etcetera as meaningful output of their academic research.
Works in the Exhibition
The following ten student works can be experienced at the public exhibition.
YOU, ME, AND A BLACK BOX
— Inoue van den Berg, Eira Chen, Bente Westermann
Will you speak, or will you fall silent? What happens to communication when the invisible gaps in our language, voices, and context are manipulated beyond recognition? In the interactive experience You, Me, and a Black Box, discover what survives when the boundaries that hold our world together begin to break.
TERMS OF ETERNITY
— Asuka Banga, Emma Dekker, Sara Huysmans
Welcome to the digital afterlife. If you could upload a soul to the cloud, would you? Terms of Eternity is an interactive installation that invites you to build a collective digital monument. Engage with the system to archive a life, but choose carefully! Immortality always comes with a set of burdens and conditions.
BEYOND THE FRAME
— Christos Besios, Lotte Dollé, Amaia Larrea Rivada
What do we lose in the edit? Behind every frame lies a world of gaps. This work invites you to move between carefully curated moments, where selection itself becomes a choice, and every choice leaves something outside the frame.
ODD BIRD OUT
— Tristan Cotino, Aidan Ferentinos, Huub Speijkers
Would you like to stick your head in the sand and collaborate against your friends? This experience is a 3-player arcade-style game where players are presented with a choice: who will be the Odd Bird Out? This exhibition explores the possible reasons behind cyber ostracism, social exclusion and our natural human responses to it.
METAPHOR LAB
— Alberto Dorsi, Xiaohan Wang, Martina Huynh
Metaphors add their own layer to how we view the world. Metaphor Lab helps you take a closer look at them in a sterile environment, immune to any framing. Depending on which lens you use, your view changes. Not satisfied with your experimental findings? You can always synthesize new metaphors.
THIS IS NOT A BENCH
— Daniel Azriel, Anastasia Paschou, Melisa Yulia Kristina
This is not a bench invites visitors to physically engage with a structure whose core intent is to restrict allowed interactions. As an object of hostile design, this bench is an embodiment of social exclusion and control. But this is not a bench…
IT'S JUST A FACE
— Maria Cecilia Vieira Carvalho, Robin Opheij, Senn Uijtdehage
This exhibition invites you for the opportunity of first-hand creating self-generated images of yourself and friends. You wished you were at the beach with a loved one or at an Eastern barbecue instead of a V2_ exhibition? No problem! We provide you with the tools to make the unimaginable imaginable. With the right tools for a limited time, come join us for this reality swapping experience!
I'LL DO IT MYSELF THEN
— Valeri Erling, Richard van 't Hof
A photo series on DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy as a tool of empowerment, protest, and knowledge creation, rather than merely a last resort in response to inadequate healthcare.
REDUCTIVE NOISE
— Alice Moretti, Roxana Popescu, Romi Wolff
Reductive noise invites you to engage in a conversation, not by adding, but by taking away. Each layer hides a meaning, and each silent moment speaks. What you mute matters as much as what you leave. You construct the meaning, together or alone, one gap at a time.
¿WEAVE YOUR MARK?
— Jeff Randle, Daniel Rueda Lindemann, Ella Stockmans
Explore a sprawling, ever-growing, bedraggled sheet winding throughout the exhibition space. Sachets scattered across this threadbare fabric prompt visitors to question their relation to the work: whether we critique or contribute, our mark is always left somewhere. What will you find along the way? Who will you find at the end of the woven path?