The exhibition is divided in three parts:
- Selected installations realised in the last six years. this is a mixture of graduation works and other works that have been realised during the study.
- Hands on laboratory. in the laboratory students will be working on their own research that is already presentable to an audience.
- Results from the current second semester project. small groups of students have been exploring different topics. this has lead to statements that have been translated into exhibitable work.
The Media Technology programme is a joint initiative of Leiden University's computer science institute (LIACS) and the Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts.
July 10th - Opening day
15:00 Lecture by Koert van Mensvoort
Koert van Mensvoort is both a scientist and an artist. He will use his own work and fascinations as starting point to reflect on Media Technology. Koert is intrigued by 'Next Nature'. Next Nature is culturally emerged nature.
17:00 Opening Exhibition by Alex Adriaansens
Opening times exhibition:
July 10th - July 13th
July 17th - July 20th
12:00 - 18:00
former Nederlands Fotomuseum
Witte de Withstraat 63, Rotterdam
July 12th - Graduation presentations
Four graduation projects will be presented:
14:00-14:45 Alex Reuneker: the influence of interactivity on immersion in literature
14:45-15:30 Sylvain Vriens: surveillance: the new urban religion / defining reality
15:30-16:15 Erik Hekman / Michiel Stade: continuous physical prototyping in generative design: a LEGO-based architecture approach
16:15-17:00 Elena Gavrielidou: spatial navigation and women
The presentations are public and open for anyone that is interested to attend.
July 17th - TOKO Workshop
14:00-20:00
TOKO workshops are about technical topics in the field of art, design and technology. Get inspiration or technical help from all the participants for your own creative projects. Each workshop speakers are being invited to share their knowledge and experiences. This 5th TOKO will be about RFID, radio-frequency identification. Confirmed speakers for this session are: Iris Douma and Leo van der Veen (nr37.nl). More will be announced at dewar.nl/toko. The workshop is open for everyone. Please send an email to toko@dewar.nl to register for free and get more information.
July 19th - Masterclass Creative Research
14:00-17:00
There must be more room for creativity and unconventional ideas in scientific research. Only through dealing creatively with research itself can we achieve results that could otherwise not be envisioned, and can science remain groundbreaking. Just as in the Dutch concept of autonomous artists, there should be free-thinking and creative scientists - autonomous scientists.
This idea is central in the Media Technology MSc programme of Leiden University. In the masterclass this creative research concept is presented - with many examples - and is much room for discussion. Some examples and results of unconventional scientific research are presented as installations in the exposition.
The masterclass is taught by Maarten Lamers and Bas Haring (Leiden University, Media Technology MSc programme) and is part of the six years creative research exposition presented by the V2_Institute for the Unstable Media.
The masterclass is free and open for anyone that is interested to attend. It's advised to register at mediatechnology.leiden.edu/masterclass/