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About Virtueel Platform Virtueel Platform is the sector institute for e-culture in the Netherlands. Its mission is to stimulate and strengthen cultural innovation by sharing Newsletter Subsribe to the Virtueel Platform newsletter to receive updates on Dutch and relevant international e-culture. RSS feeds Follow our updates using your personal feedreader by using our RSS feeds. The E-culture Index provides the latest news, events and projects from the D Social networks Virtueel Platform participates in social networks such as Netvibes and Flickr to spread information on e-culture. An overview of online networks and t HOT100 2009 Booklet In the HOT100 2009 booklet you'll find all of the year's talents, proposed by new media academies and other academic organisations. The booklet is ava STEIM looking for documentation interns STEIM (the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music in Amsterdam) is looking for interns/volunteers to assist in the documentation of selected residency BALTAN and Piksel collaborative research and development residency As part of BALTAN Laboratories’ Blueprint research programme investigating the roles and forms of the art and technology laboratory of the future, B Call for projects STRP Festival 2010 STRP is searching for exceptional work for presentation at the STRP festival 2010, an international festival of art and technology with approximately Flux-s Kunstenfestival flux-s is a new international arts festival which, from September 10-13 2009, will take place annually at Strijp-S and responds to the future developm NIMk media_dome at Uitmarkt 2009 During the Uitmarkt 2009 the Netherlands Institute for Media Art (NIMk) will host a media_dome next to Stopera, Amsterdam. NIMk Artist in Residence 2010 The Artist in Residence (AiR) programme at the Netherlands Media Art Institute supports the exploration and development of new work in digital/interac Asia-Europe Foundation support for new collaborative initiatives The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) presents its new scheme, the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiative: New Media (AECPI: New Media) as part of it Leonardo Education Forum At the Crossroads of Media Arts & Science and Technology Education in the 21st Century - What is to be Done? mscape Fest09 mscapeFest is back: a two day conference for mediascape, pervasive, locative and interactive media enthusiasts, practitioners and facilitators E-mobility website tender The e-mobility project is looking for a webdeveloper for a new website for the innovative, European network for young, creative artists. What is e-culture? E-culture refers to the ever-evolving relationship between information and communication technologies and the production and consumption of culture an Report PICNIC Academy Hot100 2009 A report of the PICNIC Academy Hot100 2009. What happens when the best and brightest new media students in the Netherlands are brought together for a Mapping E-culture PDF download The E-culture publication by Virtueel Platform is available in PDF format. This post contains the Mapping E-culture book. Navigating E-culture PDF download The E-culture publication by Virtueel Platform is available in PDF format. This post contains the Navigating E-culture book. Walled Garden PDF download The E-culture publication by Virtueel Platform is available in PDF format. This post contains the Walled Garden book. The Future of the Lab From November 30th until December 2nd, BALTAN Laboratories is hosting an international expert meeting in Eindhoven about the future of (media) labs. T Visitors programme: Richard Sandford keynote about the future of learning On 23rd September 2009 Waag Society and Kennisnet organised a seminar about new approaches to learning. One of the keynote speakers was Richard Sandfo Visitors Programme: Richard Sandford Interview Richard Sandford was in the Netherlands to speak at two seminars on the future of learning and to take part in Virtueel Platform's foreign visitors pr Board of Advice The Board of Advice assists Virtueel Platform with regards to policy and activities. State of AR Exhibition With the 'State of the AR' exhibition, the AR+RFID Lab of the Royal Academy of Arts The Hague (KABK) and the Bio-Robotics Lab of TU-Delft show the art Geeky Workshops Plenty of cool things to learn at Mediamatic in November and December 2009. The Future of Waste A public dialogue organised by the Club of Amsterdam on November 19th. Experiments in Architecture BALTAN goes NATLAB with Experiments in Architecture. Developing a new visual language for science Call for proposals: Developing a new visual language for science. EuroITV2010: web.sharing.tv.content EuroITV2010 is the 8th European Conference on Interactive TV and Video is looking for Call for Papers, Targeted Workshops, Workshops, Tutorials, and I Matt Adams DISH workshop 8 December Blast Theory's Matt Adams will run a pre-conference workshop for the DISH conference on 8 December 2009. Test_Lab: Intimate Interfaces Create electronic circuitry on bare skin, see through clothing without X-Ray vision, put a veil on to meet others in a digital network. Test and debat moddr FOO_bar night: Tagtool and SYNCHRONATOR moddr_lab's 'FOO_bar' nights are a combination of presentation, installation and performance of digital art and music, showing current interests from Ardour Workshop and FLOSS Manuals Book Sprint Ardour workshop and creation of a FLOSS manual in five days. Beyond the crisis: Design for a sustainable future This conference is planned as one of the major events of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. Processpatching Busines Presentation Patching Zone extends its activities to innovational business processes. Matt Adams DISH workshop report On December 8, 2009 Matt Adams from the UK-based, internationally renowned artist's group Blast Theory ran a pre-conference workshop organised by Virt Download (Un)common Ground: Creative Encounters across Sectors and Disciplines The '(Un)common Ground: Creative Encounters across Sectors and Disciplines' (2007) has been made available as PDF download. Urban Screens 2009: The City as Interface Urban Screens is a series of events and seminars that has been organized around the theme of outdoor display screens (LED signs, plasma screens, proje World Congres on Information Technology 2010: Challenges of Change It is with great pride and excitement that The Netherlands hosts WITSA's 17th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) on May 25-27 2010. Visitors programme: The (re)purposing of technology Report of Virtueel Platform lunch meeting for MIT visitors on September 25th 2009. Report by Jane Middleton. Visitors Programme Articles Read articles related to the Virtueel Platform visitor programme 2009 - 2012. Crisis: a Non-Economic Approach Exhibition by students of Edwin van der Heide from the Media Technology MSc program, i.c.w. University of Leiden. Sonic Acts XIII The poetics of space Back to the Future The first Medialab Enschede exhibition in 2010 titled 'Back to the Future' is showing sound installations and sculptures by media artist Ad van Buuren FITC Amsterdam 2010 Design. Technology. Cool shit. Electrosmog: International Festival for Sustainable Immobility ElectroSmog is a new festival that explores the concept ‘Sustainable Immobility’ in theory and practice. In Amsterdam wordt het georganiseerd in D NLGD Festival of Games 2010 Festival of Games 2010 returns June 3-4 2010 with 2 days focused on Everything Online. The Future of Biosensing A dialogue about gaming, interactive multimedia, arts and sciences STEIM Jamboree Sessions: Creative Dimensions of Space The STEIM Jamboree sessions are something in between a conference, expert meeting and a salon that deals with specific themes. STEIM Hotpot Lab #3 Presentations by Snyderphonics, BIOPAC. Performances by Jan Trützschler von Falkenstein. Benjolin workshop after-party. World in a Shell The project The World in a Shell embodies how collaborations between artists, architects, and scientists fuel social, cultural and scientific innovati Visual Culture and National Identity This symposium and the accompanying research workshops (June 10 -11 2010 in Amsterdam) explore the performative and imaginary construction of national Advies Raad van Cultuur: Netwerken van betekenis Wanted: Art students for virtual artwork The MediaLAB and Your Own Reality (YOR) received the assignment from the Stedelijk Museum to create an innovative tour in which will be experimented w Paralelo: Unfolding Narratives PDF downloads Each dowload contains a chapter of 'Paralelo - Unfolding Narratives: in Art, Technology & Environment'. STEIM CrackleHack workshop Workshop at MusicHackDay: Make/Hack the vintage Cracklebox! Generative art in architecture On Monday, April 26 from 18:00 to 20:00, BALTAN Laboratories hosts an evening around generative art and design in relation to architecture, space and Converging Pathways to New Knowledge Converging Pathways to New Knowledge is a LabforCulture initiative considering the future of knowledge building and knowledge sharing within a new dig Live streaming concert between universities Collaborative live streaming concert between Conservatory of Amsterdam and Kingston University with Walter Fabeck and Nina Silvert HotSpot Lab #5 You know all the things that you just wanted to know but never had the chance to look it up, like what really goes on at IRCAM in Paris or how to boun IMPAKT 2010: Matrix City This year the Impakt Festival will take place from 13 - 17 October at various locations in Utrecht. Upgrade! Eindhoven with renown artists Jodi The next Upgrade! Eindhoven presents Jodi, interviewed by TAC Director, Walter van der Cruijsen. Museumnext Conference Conference report for a new UK event looking at the future of the web in museums Open Call: European Biennal of Contemporary Art Manifesta 8 is looking for a number of Art Mediators to realize the educational programs. Best innovative climate idea: Green Challenge 2010 Competition for most innovative idea to fight climate change. AR Lab translates Van Gogh into the 21st century The Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam) invited the AR- Lab to present during one of their Friday Night events. How to go on? An evening of ideas, discussion, presentations and more On the topic of, The breakdown of control and surveillance situations Detroit, The Netherlands and Karachi. Adaptation: Designing the Future City In August the Dutch Culture Centre will be dedicated to digital art and new media during the World Expo Shanghai. STEIM Summer Party 2010 Since last year, June 18th is the official STEIM summer party day. Adaptation: Designing the Future City Exhibition During the Shanghai World Expo 2010 you can visit the Adaptation: Designing the Future City exhibition. Conference Designing the Hybrid City 2-day working conference by Virtueel Platform and The Mobile City on the role of new media in cities. Forum Green from Scratch Forum led by Neville Mars of the Dynamic City Foundation during Adaptation: Desiging the Future City at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Impakt WORKS media art lab call for artists Impakt WORKS, the media art lab of the Impakt Festival has three openings. The evolution of access to information Annet Dekker interviewed Caitlin Jones on her own archiving research and her stay in The Netherlands for the Virtueel Platform Visitor Programme